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Thursday 21 July 2016
Taiwan market: Taiwan Taxi introduces Gama Pay mobile e-payment services
Online game developer and operator Gamania Digital Entertainment on July 20 announced that Taiwan Taxi, the largest taxi service provider in Taiwan, has introduced Gama Pay, mobile...
Thursday 21 July 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of over US$5.5 billion in January-June, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 1,625 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$5.503 billion in January-June 2016, respectively...
Thursday 21 July 2016
Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to introduce Pepper into local market
Asia Pacific Telecom, one of the five 4G mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will officially introduce Pepper, a service robot jointly developed by SoftBank and Foxconn Electronics,...
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Taiwan June export order value up on month, down on year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.70 billion in total in June 2016, increasing 5.9% on month but decreasing 2.4% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Taiwan market: Garmin launches mobile e-payment-enabled smart band
Garmin on July 19 launched the vivosmart HR, a smart wristband supporting mobile electronic payments (e-payment) via a built-in iPASS chip, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail...
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Green Energy Technology obtains Taiwan patent for wafer-processing solution
Solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) on July 19 announced that it has obtained a patent for an in-house-developed etching solution and method...
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Chip shipments for VR devices to boom
Chip shipments for VR (virtual reality) devices are expected to surge during the year-end shopping season in Europe and the US, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 19 July 2016
Former Acer executive to helm optical fiber sensor startup
Former Acer Taiwan's president Towny Huang has recently joined Internet of Things (IoT) startup Citpo Technologies and become the chairman of the firm.
Tuesday 19 July 2016
VIA joins 3rd-party payment market in Taiwan, says paper
VIA Technologies' subsidiary Chander Electronics will invest in Taiwan-based third-party payment solution provider Neweb Technologies and will spend NT$690 million (US$21.58 million)...
Monday 18 July 2016
Taiwan market: Google showcases locally-developed apps in Google Play
Google on July 12 launched what it calls Google Play Mobile Carnival, a mobile advertising event in Taipei using two trucks to increase the exposure of mobile applications to smartphone...
Monday 18 July 2016
Toshiba, Western Digital open new flash memory fab in Japan
Toshiba and Western Digital have jointly announced the opening of a new fab in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan, which will support the conversion of the companies' 2D NAND capacity...
Friday 15 July 2016
Taiwan market: Acer aims to hike market share for desktops, notebooks
While demand for desktops and notebooks in the Taiwan market in 2016 is expected to decrease on year, Acer aims to increase its market share in the second half, according to Samuel...
Friday 15 July 2016
TSMC expects record 3Q16 revenues
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects to report record revenues of between NT$254 billion (US$7.95 billion) and NT$257 billion for the third quarter of 2016, which...
Thursday 14 July 2016
Garmin enters Taiwan micropayment market
Garmin has cooperated with Taiwan-based micropayment firm iPass to launch wearable devices that are able to measure heart rates and support micropayments.
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Wistron announces treasury stock buyback results
Wistron originally planned spend a maximum of NT$37.75 billion (US$1.18 billion) to buy back 60 million treasury shares with a price range between NT$16-26 from May 14 to July 13;...