Nokia expects to lay-off around 4,000 employees as the ailing company plans to move its manufacturing operations to Asia. Nokia announced today its plans to move its manufacturing operations to Asia in a bid to cut costs and bring the smartphone building process closer to the component suppliers. Nokia lost its edge by failing to […]
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Office Commission of Thailand expects to conclude 3G conditions bidding for 2.1 Gigahertz within three months. Competitors will be able to propose their bids for the license in the third quarter of this year. One of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Office Commissioners or NBTC, Colonel Sethapong Malisuwan pointed out […]
BTJunkie one of the largest and popular BitTorrent search engines decided to shut down voluntarily. Visiting its website btjunkie.org currently displays a brief note from the founders: 2005 – 2012 This is the end of the line my friends. The decision does not come easy, but we’ve decided to voluntarily shut down. We’ve been fighting […]
23-year-old Chen Jung-yu was found dead at an internet cafe in New Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday night. Jung-yu was rigid in his chair with hands on the keyboard and mouse, according to local police. He had been playing the popular online multiplayer game World of Warcraft when he died (though another outlet is suggesting the […]
Google India and Facebook have removed web pages considered offensive to India’s political and religious leadership to satisfy a court order in a censorship case. Indian prosecutors are suing a host of Internet companies on behalf of a Muslim religious leader who has accused them of hosting content that insults Islam. Google India did not […]
BANGKOK, 5 February 2012 (NNT) – The ICT Ministry of Thailand is warning users of smartphone not to distribute foul language from a popular conversation program, to avoid criminal charges. Group Captain Anudith Nakornthap, Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), said on Saturday that smartphone users who have downloaded the Simsimi artificial intelligence conversation […]
The spectrum-management and broadcasting master plans will drastically change the landscape of the Thai television industry with up to 100 digital-TV channels being available for public viewing in the near future. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission aims to grant digital terrestrial TV broadcasting licences late this year and expects to see the number of […]
BANGKOK, 3 February 2012 (NNT) – Thai Culture Minister Mrs. Sukumol Kunplome is set to hold talks with related agencies to monitor the use of technology in the Thai society after a new smart phone application called ‘Simsimi’ which interacts with users using foul language is becoming popular. The program is similar to other chatting […]
