Facebook will force ads on all of its users, including those who use ad-blocking programs to avoid them, by changing the way ads are loaded into its desktop website, the company said, claiming it is doing so more out of principle than for profit. The social media giant will make advertisements indistinguishable from other content […]
BANGKOK, 1 August 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Tourism and Sports will use technology to help stimulate tourism in the last quarter this year. It has planned to use the famous game “Pokemon Go” to help promote Thailand’s important tourist sites. Permanent Secretary for Tourism and Sports Phongphanu Sawetrun said the ministry would launch […]
On Monday, US telecom giant Verizon announced acquisition of Yahoo! for a reported amount of US$4.83 billion (€4.36 billion). Per the all-cash deal, Verizon would own only the core web business — in particular, Yahoo! Japan and Alibaba would not be acquired by Verizon. Going public in 1996, Yahoo! provided e-mail service a year later. […]
A group of high-school students from Italy have invented an awesome vending machine that grinds used plastic bottles into pellets which are then turned into smartphone cases by a built-in 3D printer. Saving the planet, making the world cleaner for future generations or just doing the right thing are powerful arguments for recycling, but the […]
dtac increases 4G bandwidth on 1800 MHz to 20 MHz, largest single-carrier bandwidth in Thailand and expands Super 4G coverage to all cities nationwide dtac increases the bandwidth of Super 4G on 1800 MHz to 20 MHz, which is the largest single carrier bandwidth in Thailand, to support the growth of mobile Internet demand and […]
Computer geeks spend ridiculous amounts of money on high-end rigs all the time, but one digital electronics engineer from Cambridge, England, poured a small fortune into building a giant computer that he only uses to play Tetris. James Newman’s supercomputer took five years to build, cost over $53,000 and takes up an entire room, yet […]
BANGKOK, 13 July 2016 (NNT) – The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) committee on economics and finance has held a seminar to enhance acceptance of the adoption of electronic payment systems. Chairman of the NLA committee, ACM Chana U-sathaporn said today the new Prompt Pay system recently introduced by banks will help reduce transaction costs for […]
Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom said he is planning to introduce Megaupload 2.0 streaming service in January 2017, marking five years since the US government raided his house and took down the original site amid piracy accusations. “Megaupload comes back on January 20, 2017, the 5th anniversary of the raid. It will be better than the […]
