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Thursday 24 March 2016
IDC comments on Qualcomm server-chip venture in China
In a move that is likely to alleviate its strained relationship with Beijing and give new impetus to big data in one of China's poorer regions, Qualcomm has signed a strategic cooperation...
Thursday 24 March 2016
March prices for 32-, 39.5/40-inch LCD TV panels flat on month, says Sigmaintell
Prices for 32- and 39.5/40-inch LCD TV panels in March remain unchanged on month at US$52 and US$83 respectively, and the former are expected to rise by US$1 in April, according to...
Thursday 24 March 2016
Intel IDF Shenzhen to promote IoT
Intel will host Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Shenzhen, China on April 13, focusing on Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Intel will also unveil its latest business strategies...
Thursday 24 March 2016
China Unicom, Huawei, LeTV, Mango TV to form alliance for Ultra HD products
China Unicom has cooperated with several China-based IT players including Huawei, LeTV and Mango TV, a multimedia content subsidiary of Hunan Broadcasting System, to establish an...
Thursday 24 March 2016
Inventec, Advantech set up joint venture
Inventec and Advantech on March 22 jointly announced the establishment of a joint venture, AIMobile, for R&D, production and marketing of industrial wireless mobile devices for...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Digitimes Research: 4 million 9.7-inch iPad Pros to ship in 1H16
Apple will ship an estimated four million 9.7-inch iPad Pros during the first half of 2016. The 9.7-inch iPad Air 2 will account for the largest portion of all iPads shipped in the...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Acer to undertake major restructuring; form holding company, say sources
Acer reportedly plans to implement a corporate restructuring project under which the company will divide its business into three major segments: PC, cloud and data center management,...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Gaming DIY market to see stable growth in 2016
The gaming market has grown more popular in 2016 and despite the fierce competition in the gaming notebook sector, the gaming DIY market continues to see stable growth and will enjoy...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Notebook vendors to push ultra-thin notebooks to compete against new MacBook
With Apple's new ultra-thin 13- and 15-inch MacBooks to start shipping at the end of the second quarter, notebook brand vendors such as Asustek Computer, Dell and Lenovo have also...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Fingerprint sensors, facial recognition and biometric surveillance to propel biometrics market to US$30 billion by 2021, says ABI Research
The global biometrics market will reach more than US$30 billion by 2021, marking an impressive 118% increase from 2015, according to ABI Research. Consumer electronics, particularly...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Apple introduces 9.7-inch iPad Pro
Apple has introduced the all-new 9.7-inch iPad Pro - at just under one pound it features a new pro Retina display with greater brightness, wider color gamut, lower reflectivity, Night...
Monday 21 March 2016
India PC shipments up 10.6% in 4Q15, says Gartner
PC shipments in India totaled nearly 2.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, a 10.6% increase over the fourth quarter of 2014, according to Gartner.
Monday 21 March 2016
Brazil notebook market suffering inventory pile up
With a 30% on-year drop in notebook sales in 2015, Brazil's notebook retail channel is suffering from a serious inventory pile up, and most brand vendors' orders for the country have...
Monday 21 March 2016
ECS posts 2015 net EPS of NT$2.07
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has report consolidated revenues of NT$48.386 billion (US$1.47 billion), down 13.43% on year, net operating profit of NT$1.546 billion, down 4.21%,...
Friday 18 March 2016
Japan Display reforms highlight competitive nature of LTPS panel market
The announcement that Japan Display (JDI) is undertaking structural reforms is no surprise considering the competitive state of the LTPS display market for small- to medium-size pa...