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Monday 28 August 2017
Digitimes Research: Google aims to achieve virtual experiences through daily life applications
Google's development of AI/VR/AR products can be backdated to as early as the launch of Google Search as the service is using machine learning algorithms to search for needed information...
Monday 28 August 2017
PCL ramping shipments of 32Gb optical transceiver modules
PCL Technologies saw shipments of its 32Gb optical transceiver modules for datacenter applications increase by five-fold in the second quarter of 2017, and the order visibility of...
Monday 28 August 2017
China July mobile communication user number reaches 1.373 billion, says MIIT
Mobile communication service subscribers reached 1.373 billion in China as of the end of July 2017, increasing 0.59% sequentially and 5.23% on year, and 144.87 million (10.55%) of...
Friday 25 August 2017
EIH optimistic about 2H17
E-paper solution provider E Ink Holding (EIH) has given a positive outlook for the second half of 2017 as expanding e-paper applications, including e-book readers, e-notebooks, smart...
Friday 25 August 2017
HTC declines to comment on spin-off or sell-off speculations
HTC has declined to comment on recent market speculations indicating that the company is currently conducting a strategic assessment on its future, including options to spin off its...
Friday 25 August 2017
Worldwide wearable device sales to grow 17% in 2017, says Gartner
Gartner forecasts that 310.4 million wearable devices will be sold worldwide in 2017, an increase of 16.7% from 2016. Sales of wearable devices will generate revenues of US$30.5 billion...
Friday 25 August 2017
Galaxy Note 8 to bring in new competition and impacts
The newly released Galaxy Note 8 is expected to trigger a new wave of replacement demand for high-end smartphones, bringing in a new round of competition to the high-end market segment...
Friday 25 August 2017
VIA collaborates with Microsoft to accelerate IoT solutions
VIA Technologies has announced it has joined Microsoft Azure Certified for Internet of Things (IoT), ensuring customers get IoT solutions up and running quickly with hardware and...
Friday 25 August 2017
VMware partners with QCT for cloud computing solution
VMware has partnered with Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), a cloud computing datacenter subsidiary of Quanta Computer, to develop QxStack powered by VMware Cloud Foundation solution...
Friday 25 August 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments down in July, but Oppo moves up
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market reached 604,000 units in July, down 4.14% on month and 2.37% on year, according to data compiled by local channels.
Thursday 24 August 2017
Taiwan handsets – 2Q 2017
The revival of the Nokia brand by HMD Global is benefitting Taiwan's handset manufacturing sector. Orders for Nokia-branded feature phones have become a main growth driver for Taiwan's...
Thursday 24 August 2017
China market: Xiaomi smartphone shipments may reach 25-30 million units in 3Q17
Xiaomi Technology may ramp up its smartphone shipments to 25-30 million units in the third quarter of 2017, buoyed by the launch of multiple models, according to an industry estima...
Thursday 24 August 2017
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip powers Samsung Galaxy Note8
Qualcomm has announced that its premium mobile platform is powering Samsung's latest flagship smartphone for select regions. The Samsung Galaxy Note8 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon...
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch smartphone-based affinity credit card
Taiwan Mobile plans to team up with EasyCard and Taipei Fubon Bank to launch in September Taiwan's first smartphone-based affinity credit card to promote mobile payments in the local...
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Demand for 4G smartphones in emerging markets spurs growth in 2Q17, says Gartner
Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 366.2 million units in the second quarter of 2017, a 6.7% increase over the second quarter of 2016, according to Gartner. In the smartphone...