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Biggest and oldest book fair returns
Business, AFP, Published on 21/10/2021
» FRANKFURT: The Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest and oldest, celebrated its return on Tuesday, but with fewer big names attending and star author Margaret Atwood only joining via video link, was not quite back to its former glory.
Connecting in Covid times
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 06/05/2020
» In 2003 when Linden Lab launched the virtual world Second Life, it was a novelty and a huge success, with a community of over a million at its peak. A quaint convergence of unfettered imagination and dollar-powered real life -- through avatars, business, product sales, music, movies, and even news reporting and politics -- its ever-changing and expanding virtual world took off.
Video chats set up for detained juveniles
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 27/04/2019
» The Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection (DJOP) has partnered with Advanced Info Service (AIS) to introduce "online distance visiting relatives", a service that lets parents have video chats with their children in DJOP centres.
Shift away from voice calling proceeds apace
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 02/08/2018
» Overall data usage via smart devices continued to grow in the first quarter of 2018, up 17% year-on-year, while use of voice service fell 13%.