The Supreme Administrative Court has overruled the ruling of a lower court that will spare two mobile phone service providers from having to pay a hefty fine to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission for their failure to keep records of pre-paid phone usage. The two service providers, Advance Info Service (AIS) and CAT Telecom, […]
BANGKOK, 23 September 2015 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is considering moving up the date of bidding for the fourth generation broadband service (4G) license on the 900 megahertz band, to help boost the economy. According to the NBTC, major cellular service providers, namely AIS, DTAC and True, have visited the […]
BANGKOK — Facebook Inc. opened its first office yesterday in Thailand, home to some of its most dedicated users in the region, as the social network company expands its footprint in Asia. More than 34 million people in Thailand log into Facebook’s 1.5-billion user network each month, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg wrote on her […]
Thai Tourist Police launched the Augmented Reality (AR Code) Application “THAILAND TOURIST TRIPS AND TIPS AR BOOK”. Learn Thai Culture Tips in 3D, with the Augmented Reality AR Code Application from Thailand’s Tourist Police. This new technology is the safest way to travel around Thailand, including do’s and don’ts, tourism information, Tourist Police contact information […]
A KHON KAEN University researcher and a weaver from the Northeast have successfully developed what has been labelled the world’s first silk-cocoon bulletproof vest. The men behind the innovation are Orapin Thongnonggoy, Phu Viang Silk Handicraft Centre’s community enterprise president, and KKU chemical engineering lecturer Assoc Prof Panomkorn Khoahong. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 30 August 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Transport has reported that a Japanese rail car manufacturer will be able to deliver all rail cars for the Bang Sue-Bang Yai purple electric train route in January next year. Permanent Secretary for Transport Soithip Traisut has traveled to Japan to monitor the progress of the […]
The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software by Google now works for more than 248 world languages, including all the major South Asian languages, and it’s easy to use and works with over 90 percent accuracy for most languages. OCR software has been extremely beneficial for the study of language, helping to extract text from images […]
New vulnerability in Facebook enables hackers to harvest your private information using the mobile number you’ve associated with your Facebook account A security flaw in Facebook allows through its API massive collection of personal data about users. The solution is a simple change on the privacy preferences, by hiding your phone number. Facebook is the […]
