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Thursday 18 June 2015
China market: Xiaomi launching consumer loan company, says report
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi Technology will launch an online consumer loan company in Chongqing, allowing the smartphone vendor to step into China's financial market, according...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Digitimes Research: IoT market pushing DIY smart home solutions
The Internet of Things (IoT) has brought multiple applications and new business models for the development of smart home, which in turn may also bring about a take-off for the smart...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Acer has no acquisition plans, says CEO
Acer will continue to invest in its smartphone business but will not consider a merger or acquisition for the time being, according to company CEO Jason Chen.
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Taiwan market: Asustek to launch high-spec version ZenFone 2
Asustek Computer plans to launch the flagship model of its ZenFone 2 series with 4GB RAM and 128GB ROM priced at NT$11,990 (US$388) in the Taiwan market on June 18, according to a...
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Global wearable shipments to reach 45-50 million in 2015
The release of the Apple Watch will help accelerate the growth of the wearable market, pushing global shipments of wearable devices to 45-50 million units in 2015, up 125-150% from...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Taiwan market: HTC ships over 1 million HTC Desire family smartphones
HTC has shipped over one million units of its HTC Desire family products, including the HTC 816, HTC 820 and HTC 626, in the Taiwan market during the period from May 2014 to April...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Embedded server product maker Artesyn opens new R&D center in Taiwan
To provide better service to its Taiwan-based cloud server clients such as Quanta Computer, Inventec and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), embedded computing and power...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
China MIIT official calls for cross-strait cooperation in telecom
Vice minister Liu Lihua for China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), at an annual cross-Taiwan Strait telecommunication conference held in Taiwan on June 15,...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Quanta to strengthen software R&D for enterprise server business
Quanta Computer reportedly is planning to expand its server business software team and will double the existing personnel to 100 by the end of 2015 and double the number again to...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
HTC dismisses acquisition speculation
HTC will not consider any possible acquisition offer from Asustek Computer, and it has not contacted Asustek to discuss the possibility for such a deal, the Taiwan-based smartphone...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches flagship Xperia Z3+ smartphone
Sony Mobile Communications has launched its latest smartphones including the flagship Xperia Z3+ and mid-range M4 Aqua Dual in Taiwan and is looking to boost its share in Taiwan's...
Monday 15 June 2015
Thin and terminal client results disappoint in 1Q15, says IDC
The global thin and terminal client market deteriorated during the first quarter of 2015, declining 7.8% on year, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Client Device...
Monday 15 June 2015
Synnex Technology mulls tapping three more overseas markets, says paper
IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International is evaluating the feasibility of expanding operations into Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines, Chinese-language...
Friday 12 June 2015
LTE subscriber base to grow to 1.4 billion globally by year-end 2015, says ABI Research
ABI Research estimates that there will be nearly 1.37 billion 4G LTE subscribers worldwide by year-end 2015, up from nearly 650 million in 2014. ABI Research forecasts that the LTE...
Friday 12 June 2015
Taiwan actively developing 5G mobile technology
Taiwan-based IT vendors, networking/communication device makers, telecom carriers and the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have been jointly developing...