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  • TECH

    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.

  • ADVANCED NEWS

    Mobile shopping: Just click photo

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/10/2012

    » In South Korea consumers can do grocery shopping in virtual stores at bus stops or subway stations on the way home.

  • THAILAND

    Mobile markets

    Life, Published on 01/04/2016

    » Food trucks, the meals-on-wheels ventures that have become popular over the last few years among Bangkok diners, probably took their cue from the gastronomic fad that originated in the US, circa 2008.

  • BUSINESS

    No cash, no problem

    Business, Published on 15/11/2019

    » The relentless rise of Chinese tourists has been one of the biggest stories shaping the global travel industry. In the next three years, outbound trips from China are predicted to reach 178.4 million, while annual expenditure will hit approximately 5.5 trillion baht.

  • OPINION

    Battle for 5G is failing

    News, Editorial, Published on 27/08/2018

    » Almost from the moment they seized power, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and allies in the National Council for Peace and Order have spent time and treasure promoting their vision of the future. The two top meme titles are "Thailand 4.0" and "Digital Thailand". As defined, both are excellent and worthy goals. Lack of planning, absent government supervision and poor performance make both elusive.

  • GENERAL

    Phone makers target Thais with new high-end models

    Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 09/02/2024

    » Smartphone manufacturers are parading their premium devices with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, foldable mobile phones, and gaming mobile phones to woo affluent Thai consumers in the first quarter.

  • OPINION

    How tyrants use tech to spy on us all

    News, Published on 08/02/2023

    » Parmy Olson: You're the co-authors of a new book, Pegasus: How a Spy In Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy, which tells the story of Pegasus, a powerful spyware developed by the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group. In recent years, a range of governments around the world purchased this technology, allowing them to gain remote-control access to people's mobile phones without their knowledge. In 2020, a secret source leaked a list to your team of investigative journalists in Paris that contained 50,000 phone numbers that NSO Group's clients wanted to spy on. Among the names on the list were French president Emmanuel Macron, the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi and a raft of journalists, including your own colleagues.

  • THAILAND

    Illegal SIM cards 'integral' to scams

    News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 01/03/2022

    » Illegally used mobile phone SIM cards and proxy bank accounts are vital jigsaw pieces in the increasingly complex businesses that are online fraud and gambling, police said.

  • BUSINESS

    Smartphone supremacy

    Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 22/04/2019

    » Up until three years ago, Gaurav Singh Chauhan used to sell 15 or 20 Micromax mobile phones in a day. Now he considers himself lucky if he can sell one unit a month of the Indian-made handsets.

  • THAILAND

    Sky-high WiFi set to go far and wide

    Business, Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 27/06/2018

    » Air passengers putting their phones and tablets on flight mode are set to be a thing of the past as on-board WiFi service becomes the rule rather than the exception in the hugely lucrative connectivity industry, says an executive at Inmarsat, the British provider of global mobile satellite communications.

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