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Friday 21 June 2013
Commentary: Foxconn faces more labor problems
To show the importance of labor rights, Apple became the first IT company to join the Fair Labor Association (FLA) in 2012 and through the association, Apple began inspections of...
Friday 21 June 2013
Taiwan IC firms should seize Google Glass business opportunity, says Google Taiwan general manager
Lee Feng Chien, general manager of Google Taiwan, has stated that the concept of wearable devices has been around for years but it did not turn into a marketable product until 2013...
Friday 21 June 2013
Taiwan market: PC shipments in 1Q13 down, says IDC
There were 637,604 desktops and notebooks shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2013, decreasing 9% on quarter and 16% on year, and the corresponding shipment value...
Thursday 20 June 2013
Taiwan market: Nearly 127,000 inkjet, over 44,000 laser printers shipped in 1Q13, says IDC
There were 126,922 inkjet printers shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2013, increasing on quarter by 8.3% but decreasing on year by 6.5%, and 44,640 laser printers...
Thursday 20 June 2013
Getac to launch slim ruggedized notebooks
Taiwan-based Getac Technology will take the initiative to produce slim ruggedized notebooks for launch in the North America market in the third quarter of 2013, according to company...
Thursday 20 June 2013
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
ViewSonic will launch 1080p 3D projectors in the Taiwan market by the end of 2013 at retail prices of about NT$32,900 (US$1,097) and expects the proportion of all projectors that...
Thursday 20 June 2013
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
Acer is set to reorganize its sub-brands with its Gateway and Packard Bell brands to be used for mid-range and entry-level products, while its eMachines brand will be eliminated,...
Thursday 20 June 2013
HP CEO to visit China and Taiwan
Hewlett-Packard (HP) CEO Meg Whitman is set to visit China and Taiwan in the near future to promote its businesses and meet with upstream suppliers and partners, according to the...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
Seeing better-than-expected performances in both April and May, Pegatron Technology expects its notebook and motherboard shipments in the second quarter to meet its forecasts and...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
Taiwan-based notebook vendors and ODMs originally expected shipments in the first and second halves of 2013 to be in a ratio of 40:60 or 45:55, but have started turning conservative...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
MediaTek is relocating its tablet solution unit from its wireless communications group to the home entertainment group, meaning that the Taiwan-based top IC design house is looking...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
While China-based TFT-LCD panel makers have reportedly asked the China government to increase customs duties on imported 32-inch and above TV panels from 5% currently to 8% or even...
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
Ongoing weakness in notebooks will be offset by stronger unit growth of touch-screen tablets - especially smaller-size models with 7- and 8-inch displays - resulting in a 4% increase...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
To boost tablet sales in the Brazil market, Samsung Electronics has offered subsidies to its local sales agents to cover 30% of sales prices on average, while Asustek Computer has...
Tuesday 18 June 2013
China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
China-based makers turned out 24 million LCD TV panels for a global market share of 10.5% in 2012 and will produce an estimated 44 million panels to account for 17.6% of the global...