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Thursday 3 November 2016
Oppo tops China smartphone market for first time, says IDC
The China smartphone market grew 5.8% from a year earlier and 3.6% sequentially in the third quarter of 2016, with Oppo and Vivo overtaking Huawei for the first time in the market,...
Thursday 3 November 2016
Android phones account for 88% of global smartphone shipment in 3Q16, says Strategy Analytics
Global smartphone shipments reached 375 million units in the third quarter of 2016, with Android operating system capturing a record 88% global market share, according to the latest...
Thursday 3 November 2016
China market: Oppo to contend with Huawei for top smartphone vendor title in 2017
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo will continue to contend with rival company Huawei for the number one position in China's smartphone market in 2017 as it has seen its sales momentum...
Thursday 3 November 2016
World Telecom Smart City Conference to take place in Taiwan in February 2017
Viewing that development smart city solutions has brought many business opportunities for the IoT supply chain, the Taipei Computer Association (TCA) has collaborated with the 4G Smart...
Thursday 3 November 2016
Taiwan should build smart cities to drive new value-added services, says Acer founder
Stan Shih, founder of Acer, has urged the Taiwan government to establish a virtual cross-industry national team to build up service-oriented smart cities through which local companies...
Thursday 3 November 2016
Nextcom, Googol Technology to set up JV to manufacture robotic products
Taiwan-based IPC and automation solution provider Nextcom International and China-based motion controller specialist Googol Technology will set up a joint venture in Chongqing, China...
Wednesday 2 November 2016
Maanshan Electronics Expo achieves CNY40 million in transactions, says host
Maanshan Electronics Expo 2016, hosted in Maanshan, China ended on October 31. The event attracted over 72,000 visitors and over 2,000 exhibitors and buyers. Transactions during the...
Wednesday 2 November 2016
Sony Mobile lowers smartphone shipment target for fiscal 2016
Sony Mobile Communications has lowered the target of its smartphone shipments for fiscal 2016, which ends March 2017, to 17 million units from the previous forecast of 19 million units...
Wednesday 2 November 2016
Royal Academy of Arts, HTC to jointly present 3D printed virtual reality art
The Royal Academy of Arts of the UK and HTC have jointly announced that they will present the first ever 3D printed artworks in virtual reality in a display Virtually Real at the Royal...
Wednesday 2 November 2016
Amazon dominates public IaaS and ahead in PaaS; IBM leads in private cloud, says Synergy Research
New third quarter data from Synergy Research Group shows that Amazon Web Services (AWS) still has a 45% share of the worldwide public IaaS market, despite Microsoft and Google having...
Wednesday 2 November 2016
China market: HTC to take pre-orders for HTC Desire 10 Pro on November 4
HTC will begin to take pre-orders for its newly released HTC Desire 10 Pro in the China market on November 4. The vendor will also offer the Desire 10 Pro at CNY1,999 compared its...
Wednesday 2 November 2016
India market: Xiaomi and Lenovo smartphone shipments climb, says Canalys
India's smartphone market grew by over 20% on year in the third quarter of 2016 with shipments breaking the 30 million mark, according to Canalys. Samsung's shipments grew in line...
Wednesday 2 November 2016
Samsung Austin Semiconductor announces more than US$1 billion investment
Samsung Austin Semiconductor has announced plans to invest more than US$1 billion by the first half of 2017 to enhance its current system LSI production and meet growing demand for...
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Intel expands IoT coverage
Following Qualcomm's US$47 billion acquisition of NXP to quickly expand its competitiveness in Internet of Things (IoT) and smart city applications, Intel has also recently unveiled...
Tuesday 1 November 2016
Taiwan market: Oppo launches mid-range A39 smartphone
China-based smartphone vendor Oppo has introduced a mid-range smartphone, the A39, into the Taiwan market, priced at NT$7,490 (US$237) unlocked.