SEARCH

Showing 1-10 of 195 results

  • News & article

    Languages, lifestyle and leading ideas

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 29/10/2014

    » Amy Kunrojpanya, head of communications and public affairs for Google Thailand and Indochina, is a woman of many talents. The Australian speaks eight languages and has volunteered her time and skills with several community development organisations in Southeast Asia, including Thailand. She has transformed challenges into opportunities and found the motivation to strive towards her goals. 

  • News & article

    They've got game

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 05/08/2015

    » Game Casters are online celebrities who inhabit unique pockets of YouTube — "pockets" may not sound large enough when the most popular of them has 38 million followers. To "cast game", as the activity is known, is for these people to play through a video game (say, Minecraft) accompanied by humorous, irreverent and sometimes swear-ridden commentary, and their whole subjective experiences are recorded and broadcast on YouTube channels for their fans to watch. 

  • News & article

    'Money, people and connections'

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 11/01/2017

    » Start-ups in Thailand usually work this way -- first they come with their ideas, then they pitch it to the venture capitalists for money with an objective to solve a pain point for users. But this business model is different from what MFEC, a leading local system integrator, has been implementing.

  • News & article

    Imagine that

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 06/05/2015

    » Imagine Cup Thailand 2015, organised by Microsoft Thailand, is an annual software competition for university students that has been running for 13 years. This year, there are 17 teams in the final round, shortlisted from over 100 submissions nationwide. Last week, three teams of students were announced as winners in three categories — "World Citizenship", "Games" and "Innovation" — and will receive royal trophies from HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, a cash prize of 100,000 baht and a chance to compete to participate in the World Finals in July.

  • News & article

    Niche-specific software

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/09/2014

    » Home-grown software designers have been keeping up with the trend for mobile applications which cater to specific age groups or are aimed at people who share a common interest.

  • News & article

    From humble beginnings to app pioneer

    Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/11/2018

    » Jin-woo Lee, an employee of South Korean search giant Naver Corp, the parent company of Line, was the first person to bring Line messaging to Thailand seven years ago, before the 3G network was even launched in the country. He had come a long way.

  • News & article

    E-commerce made easy on 11street

    Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 01/07/2017

    » South Korea-based 11street has spread its wings to capitalise on huge e-commerce opportunities in Thailand, where the penetration rate is a mere 1% of the retail industry.

  • News & article

    Brave new world

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 02/05/2018

    » While virtual reality has been known to gamers for more than a decade, efforts have been made to apply the technology to a wider variety of sectors. This also includes a group of Thai inventors who created VR applications illustrating advantages that go beyond gaming.

  • News & article

    On-demand delivery

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/01/2017

    » Ordering food online was once limited to pizza or fried chicken. But now diners can enjoy a larger variety of cuisines thanks to food delivery mobile applications like FoodPanda, Line Man and UberEats.

  • News & article

    Accessibility is the key for redesigned VOD app

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 19/10/2016

    » Having studied the pattern among Thai audiences for more than a year, the video-on-demand service HOOQ has introduced a new mobile app.

Your recent history

  • Recently searched

    • Recently viewed links

      Did you find what you were looking for? Have you got some comments for us?