When it comes to Wikipedia, the Russian government’s computers are busy bees. Over the past ten years, IP addresses belonging to various Russian state agencies are responsible for almost 7,000 anonymous edits to articles on Wikipedia’s Russian-language website. A Norwegian programmer named Jari Bakken recently produced a complete list of the Russian government’s 6,909 anonymous […]
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has postponed for one year an auction for fourth-generation (4G) mobile phone bandwidth, potentially causing billions of dollars of lost investment and sales in a sector that accounts for a tenth of the economy. Read more: Bangkok Post
BANGKOK, 9 July 2014 (NNT) – The Ministry of Labor has introduced a new mobile application that translates the languages of ASEAN nations in hopes of facilitating workers and businesspeople in their communication when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) officially opens. Permanent Secretary for Labor Jeerasak Sukonthachart today chaired an event called “Wake up Worker” […]
Words don’t always cut it on mobile messaging apps. That’s when a well-chosen emoticon can come in handy, and these days there are certainly plenty to choose from. Emoticons aren’t only good for conversation — they’re good for business. Japanese chat app Line has discovered a booming revenue model selling different sets of stickers, which […]
BANGKOK — Thailand’s media-regulating body says it has fined three private TV channels for airing the critically acclaimed American TV series “Dexter” because the show is too “violent.” Col. Natee Sukolrat, deputy chairman of the NBTC, was quoted by Daily News as saying that Dexter has violated Article 37 of the 2008 Broadcasting Act, which […]
BANGKOK, 4 July 2014 (NNT) – TOT has established the TOT Help Call Center, an innovation by the TOT to equip home phones with an emergency call button. TOT has combined with the National Institute for Emergency Medicine to promote 1669, an organization established to play a role in the management of emergency medical services. […]
The Indian space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), launched five foreign satellites from the Sriharikota facility on Monday morning, using the PSLV-C23 launch vehicle. The primary payload was an earth observation satellite from France called SPOT 7 which weighed 714 kg. Other satellites included on board were the German AISat, 14 kg; Canadian NLS7.1 […]
BANGKOK, 28 June 2014 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is urging users of pre-paid mobile phone services to register their sim cards through a new smart phone application to prevent their phone numbers from being used to commit a crime. NBTC Secretary-General Thakon Tanthasit said that there are about 90 million […]
