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Thursday 25 December 2014
Drill bit maker Topoint eyes growing sales of metal cutting tools in 2015
Drill bit maker Topoint Technology expects sales of its new metal cutting tool products to double in 2015, while sales of its core business products, including drill bits and OEM...
Thursday 25 December 2014
Taiwan market: Asustek launches ZenWatch
Asustek Computer has launched its Android Wear-based smartwatch, the ZenWatch in Taiwan, priced at NT$5,990 (US$188). Company CEO Jerry Shen pointed out that monthly production capacity...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
China-based TCL November LCD TV sales down on year
China-based vendor TCL sold 1.345 million LCD TVs globally in November, decreasing on year by 24.8%, but 361,000 smart LCD TVs of which increased by 16.2%, according to the company...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
PC vendors not expecting Windows 10 to trigger replacement demand
Microsoft is expected to launch Windows 10 in the second half of 2015, but Taiwan-based PC vendors doubt whether it can stimulate PC replacement demand because consumers will be able...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Global LCD TV shipments in 2014 estimated at 215 million units, says consulting firm
There will be 215 million LCD TVs shipped globally in 2014, increasing on year by 5.5%, and the shipments will grow by 3.7% to 223 million units in 2015 with Samsung Electronics and...
Wednesday 24 December 2014
Connected devices expected to be focus at CES 2015
The connected home is one of the hottest topics being discussed today, and with CES 2015 taking place next month in Las Vegas, new innovations are sure to be on display. Although...
Tuesday 23 December 2014
Tablets, ultrabooks become more affordable in emerging markets, says ABI Research
The average selling price (ASP) of ultrabooks and tablets declined by 7.8% in 2014 as the market matured and commoditized, allowing these devices to become more affordable in all...
Tuesday 23 December 2014
China government tightens tax incentives, subsidies to enterprises
China's State Council has recently ordered its local governments to fully re-inspect their existing subsidy and tax-cut programs for enterprises and they will also need to receive...
Monday 22 December 2014
Computex 2015 out of booths
Although Computex 2015 will not begin until June 2015, booths for the show have already sold out as many emerging players in the cloud computing and Internet of thing (IoT) industries...
Monday 22 December 2014
Taiwan, China notebook vendors halt notebook sales in Russia, report says
Asustek Computer, Acer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Lenovo have stopped selling their notebooks in Russia as they have been suffering losses due to a free...
Monday 22 December 2014
Worldwide CE market forecast to grow 4.5% in 2014, says Futuresource
It has been another difficult year for many CE vendors as convergence takes its toll on dedicated product segments and competition has squeezed profits in key areas like TV. However,...
Monday 22 December 2014
Apple supply chain preparing for new MacBook Air and Apple Watch
Following a pilot production at the end of 2014, Apple's new 12-inch MacBook Air is expected to enter mass production in the first quarter of 2015, according to sources from the upstream...
Monday 22 December 2014
Digitimes Research: GoPro to further integrate social media and platform services into 2015 products
As GoPro shipments are estimated to reach between 4- to 4.5 million in 2014, up as high as 17% on year, the growth will nevertheless prove comparatively limited compared to 66% on-year...
Monday 22 December 2014
WCG Ultra HD models to be TV sales promotion focus in 2015, say Taiwan makers
Japan-, South Korea- and China-based LCD TV vendors are expected to focus marketing on WCG (wide color gamut) Ultra HD models in 2015 and consequently WCG models as a proportion of...
Friday 19 December 2014
QuickLogic partners with Nordic Semiconductor on wearable sensor hub evaluation kit
QuickLogic recently announced the availability of the TAG-N Wearable Sensor Hub evaluation kit that supports a direct connection to a Nordic Semiconductor nRF51 DK, which is Nordic's...