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Wednesday 17 January 2018
Global IT spending to reach US$3.7 trillion in 2018, says Gartner
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total US$3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 4.5% from 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.
Wednesday 17 January 2018
TCL sees earnings to expand significantly in 2017
The China-based TCL Group has announced that its net profits for shareholders were likely to grow 62-75% on year to CNY2.6-2.8 billion (US$403.6-434.6 million) in 2017.
Wednesday 17 January 2018
iPhone supply chain braces for low order visibility in 1Q18
Component suppliers in the iPhone supply chain are likely to be forced to prolong their Lunar New Year holidays in the first quarter of 2018 due to low order visibility for iPhone...
Tuesday 16 January 2018
Demand for mobile medical care to take off
Along with mature development of ECG (electrocardiography) and PPG (photoplethysmograph) sensing technologies, ICT firms are keen on developing monitoring devices for use in mobile...
Tuesday 16 January 2018
AI crucial to boost LPWAN application values, says Digitimes Research
Artificial intelligence (AI) is deemed as a critical technology needed to boost LPWAN (low power wide area network) application values. Global tech giants including Amazon, Microsoft,...
Tuesday 16 January 2018
HTC launches U11 Eyes in Taiwan
HTC launched its new smartphone, the U11 Eyes, in the Taiwan market on January 15 and began to take pre-orders immediately. The new model, which features 2D facial recognition capability,...
Monday 15 January 2018
Taiwan makers must pursue client-centric innovations with AI, big data, says expert
Taiwan manufacturers must pursue innovative values on the customer end to secure successful transformation, and must better utilize AI (artificial intelligence) and big data analysis...
Monday 15 January 2018
Global server shipments to grow 8.5% in 2018, says Digitimes Research
Global server shipments will grow 8.5% to reach 13.73 million units, driven by the needs to store and process enormous amounts of data in the age of 5G, IoT and AI. According to Digitimes...
Monday 15 January 2018
Flytech subsidiary in UK wins government project
POS (point of sale/service) device ODM/OEM Flytech Technology has seen its UK-based fully-owned distributor Box Technologies (Holdings) win procurement orders from Britain's government...
Monday 15 January 2018
Synnex December revenues up on year
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has reported consolidated revenues of NT$35.463 billion (US$1.18 billion) for December, decreasing...
Friday 12 January 2018
Lithium batteries becoming popular choice for datacenter UPS systems
Datacenters' demand for lithium batteries used in their uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems is expected to rise dramatically in 2018, as tech giants including Google, Amazon,...
Friday 12 January 2018
Mitac receives navigation solution orders from NY
Taiwan-based Mitac International's Magellan brand return-to-route navigation solution has obtained orders from New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) for use in snowplow and...
Friday 12 January 2018
AWS to set up innovation center in Taiwan
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the government of New Taipei have signed an MoU for setting up a joint innovation center in the northern Taiwan city. The center will start operation...
Thursday 11 January 2018
Quanta ships 3.7 million notebooks in December
Quanta Computer shipped 3.7 million notebooks in December, shrinking from 3.9 million units in November, with consolidated revenues for the last month of 2017 reaching NT$86.74 billion...
Wednesday 10 January 2018
Microsoft sets up AI R&D center in Taiwan
Microsoft today officially inaugurated an AI (artificial intelligence) research and development center in Taiwan, initially to focus on the development of AI technologies and applications...