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Tuesday 15 August 2017
China lags behind US in AI investment, says research institute
While China has attached much importance to AI (artificial intelligence) development, local companies have significantly lagged behind US counterparts in terms of investment in AI...
Monday 14 August 2017
Surveillance footage can be used for Big Data purposes, says Seagate executive
Footage from enterprise-use surveillance systems could create business value via AI (artificial intelligence)-based or Big Data analysis, according to Rags Srinivasan, senior director...
Monday 14 August 2017
STSP stepping up innovation efforts for annual revenue goal of over NT$1 trillion
Following 20 years of operation, Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) is gearing up for innovation and transformation by enforcing a spate of measures and introducing crucial members...
Monday 14 August 2017
Apple falls to third place in 2Q17 wearable band market, says Canalys
The total worldwide wearable band market grew 8% on year in the second quarter of 2017, according to Canalys. The wearable band market for second-quarter 2017 was led by Xiaomi with...
Monday 14 August 2017
Asia Pacific robotics spending to see 25.2% CAGR from 2017-2021, says IDC
Asia Pacific spending on robotics (including drones) and related services is estimated to reach US$66 billion in 2017, according to IDC, which expects robotics spending to accelerate...
Monday 14 August 2017
HTC reports losses for 9th straight quarter in 2Q17
HTC has reported net losses of NT$1.95 billion (US$64.23 million) for the second quarter of 2017, the company's ninth straight unprofitable quarter although the losses narrowed from...
Friday 11 August 2017
Taiwan government to foster 30,000 startups in 3 years via direct investment
Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC) has decided to make direct investments in tech startups, instead of offering them subsidies as done in the past, aiming to build sound...
Friday 11 August 2017
Taiwan market: Top-3 telecom operators fare well in January-July period
Taiwan's top-three telecom operators - Chung Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) - were performing better than expected in the first seven...
Friday 11 August 2017
Taiwan market: Hojin introduces smartphone for seniors
Taiwan-based Hojin International (also known as iNO) has launched a new smartphone, the iNO S9, targeting the senior citizen market. The iNO S9 carries a price tag of NT$7,990 (US$...
Thursday 10 August 2017
Acer to merge affiliate eDC into BYOC group
Acer's datacenter hosting service providing affiliate E-enabling Data Center (eDC) will be merged into the vendor's Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) business group and managed by Maverick...
Thursday 10 August 2017
Taiwan market: Huawei introduces new products
Aiming to make significant inroads in the Taiwan market, Huawei has introduced an array of new products into the local market, including its Y7 smartphone, a new version P10 Plus,...
Thursday 10 August 2017
Taiwan market: HPE may regain title as No. 1 server brand in 2018
Artificial intelligence applications are not only driving scientific and technological developments, but also fueling the replacement of servers, prompting HPE, a spin-off from HP,...
Thursday 10 August 2017
Asustek revenues drop 5.34% on year in July
Asustek Computer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$31.562 billion (US$1.04 billion) for July 2017, representing a 18.8% drop on month and 5.34% drop on year.
Thursday 10 August 2017
Huawei likely to outpace Apple to become 2nd largest smartphone vendor in 3Q17
Huawei is likely to outpace Apple to become the second largest smartphone vendor globally in the third quarter of 2017 as sales of China-based vendor's high-end P- and M-series as...
Wednesday 9 August 2017
China market: Smartphone shipments down slightly in 1H17
Shipments of smartphones in the China market totaled 230 million units in the first half of 2017, down 1.4% from a year earlier, according to data compiled by China-based Sigmaintell...