Neowin News Feed for: Thailand

Google brings back 'YouTube Premium Lite' from the dead, testing underway in some countries

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 05:06:01 +0000

After being canceled over a year ago, the YouTube Premium Lite plan is back and is currently under testing in limited countries, except the US. Read more...

Microsoft announces its first data center in Thailand, pledges AI upskilling for 100k people

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 01 May 2024 10:12:01 +0000

Microsoft is planning to build its first data center region in the Southeast Asian country of Thailand. The company has also pledged to 'AI skill' over 100,000 people to create a skilled workforce. Read more...

Apple starts hiring for its first retail store in Malaysia

Justin Luna — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 06:10:01 +0000

Apple has started hiring employees for its first retail store in Malaysia. The company is in need of store managers, technical specialists, support staff, creatives, and salespeople, among others. Read more...

PC Game Pass is coming to five countries in Southeast Asia

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:10:01 +0000

Microsoft is expanding the availability of PC Game Pass. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are the latest regions slated to receive the popular service later this year. Read more...

Apple warns Thai activists they are targets of ‘state-sponsored attackers'

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:24:01 +0000

Apple is sending warnings to Thai activists about a possibility of state-sponsored attacks which can allow them to remote access sensitive data or get access to communications, camera and microphone. Read more...

Google.org announces $2.5 million for Southeast Asia COVID-19 response

Paul Hill — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:18:01 +0000

Google.org has donated $2.5 million through UNICEF and IFRC to help Southeast Asian nations cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. It also said recipient countries would get more ad grants. Read more...

Samsung's HDR Cinema Screen to debut outside of South Korea

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:16:02 +0000

The Cinema Screen developed by Samsung will start entertaining moviegoers in Thailand by February 2018. Samsung argues that the image quality offered by its screen is better than any projector. Read more...

Google Store may soon go live in six more countries [Update]

Gabriel Nunes — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 17:31:58 +0000

The Google Store first launched back in 2015 as the new home for the company's hardware offerings. Today, the Store seems to be arriving at Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, and other countries. Read more...

Microsoft's dual-SIM Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 go on sale in Thailand

Andy Weir — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:50:01 +0000

After recently launching the Lumia 435 in the UK, and the 532 in India, Microsoft has brought its two most affordable Windows Phones to Thailand, where they are now available from 2,990 baht ($92). Read more...

3rd-party iPhone charger reportedly claims another life

Steven Parker — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:35:40 +0000

A 28 year old Thai man was found dead clutching his iPhone 4S that was still plugged in. A 3rd-party charger has been blamed for the most recent death, which is sadly not uncommon in the region. Read more...

Bitcoin faces more setbacks, ruled illegal in Thailand

Nathan Liu — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:12:19 +0000

The virtual currency, Bitcoin, has hit rough waters overseas as financial executives have made trading illegal in Thailand. Could this be a start of lengthy legal debate over the service? Read more...

Intel cuts financial outlook due to hard drive shortage

John Callaham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:19:48 +0000

Intel has announced that it will be cutting its financial outlook for the fourth quarter of 2011 due to the PC hard drive shortages that are currently affecting the entire PC industry. Read more...

Hard drive shortage will cut PC shipments in 2012

John Callaham — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:01:57 +0000

The current hard drive shortages caused by the flooding of plants in Thailand will cut into the PC shipment numbers in the first quarter of 2012, according to a new research report. Read more...

Analyst: PC hard drive units won't recover fully until 2013

John Callaham — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:31:34 +0000

While the current PC hard drive shortage will start to get better early in 2012, an analyst at IDC says that the supply of hard drives won't fully recover to pre-Thailand flood levels until 2013. Read more...

Thai flooding leaves Apple with a shortage of 2TB drives

Paul Ferson — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:26:45 +0000

The recent flooding in Thailand has had some impacts upon the availability of hard drives for all computer manufacturers, except Apple, it seemed. Now, even the Cupertino company cannot source drives. Read more...

Western Digital resumes HDD production in Thailand

John Callaham — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:20:09 +0000

Western Digital has announced it has resumed production of hard drives in one of its Thailand plants after the building was shut down for a number of weeks due to flooding in that country. Read more...

Report: PC hard drive prices might go down next month

John Callaham — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:33:30 +0000

A new report claims that the rise in PC hard drive prices due to flooding in Thailand might actually go down in December as hard drive shortages don't appear to be as bad as first thought. Read more...

Flooding in Thailand could affect hard drive supplies

John Callaham — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:24:29 +0000

Massive flooding in Thailand, the worst in 50 years in that country, could cause shortages in hard drive supplies for the next several months as some hard drive makers shut down operations. Read more...

Thailand Ends YouTube Ban

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:34:27 +0000

Authorities in Thailand have finally ended a ban on the popular video website YouTube. The ban, initiated five months ago, was prompted by controversy over a video clip deemed insulting to Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej;... Read more...

Thailand to sue YouTube over king clips

Mon, 07 May 2007 20:25:01 +0000

Thailand's army-backed government is considering suing Internet video-sharing site YouTube over clips it deemed insulting to King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Thailand is upset about videos insulting the monarchy, a serious crime in the country that carries... Read more...

Thailand blocks YouTube for clip mocking king

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:04:08 +0000

Thailand's military-appointed government has blocked access to on-line video-sharing Web site YouTube after owner Google Incorporated declined to withdraw a video clip mocking the country's revered monarch. Communications Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom ordered a block of... Read more...

AOL starts to recruit beta testers for AOL Thailand Preview

Fri, 04 Jun 2004 12:39:19 +0000

I just recieved this from AOL..."Dear Beta tester We are now recruiting Beta testers to help us test the AOL Thailand Preview TOD. TOD stands for Tool On Demand. When... Read more...

Microsoft cuts prices in Thailand

Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:46:39 +0000

Microsoft has slashed prices on Windows XP and Office in Thailand, a move that could curb the spread of the Linux operating system in the country. Microsoft last week announced plans to join... Read more...