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Tuesday 26 September 2017
China August mobile communication users grows to 1.382 billion
Mobile communication service subscribers in China increased 0.68% sequentially and 5.59% on year to 1.382 billion in August, 142.52 million (10.31%) of them being 3G users, 929.26...
Tuesday 26 September 2017
Wearable brands releasing new devices
Wearable device brand vendors including Apple, Samsung Electronics, Garmin, Xiaomi, Huawei, LG Electronics and Fitbit, have recently started unveiling their latest products to compete...
Monday 25 September 2017
Beijing, Shanghai IC sectors prospering
The flourishing IC industries in Beijing and Shanghai has been pushing forward China's overall IC industry development, enabling the rapid rise of China in the global marketplace...
Monday 25 September 2017
Education IT spending in APEJ to surpass US$11.8 billion by 2020, says IDC
Education IT spending in the APEJ (Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan) area will increase from US$9.8 billion in 2015 to US$11.8 billion by 2020, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR)...
Monday 25 September 2017
iPhone X component suppliers told to slow down delivery, say sources
Apple has reportedly instructed component suppliers to withhold part of the component shipments prepared for the production of iPhone X devices, according to sources from Taiwan-based...
Monday 25 September 2017
Machine vision will gradually expand into consumer applications: Q&A with Arbor CTO Karl Chen
Taiwan-based Arbor Technology has been in the industrial PC (IPC) secor for over 20 years and has always been an important upstream partner of worldwide IPC brand vendors. With automated...
Friday 22 September 2017
China enacting law to facilitate development of self-driving cars
In an effort to accelerate the development of its smart car industry, China is moving to legislate regulations governing the production and driving of smart vehicles. Its National...
Friday 22 September 2017
Asustek to launch next-generation ZenFone 5 in March 2018
Asustek Computer will release its next-generation ZenFone 5 family products at the earliest in March 2018 as the operations of its smartphone business have returned to a growth truck...
Friday 22 September 2017
Commentary: HTC faces new challenges after Google deal
HTC, which built the world's first Android-based smartphone, the HTC Dream, in 2008, is facing new challenges after it signed a US$1.1 billion deal to hand over its ODM team or half...
Friday 22 September 2017
China IoT market scale estimated to exceed CNY1.5 trillion by 2020
China's IoT (Internet of Things) market scale has posted an annual expansion of over 20% over the past few years, and the market value is estimated to exceed CNY1.5 trillion (US$227.6...
Friday 22 September 2017
TCA modifies exhibition shows to attract new participants
Taipei Computer Association (TCA) has been making adjustments to the names of its exhibition shows for 2018 and adding more new applications in order to attract more participants...
Friday 22 September 2017
LPWAN ideal for managing spacious cattle farms, green houses
The global animal husbandry industry is growing in economy of scale, but in the vast natural pasturelands, operators would see a certain risk of assets loss if they lack precision...
Thursday 21 September 2017
VIA sees rising income from embedded product lines
VIA Technologies has been pushing its embedded platform business and now sees 30-40% of its revenues coming from the segment, according to the company.
Thursday 21 September 2017
Taiwan delegation exploring smart manufacturing in Germany
In an effort to explore the essence of Industry 4.0 and promote technical exchanges and cooperation with German tech firms, a Taiwan smart machinery delegation is currently visiting...
Thursday 21 September 2017
Google buys part of HTC smartphone team for US$1.1 billion
Google and HTC have announced a definitive agreement under which certain HTC employees - many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones - will join Google...