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Wednesday 26 July 2017
Taiwan first IoT venture capital of NT$4 billion to be available by end of September
Taiwan's government is very likely to complete raising NT$4 billion (US$130 million) in venture capital fund dedicated to investment in IoT (Internet of Things) startups by the end...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Taiwan IC design service and IP firms land AI chip orders from China
Taiwan-based IC design service companies and silicon IP providers have started to land orders for artificial intelligence (AI) applications from China's IC industry and academia,...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Taiwan market: Motorola launches Moto Z2 Play
Motorola (Lenovo) has unveiled its mid-tier Moto Z2 Play smartphone in the Taiwan market, with the availability to begin in mid-August, priced at NT$14,900 (US$491) unlocked.
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Taiwan to host WCIT 2017
World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2017 will take place in Taipei during September 10-13, organized jointly by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and World Information...
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Taiwan market: Smartphone sales rebound in June
Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market staged a rebound in June, with shipment volume reaching 630,000 units, an increase of 4.3% from the previous month and 3.28% from a year...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
China-based Horizon Robotics actively materializing autonomous driving solutions
China-based Horizon Robotics has scored a significant achievement in the development of autonomous driving technology, as the technology has entered the stage of road test and the...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Quanta to see rising incomes from notebooks, servers and wearables in 2H17, says paper
Quanta Computer is expected to enjoy a strong second-half 2017 thanks to rising demand for notebooks, growing server sales and the release of the next-generation Apple Watch, according...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Ennoconn announces US$5 million investment in Suzhou, China
Taiwan-based industrial PC (IPC) maker Ennoconn has announced it will indirectly invest US$5 million to establish a subsidiary in Suzhou, China. The subsidiary will be responsible...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
Taiwan market: Mobile e-payments monopoly is unlikely
Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay successively landed the Taiwan market in late March, late May and early June 2017 respectively, and several local smartphone-based mobile third-party...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
China June mobile communication user base grows to 1.365 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.365 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of June 2017, increasing 0.56% on month and 4.93% on year. 148.69 million (10.90%) were...
Tuesday 25 July 2017
PC shipments may be undermined by component shortages in 2H17
With first-tier vendors including Samsung Electronics, Apple and LG Electronics expected to unveil new smartphones in the second half of 2017, upstream component shortages are expected...
Monday 24 July 2017
Samsung to hold new product event on August 23
Samsung Electronics has sent out invitations for what it calls a "Galaxy Unpacked" product event to be held on August 23, 2017 in New York. It is widely believed that Samsung will...
Monday 24 July 2017
Gigabyte to reorganize motherboard and graphics card businesses
Gigabyte Technology will begin a business reorganization on August 1 and merge its motherboard and graphics card businesses together. The new department will be led by Eddie Lin,...
Monday 24 July 2017
Taiwan 2Q17 international Internet bandwidth stands at 2.182Tbps, says TWNIC
Taiwan's direct Internet connection bandwidth with 12 countries (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached of 2.182Tbps at the end of the second quarter of 2017, increasing 4.19% on...
Monday 24 July 2017
IaaS spending to surpass SaaS spending for 1st time in 2017
The public cloud services (PCS) market in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) is expected to exceed the US$10 billion mark in 2017, according to IDC. Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)...