True Digital Park collaborates with Google Establish Asia first’ “Academy Bangkok – Google Space”
True Digital Park announced a partnership with Google to help boost the digital knowledge and skills of Thais. Google is providing support as a global digital technology partner fulfilling True Digital Park with a complete ecosystem of incubators, accelerators and academies.
Grab and NUS open AI Lab Transform Cities and Transportation in Southeast Asia
Grab, online-to-offline (O2O) mobile platform in Southeast Asia, and the National University of Singapore (NUS) launched an artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory to develop solutions to transform urban transportation and pave the way for smarter cities in Southeast Asia.
Accelerator for startup ecosystem
An accelerator programme is now opened to welcome startups with disruptive products to capitalize on the vast size of the Asean market. Called “Depa Accelerator Program x Techsauce”, the programme is a collaboration of Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) and media content provider Techsauce.
4 Tech Giants joined the Data Transfer Project
A recent interesting movement is happening in the technology industry as four intenet giants: Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter recently announced to join the Data Transfer Project (DTP), an open source platform that enable data transfer between service to services.
NIA to link Thai startups with Hong Kong, paving way to Chinese market
One of the National Innovation Agency (NIA)’s missions is to establish the linkage between Thai and Hong Kong startups as it sees that Hong Kong will be the future hub partner, along with Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Hong Kong will be another channel to bring Thai startups to the Chinese market.
Keeping Kids Safe Online
Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cyber security solutions, cautioned to keep kids safe online.
Iflix increases subscribers numbers by 250% in Q1
iflix, the entertainment service for emerging markets announced that it has crossed more than 15 million subscribers to its service, on the back of 250 per cent growth since January 2018.
The IT event for digital business in Thailand – CEBIT ASEAN Thailand
The inaugural CEBIT ASEAN Thailand, organized by IMPACT Exhibitions Management Co., Ltd. and international partner, Deutsche Messe, is designed for the region, taking inspiration from world-renowned CEBIT. It will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, at IMPACT from 18 to 20 October 2018.
Wongnai invests $1 million in FoodStory, launching Wongnai POS for restaurants
Wongnai, a restaurant review platform startup, announced that it has invested $1 million in FoodStory, a 5-year old Restaurant POS startup also based in Thailand. Together, Wongnai and FoodStory will launch Wongnai POS, a free restaurant management system.
How Technology is Fueling a More Limitless Traveler
More and more Thai travelers are becoming tech savvy when it comes to finding local hot spots and hidden gems while on vacation.
Deep Tech: Startup for the future
Digital technology companies around the world are now turning into ‘Deep Technology’ (Deep Tech) or advanced technology but they need long time and in-depth research and development as to gain competitive advantages in a long run.
Google announces multiple initiatives to support Thailand digital economy
At the first ever Google for Thailand event, Google announced six initiatives to enable more Thai people and businesses to unlock and participate in the growth of the digital economy.