China is expected to launch its Tiangong 1 space laboratory in the coming days. A country that only eight years ago put its first taikonaut (astronaut) into orbit could, in eight more years, be the only country to possess a permanently-crewed space station. Chinese media report that the Tiangong 1, or “Heavenly Palace”, is being […]
During a press conference this afternoon, the Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Google announced a partnership for “Promoting Thai Tourism through the use of Google Street View”. Street View in Google Maps lets you explore places through 360-degree street-level imagery, whether you’re looking at locations in your town or across the […]
Wikileaks today announced via twitter that its website has crashed under an apparent cyber-attack; this following the recent release of tens of thousands of US State Department cables. Sources in the US say the mass-disclosure of cables is causing diplomatic setbacks, and embarrassed, for the administration of Barak Obama. These previously unreleased cables are said […]
Microsoft Thailand is gearing up for a direct entrance to the Thai consumer market, with a plan to launch products and services to individual consumers, including xBox, Kinect, Internet services and an online marketplace. The company expects that expansion out of its existing corporate markets and into the new consumer territory will lead it to […]
Nestlé will invest more than CHF 98 million (THB 3.5 billion) in Thailand to increase manufacturing of its products including coffee and ice cream. The two year investment will support the expansion of the Company’s existing factories in Thailand, as well as the construction of a new Nestlé Quality Assurance Centre. The plans aim to […]
A suit was filed on August 24, 2011 against Netfirms, Inc., a Canadian web hosting company incorporated in the United States, for releasing personal information to the Thai government. Netfirms’ disclosures allowed Thai officials to identify, detain, and interrogate the plaintiff, Mr. Anthony Chai, both in Thailand and on U.S. soil. These disclosures, without which […]
By protecting mosquitoes from dengue fever, scientists have potentially found a way of preventing the 50 million human cases of the disease reported every year. With no specific antiviral medicines available to treat the disease, and more than two billion people living in dengue transmission zones, the breakthrough could save thousands of lives in the […]
Steve Jobs, the co-founder and head of Apple Inc., the company behind the wildly popular iPhones, iPads, and iPods, has resigned his post. In a letter dated Wednesday, Jobs told the Apple board of directors and the Apple community he could no longer meet his “duties and expectations” as the company’s chief executive officer. Jobs […]
