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Thursday 19 June 2014
Acer focusing on raising market share and gross margins, says CEO
Acer CEO Jason Chen at the company's investors meeting on June 18, said that Acer has already stopped falling and is now turning to focus on raising its market share and gross margins...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Amazon Fire phone shipments estimated to reach 2-3 million by year-end 2014
Total shipments of Amazon's Fire phones are expected to reach 2-3 million units by year-end 2014, which is unlikely to make a significant impact on the global smartphone market, according...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Amazon introduces Fire smartphone
Amazon has unveiled Fire, the first smartphone designed by the company and features Amazon's Dynamic Perspective and Firefly. Dynamic Perspective uses a new sensor system to respond...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Smartphones to play major role in 2014 World Cup, says IAB
Smartphone-owning soccer fans across the globe expect their mobile devices to take on a pivotal role when it comes to their FIFA World Cup 2014 experience, according to the Interactive...
Thursday 19 June 2014
China market: Coolpad is top 4G smartphone vendor in May, says paper
Coolpad ranked as the top 4G smartphone vendor in the China market in May with a 23.1% share in the segment, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) cited Sino Market...
Wednesday 18 June 2014
Wearable device shipments: Activity Trackers outsell smartwatches 4-to-1 in 1Q14, says ABI Research
Activity Trackers dominated sales of wearable devices in the first quarter of 2014, outselling much-hyped smartwatches by 4-to-1, with 2.35 million devices shipped, according to ABI...
Wednesday 18 June 2014
Smartphones to drive double-digit growth of smart connected devices in 2014 and beyond, says IDC
Worldwide smart connected devices (SCDs) are forecast to grow 15.6% on year in 2014, reaching close to 1.8 billion devices according to IDC. Smartphone growth is expected to lead...
Tuesday 17 June 2014
Wearable devices for use in medical segment are major focus at 2014 Optoelectronics Exposition
Wearable devices for use in the medical segment will be a major focus for vendors at the 2014 Optoelectronics Exposition in Taipei, Taiwan, according to market observers.
Tuesday 17 June 2014
China market: x86 server shipments up 22.9% in 1Q14, says IDC
Shipments of x86 servers in the China market during the first quarter of 2014 totaled 350,000 units, up 22.9% on year. Meanwhile, factory revenues of x86 servers during the quarter...
Monday 16 June 2014
Taiwan market: Xiaomi to sell Hong-mi Note exclusively through PChome
China-based vendor Xiaomi Technology on June 16 unveiled its new smartphone model, Hong-mi (meaning Red Rice) Note, for sale in the Taiwan market at a contract-free retail price of...
Monday 16 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Southeast Asia looks to strong replacement demand for smartphones
The ratio of 3G/4G subscribers to total mobile phone users in Southeast Asia remains relatively low despite the fact that most countries in the region have already set up their 3G...
Monday 16 June 2014
AAEON Releases FWS-2250, Ultra Compact Fanless Desktop Network Appliance at Computex
AAEON, a major developer of industrial computing solutions, has released the world's smallest network appliance, the FWS-2250.
Monday 16 June 2014
Aurora offers 3D printers, office cloud computing services
Aurora, a Taiwan-based distributor of office automation equipment, has established a business group specifically for marketing US-based Stratasys' 3D printers in the China market...
Friday 13 June 2014
AMD pushing ARM/x86-compatibility for server business, says senior VP Lisa Su
AMD has been reorganizing its businesss, such as moving its desktop business headquarters to Beijing, China, pushing the semi-customized SoC and GPU services, and investing in ARM-based...
Friday 13 June 2014
TWM to start 1800MHz 4G operation by end of October
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) began 4G commercial operation on a 700MHz frequency band unit in early June and its service on a 1800MHz band unit will start by end-of-October 2014, according...