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Monday 18 January 2016
Samsung, Oculus and HTC ready to strive in VR market
The global virtual reality (VR) market is expected to begin gaining momentum soon as Samsung Electronics, Oculus and HTC are ready to compete with each other in the sector, according...
Monday 18 January 2016
New Kinpo Group sees growing contributions from Southeast Asia
The New Kinpo Group is seeing its investments in Southeast Asia countries such as Thailand and the Philippines as well as Brazil starting to make contributions and is also planning...
Monday 18 January 2016
Compal to set up smartphone factory in India
Compal Electronics will set up a factory in New Delhi, India, specifically for assembly of smartphones for 3-4 vendors, with production to begin in March 2016, according to company...
Friday 15 January 2016
Dell pushing Inspiron 7000 series for mid-range gaming sector
Dell has recently been pushing its Inspiron 7000 series notebooks to compete against Acer, Asustek and Micro-Star International's (MSI) mid-range gaming notebook products and will...
Friday 15 January 2016
Genesis Photonics supplies LED automotive lighting devices for Japan vendors
LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Genesis Photonics has begun supply of LED devices used in automotive interior lighting for Japan-based vendors, according to the company.
Friday 15 January 2016
TV shipments in China up 7% in 4Q15
TV shipments in China reached 16.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 7% on year, according to Sigmaintell Consulting.
Friday 15 January 2016
Notebook competition to grow fiercer in 2016
The notebook market is expected to see fiercer competition in 2016 than the previous years due to factors including Samsung Electronics having reorganized its notebook business to...
Friday 15 January 2016
Taiwan market: Samsung launches 18.4-inch tablet
Samsung Electronics has unveiled Galaxy View, a 18.4-inch tablet featuring in-house-developed Exynos 7580 1.6GHz 8-core processor, Full HD resolution, 2GB memory and 32GB storage,...
Thursday 14 January 2016
Taiwan market: Consumer and enterprise demand for consumer electronics and smartphones to pick up in January
The Taiwan government's subsidies on home appliances and handsets to promote power-saving products and 4G services are expected to boost consumer demand for consumer electronics and...
Thursday 14 January 2016
Worldwide smart home device shipments to nearly double in 2016, says ABI Research
The raft of smart home devices displayed at CES 2016 highlights the growth and potential of the smart home market. Over the next 12 months, smart home device sales will nearly double...
Thursday 14 January 2016
LG to reach 90% utilization for 4K OLED TV panels
LG Display expects utilization rates for Ultra HD (4K) OLED TV panels to reach between 80-90% in 2016.
Thursday 14 January 2016
Advantech to provide IPC solutions to fabric maker Everest Textile
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) supplier Advantech and fabric maker Everest Textile have announced a partnership under which Advantech will provide solutions for data gathering and...
Wednesday 13 January 2016
PC market finishes 2015 as expected, hopefully setting the stage for a more stable future, says IDC

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, an on-year decline of 10.6%, according...

Wednesday 13 January 2016
TV panel pricing on the decline in early January
TV panels sized 55-inch have seen prices drop US$8 in early January while 50-inch units have declined US$5. TV panels sized 32-inch declined US$1, according to new figures from Wit...
Wednesday 13 January 2016
Global notebook demand to remain weak in 1H16
While Taiwan-based ODMs shipped more notebooks than originally expected in December 2015, this was not due to rebounding demand, and global notebook demand will remain weak in the...