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Wednesday 26 July 2017
Shuttle may turn profitable in 2Q17, says paper
Taiwan-based barebone system vendor Shuttle is expected to have achieved strong revenues in the second quarter of 2017, which may help the company turn profitable, according to a...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Global TV panel shipments stagnant in 1H17, says firm
Global shipments of LCD TV panels totaled 123.35 million units in the first half of 2017, down 0.1% from a year earlier, according to WitsView.
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Taiwan market: Canon to launch DSLR camera EOS 6D Mark II
Canon on July 25 unveiled the EOS 6D Mark II, a full-frame DSLR camera, for launch in the Taiwan market on August 1 at a recommended retail price of NT$59,900 (US$1,970) for camera...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Taiwan to host WCIT 2017
World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2017 will take place in Taipei during September 10-13, organized jointly by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and World Information...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Amazon Echo faces challenge to stay on top of smart speaker market
Amazon's top-selling Echo smart speaker may see serious challenge from competitors, as it lacks support for non-English-speaking countries, according to sources from market watcher...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Quanta to see rising incomes from notebooks, servers and wearables in 2H17, says paper
Quanta Computer is expected to enjoy a strong second-half 2017 thanks to rising demand for notebooks, growing server sales and the release of the next-generation Apple Watch, according...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Ennoconn announces US$5 million investment in Suzhou, China
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Ennoconn has announced it will indirectly invest US$5 million to establish a subsidiary in Suzhou, China. The subsidiary will be responsible...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
PC shipments may be undermined by component shortages in 2H17
With first-tier vendors including Samsung Electronics, Apple and LG Electronics expected to unveil new smartphones in the second half of 2017, upstream component shortages are expected...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Facebook developing smart speaker with 15-inch touch panel
Following Amazon, Google and Apple, Facebook is also rumored to be planning to release a smart speaker product, but instead of voice recognition functionality, the company will focus...
Monday 24 July 2017
CEE and notebooks, main drivers of the EMEA traditional PC market recovery, said IDC
The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) traditional PC market (desktops, notebooks and workstations) continued to improve in the second quarter of 2017, with a stable performance...
Monday 24 July 2017
Gigabyte to reorganize motherboard and graphics card businesses
Gigabyte Technology will begin a business reorganization on August 1 and merge its motherboard and graphics card businesses together. The new department will be led by Eddie Lin,...
Monday 24 July 2017
Kinko developing automotive optical lenses
Optical lens maker Kinko Optical has stepped into development of automotive lenses and will possibly obtain corresponding orders beginning 2018, according to industry sources.
Friday 21 July 2017
Microsoft cloud strength highlights fiscal 4Q17 results
Microsoft has announced financial results for its fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 (ended June 30, 2017) with revenues reaching US$23.3 billion GAAP, US$24.7 billion non-GAAP; operating...
Friday 21 July 2017
Self-serving store brings business opportunities to IT suppliers
Self-serving stores have grown to become a popular application in the IT and retail channel markets recently, prompting smart retailing hardware suppliers to turn aggressive about...
Friday 21 July 2017
Ardentec obtains testing orders for car-use chips from TI
Taiwan-based Ardentec has grabbed testing orders for car-use chips from Texas Instruments (TI), which will buoy its sales performance in the third quarter, according to industry so...