CONNECT WITH US
NEWS TAGGED GOOGLE
Thursday 6 February 2014
Global tablet market heading for fierce price competition in 2014
Price competition in the global tablet market is expected to become keener in 2014, which will not only further squeeze the profitability of first-tier vendors but also force white-box...
Monday 27 January 2014
Asustek to see shipments of 20 million notebooks in 2014
Asustek Computer's notebook shipments are expected to reach 20 million units in 2014, up from 18.5 million units in 2013, while its tablet shipments are expected to remain at 12 million...
Tuesday 21 January 2014
Google's acquisition of Nest shows how B2C and advanced automation make for success in home energy management, says Lux Research
Google recently announced a cash purchase of home automation start-up Nest Labs for US$3.2 billion; Google Ventures has been a major investor in the company, whose last funding round...
Monday 20 January 2014
Google turns focus to 8-inch tablet market
Seeing its second-generation Nexus 7 demand has been impacted by competitors' low-price 7-inch tablets, Google is planning to turn its focus to the 8-inch model market in mid-2014,...
Thursday 16 January 2014
Foxconn expected to ship 55-60 million tablets in 2014, say Taiwan makers
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) shipped 50 million tablets to become the largest Taiwan-based ODM in 2013 and is expected to ship 55-60 million units to maintain...
Thursday 16 January 2014
HP, Google select Altair chip for LTE-only Chromebook
Altair Semiconductor, an Israel-based developer of 4G/LTE chip solutions, has announced that its FourGee-3100/6202 chipset will connect the new HP Chromebook to the Verizon Wireless...
Friday 3 January 2014
Brand vendors gear up for CES 2014
Tablet brand vendors such as Samsung Electronics, Google, Asustek Computer, LG Electronics and Lenovo are ready to showcase their latest innovations at the upcoming CES 2014 show...
Thursday 26 December 2013
Digitimes Research: Google turns to push Android-based TV products
Google TV, which was first launched in 2010, will no longer see any subsequent product release in the future as Google has already merged its Google TV team with the Android team,...
Thursday 12 December 2013
Google starts using Internet data center in Taiwan
Google has inaugurated an Internet data center in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, central Taiwan, its 12th around the world, according to Google Taiwan.
Tuesday 10 December 2013
Quanta November notebook shipments up 19%
Quanta Computer shipped 4.4 million ODM notebooks in November, increasing 18.9% on month, according to the company.
Thursday 5 December 2013
Google intends to set compliance standards for Android-based in-car platforms
Efforts by PND vendors to roll out Android-based devices may impede by Google's intention to hammer out a set of compliance standards for Android-based in-car platforms, according...
Monday 25 November 2013
Apple, Intel, Google in race for motion control technology development
IT platform developers such as Apple, Intel and Google have all been aggressively expanding their presence in the motion control industry through acquisitions of related players.
Tuesday 22 October 2013
Arcadyan Technology to begin shipments of Google TV-based STBs in 1Q14
Taiwan-based networking/communications device maker Arcadyan Technology has obtained licensing for its STB (set-top boxes) based on the Google TV platform and has landed orders from...
Friday 11 October 2013
Internet firms diversify server supplies
Google and Facebook have started dividing their server orders between different ODMs to avoid placing all their eggs in one basket. Inventec will start supplying servers to Google...
Wednesday 18 September 2013
Google likely to partner with LG for Nexus 5 smartphone, say Taiwan makers
Google may partner with LG Electronics again to develop and launch a co-branded 5-inch smartphone, the Nexus 5, following cooperation on the Nexus 4 launched in the fourth quarter...