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Thursday 16 March 2017
Huawei to face AMOLED panel shortage for smartphones in 2017
China-based vendor Huawei reportedly will have only 8% of its total production of smartphones featuring AMOLED panels in 2017 due to an insufficient supply of the panels.
Wednesday 15 March 2017
Taiwan market: Huawei launches black Mate 9, Porsche Design Mate 9
Huawei has launched a black-colored Mate 9 in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$22,900 (US$740) unlocked. Additionally, it also introduced a limited edition Porsche Design Mate 9 priced...
Wednesday 15 March 2017
China market: Xiaomi invests in 77 firms to form smart hardware ecosystem
Xiaomi Technology has committed equity investments in a total of 77 hardware companies to form an ecosystem for the production of smart household devices, according a China-based...
Wednesday 15 March 2017
Taiwan startups creating platforms via Microsoft Visual Studio and cloud services
Taiwan-based startups Pyramius, Wishing-Soft and Biomdcare are releasing software products designed using Microsoft's Visual Studio and services. To support such demand, Microsoft...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
EMEA server spending declines 12.9% on year, says IDC
IDC's EMEA Server Tracker shows that in the fourth quarter of 2016 the EMEA server market reported an on-year decline in vendor revenues of 12.9% to EUR$3.4 billion (US$3.62 billion)...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
LG will not launch G6 in China, says report
LG Electronics may not launch its latest flagship smartphone, the LG G6, in the China market, and eventually is likely to withdraw from the market due to heavy losses from its handset...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile unveils flagship Xperia XZ family products
Sony Mobile Communications has unveiled four new smartphones in the Taiwan market, including the flagship Xperia XZs and XZ Premium, and mid-range Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra.
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Global tablet shipments to dip below 40 million in 1Q17
For the first time in almost five years, global quarterly tablet shipments will dip below 40 million units in the first quarter of 2017, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Pure Storage optimistic about all-flash storage solutions
Pure Storage Asia Pacific and Japan CTO Michael Cornwell believes the all-flash storage method will become the trend for the IT market and even grow to become a mainstream technology...
Tuesday 14 March 2017
Meizu to switch part of smartphone AP orders from MediaTek to Qualcomm in 3Q17, say sources
China-based smartphone vendor Meizu, which currently supplies over 90% of its smartphones with MediaTek application processor (AP) solutions, is expected to begin largely adopting...
Monday 13 March 2017
Digitimes Research: Growth in global 4G user base to slow down beginning 2017
The global number of LTE (4G) mobile communication subscribers quickly increased to 1.935 billion at the end of 2016 according to statistics by the GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association),...
Monday 13 March 2017
IBM pushes blockchain system for e-transaction
IBM has been aggressively pushing the blockchain system. In a recen press conference in Taiwan to talk about the system's development, Christopher Ferris, IBM's CTO of Open Technology...
Monday 13 March 2017
HTC expected to see revenues start picking up in March
HTC is expected to see its revenues begin to pick up in March due to increasing shipments of its HTC U series flagship smartphones, according to industry sources.
Monday 13 March 2017
FIH Mobile reports decreased earnings for 2016
FIH Mobile, the handset arm of the Foxconn Group, has reported net profits of US$136 million for 2016, declining 40.4% from a year earlier.
Monday 13 March 2017
Chunghwa Telecom sees profits down in February
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profits of NT$3.01 billion (US$96.96 million) for February, down 21.2% from a year earlier. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$0.39...