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Friday 27 December 2013
EverFocus once again won four Taiwan Excellence Awards
As the consecutive winner of Taiwan Excellence Award, EverFocus' IP cameras, Hybrid mobile NVR solution, and their cross-system integration surveillance platform once again won four...
Friday 27 December 2013
Intel Capital to invest in SanJet Technology
Intel Capital has announced that it will commit an equity investment into Taiwan-based SanJet Technology for the development of in-car digital video recorder (DVR) solutions and other...
Friday 27 December 2013
Notebook vendors still conservative about 2-in-1 devices in 2014
Most notebook vendors are still conservative about sales of 2-in-1 notebook/tablet convertible models in 2014 despite the increasing number of 2-in-1 devices.
Friday 27 December 2013
China may require Microsoft lower patent fees as condition to acquiring Nokia devices unit, say sources
China's Ministry of Commerce is reviewing Microsoft's planned acquisition of Nokia's Devices and Services Unit for possible violations of its antitrust laws, and may take the opportunity...
Thursday 26 December 2013
Slow sales of flagship smartphones to affect vendor rankings in 2014
Slower-than-expected sales of flagship models launched by a number of smartphone vendors, including LG Electronics, HTC and Huawei, may result in significant changes of market shares...
Thursday 26 December 2013
Digitimes Research: Demand for carrier Wi-Fi rising
As mobile Internet access is becoming more popular, telecom carriers worldwide are all facing difficulties providing sufficient mobile data services to meet user demand. Solutions...
Thursday 26 December 2013
Intelligent Embedded Computers Lead the Way for Life Automation
Early embedded computers were primarily designed for industrial automation to improve process control and productivity for instance. Now, with the emergence of Internet of Things,...
Thursday 26 December 2013
Taiwan FTC ruling may change Apple strategy
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Apple Asia NT$20 million (US$666,622) over its sales contracts demanding local telecom carriers sell its products at fixed prices. Sources...
Wednesday 25 December 2013
Digitimes Research: GPUs becoming critical for mobile devices supporting HD
High-definition displays have seen growing adoption by mobile devices and created enormous pressure on the design of application processors since the transmission and processing of...
Wednesday 25 December 2013
Acer, HTC, Asustek to rely on China-based supply chain to tap China smartphone market
Taiwan-based vendor Acer has cooperated with China-based IC designer SIM Technology to develop smartphones for launch in the China market in 2014, while Taiwan-based HTC and Asustek...
Wednesday 25 December 2013
GKB installed fire detection in Australia air hangers
In airports, where breaches can cause shutdowns, grounded flights, and put the safety of thousands of passengers at risk, security is essential. GKB could keep pace with Airport's...
Tuesday 24 December 2013
Wistron forms new department for cloud computing
Wistron has recently formed a new department, the TSP, to provide cloud computing software services for education, medical and digital home markets and the company expects the business...
Tuesday 24 December 2013
Microsoft and Sony competing over local multimedia content services on PS4 and Xbox One
Microsoft has recently signed contracts with four multimedia content providers in the Greater China region, aiming to provide related services for its Xbox One and Xbox 360 game consoles,...
Tuesday 24 December 2013
TSMC Solar, TSMC Solid State Lighting chairman to become Chunghwa Telecom chairman
Rick Tsai, chairman and CEO for both TSMC Solar and TSMC Solid State Lighting, two subsidiaries of foundry service provider Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), will...
Monday 23 December 2013
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom sets target coverage for 4G operation
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), one of the six next-generation (4G) mobile communication licensees in Taiwan, aims to cover 60% of the population in six metropolitan areas in the first year...