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Friday 28 October 2016
Google Pixel XL manufacturing cost in line with rival smartphones, IHS finds
The cost to manufacture the Google Pixel phone closely matches that of its intended rivals, especially since Google's new offering figures to target the same class of high-end users...
Thursday 27 October 2016
Decreasing sales of iPhone, iPad, iMac products cause to first annual decline for Apple
A decline in sales of iPhone, iPad and iMac products has resulted in the first decline in annual revenues for Apple in 16 years in fiscal 2016. Apple saw its revenues drop to US$217...
Thursday 27 October 2016
Microsoft IoT Expo 2016 builds partnership and seeks service-oriented and touched applications
On October 13 and 14, Microsoft hosted the Microsoft IoT Expo 2016 in Taiwan, inviting its IoT partners, industry leaders and academic scholars from different countries and regions...
Thursday 27 October 2016
China market: Xiaomi unveils 2 flagship smartphones
Xiaomi Technology has unveiled two flagship smartphones, the Mi Note 2 and Mi MIX, looking to rekindle its sagging smartphone business. Both models are to be available in early Nov...
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Microsoft to partner with Changhua government to push cloud for education
Microsoft Taiwan has cooperated with the government of Changhua County, Taiwan to push a cloud-based education project, hoping to help Changhua to become a development center for...
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Global smartwatch shipments decline 51.6% on year in 3Q16, says IDC
The worldwide smartwatch market experienced a round of growing pains in the third quarter of 2016 during which total shipments declined 51.6% on year to 2.7 million units, according...
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Navigation device maker PaPaGo reports losses for January-September
Taiwan-based own-brand navigation device maker PaPaGo has reported a net loss of NT$67.71 million (US$2.137 million) on revenues of NT$538.54 million for the first three quarters...
Wednesday 26 October 2016
Apple announces fiscal 4Q16 results
Apple has announced quarterly revenues of US$46.9 billion and net income of US$9 billion, or US$1.67 per diluted share, for its fiscal fourth-quarter ended September 24, 2016. These...
Wednesday 26 October 2016
HTC losses narrow for 3Q16
HTC managed to narrow its net losses to NT$1.8 billion (US$57.1 million) in the third quarter of 2016, down from NT$3.1 billion recorded a quarter earlier. EPS for the third quarter...
Tuesday 25 October 2016
AMD reports 3Q16 results
​AMD has announced revenues for the third quarter of 2016 of US$1,307 million, operating losses of US$293 million, and a net loss of US$406 million, or US$0.50 per share. Non-GAAP1...
Monday 24 October 2016
Foxconn to expand its operations in India in 2017, says paper
Foxconn Electronics plans to expand significantly its operations in India in 2017, with projects including building a new production for production of iPhone devices, restoring a...
Monday 24 October 2016
Digitimes Research: Mobile telecom carriers prefer LPWA technologies on unlicensed bands for IoT operations
SK Telecom, the largest mobile telecom carrier in South Korea, began to provide nationwide IoT (Internet of Things) services in July 2016 through adopting LoRaWAN (long range wide...
Monday 24 October 2016
ICP DAS expects new products to drive 4Q16 revenues
Taiwan-based industrial and Internet of Things (IoT) solution provider ICP DAS expects its fourth-quarter revenues to be driven by new IoT products, which are expected to obtain certification...
Monday 24 October 2016
Samsung rolls out 8GB LPDDR4 DRAM package
Samsung Electronics has introduced an 8GB LPDDR4 mobile DRAM package designed for Ultra HD, large-screen devices. The 8GB mobile DRAM package utilizes four of 16Gb LPDDR4 memory chips...
Monday 24 October 2016
FET to budget NT$10 billion on acquisitions and investments in 2017-2019
Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) plans to allocate NT$10 billion (314.89 million) for acquisition and investment projects in the next three years in order...