Hillcrest selected by TCL to bring motion, gesture and cursor control to Android-powered smart TVs

4h 25min ago

Hillcrest Labs has announced that TCL Multimedia, one of China's leading TV and consumer electronics brands, is using Hillcrest's patented Freespace motion software for TCL's Android-based...

Tizen-based devices to appear in 2H12

May 21, 16:14

Intel and Samsung Electronics' co-developed operating system Tizen is expected to be released in late June with Tizen-based devices such as smartphones, netbooks and in-vehicle infotainment...

China market: Booming sales of Windows Phones could be short-lived, say sources

May 21, 12:49

Nokia's Lumia smartphones are currently enjoying booming sales in China, but some industry sources fear the brisk sales could be short-lived.

Worldwide mobile phone sales declined 2% in 2Q12, says Gartner

May 18, 10:41

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, a 2% decline from the first quarter of 2011, according to Gartner. This is...

Taiwan market: IT services valued at NT$35 billion in 2H11, says IDC

May 16, 11:34

Providers of information technology services in the Taiwan market generated total revenues of NT$35 billion (US$1.17 billion) during the second half of 2011, growing by 7.1% on year,...

HP unveils ultra-like models in Shanghai

May 14, 12:28

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has unveiled a series of ultrabooks priced at US$999.99 onwards as well as a number of ultra-like models priced from US$600-700 in Shanghai.

FIH lands smartphone orders from China-based ISPs

May 11, 01:25

Foxconn International Holdings (FIH) has received more smartphone orders from China-based Internet service providers and smartphone vendors, including Baidu.com, Shada Interactive...

China software industry posts 1Q12 revenues of CNY466 billion

May 4, 10:36

China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY466.5 billion (US$73.95 billion) in January-March 2012, growing 26.4% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information...

Retailers turning conservative about 2Q12 PC demand

May 3, 01:25

Although Intel has recently announced its latest Ivy Bridge processors and many players expected to see strong PC demand in the second quarter, some channel retailers have turned...

Gamania 1Q12 revenues hit record

May 2, 16:08

Gamania Digital Entertainment, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, generated consolidated revenues of NT$2.012 billion (US$68.1 million) for the first quarter of 2012,...

CyberLink sees 1Q12 revenues, profits decline

Apr 27, 16:51

CyberLink has reported declines in consolidated revenues and profits for the first quarter of 2012.

Taiwan Mobile sees net profits move higher in 1Q12

Apr 27, 16:48

Taiwan Mobile has posted net profits of NT$3.36 billion (US$113.84 million) for the first quarter of 2012, edging up 2% from a year earlier. First-quarter EPS stood at NT$1.25 compared...

FET to deal out 2011 dividend nearly 10% excess of net EPS

Apr 23, 12:11

Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will distribute a cash dividend of NT$3 per share for 2011, 9.89% in excess of the corresponding net EPS of NT$2.73, according...

Electronics & Information Fair, Hangzhou opens

Apr 20, 16:12

The 2012 Electronics & Information Fair, Hangzhou is taking place in Hangzhou City, eastern China, during April 19-22.

China Mobile to operate FDD LTE in Hong Kong

Apr 20, 15:02

The Hong Kong branch of China Mobile on April 19 announced that the mobile telecom carrier will launch FDD LTE mobile communication services with a maximum data download speed of...

China market: TD-LTE development likely to slow down

Apr 18, 11:29

China Mobile's development of the locally-developed TD-LTE may be forced to slow down as China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) may wait another two to three...

Intel/Microsoft aim to push down iPad global market share under 50% by mid-2013

Apr 18, 01:25

Intel and Microsoft have been keeping close cooperation with first-tier vendors developing new tablet PCs based on Windows 8, with a goal of decreasing the global market share for...

D-Link launches MovieNite STB for own-brand sale in North America

Apr 16, 11:09

D-link has launched MovieNite, an OTT (over the top) STB (set-top box) for delivering streaming video/audio over the Internet, for own-brand sale exclusively at Wal-Mart at US$48.

Google unlikely to sell Motorola in short-term, say sources

Apr 13, 14:19

Despite persistent speculation indicating that Google might eventually release control over Motorola Mobility, it is unlikely Google will sell the handset vendor any time soon, since...

Systek sees decreased March revenues

Apr 12, 11:08

Systek, a Taiwan-based provider of information management solutions and system integration service, had consolidated revenues of NT$1.208 billion (US$40.9 million) for March dropping...

China market: Mobile map users grow nearly 35% in 2011, says Analysys

Apr 12, 01:35

The number of mobile map users in China grew 34.6% on year to 135 million at the end of 2011, with local mobile map solutions vendor AutoNavi Holdings accounting for the largest share...

Insyde receives orders from Lenovo

Apr 12, 01:25

Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software has announced several new UEFI firmware and tools designed for Windows 8 at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) and the company's solutions have...

China market: Original Symbian user base to be shared by other platforms

Apr 11, 01:30

As Nokia has shifted from Symbian to Windows Phone, the market share for Symbian in China slipped from 42.5% in the first quarter of 2011 to 18.7% in the fourth quarter based on surveys...

CHT posts January-March net EPS of NT$1.22

Apr 11, 01:05

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 10 reported net profits of NT$3.25 billion (US$110 million) for March 2012, resulting in January-March net EPS of NT$1.22.

China market: ISPs stepping into smartphone segment, to benefit Taiwan handset ODMs

Apr 10, 14:53

China-based smartphone vendors and Internet service companies, including Xiaomi Technology, Alibaba.com and Shanda Interactive Entertainment, are rolling out smartphones supporting...

PChome Online runs B2C business in US

Apr 9, 12:30

Taiwan-based PChome Online has started B2C online shopping service in the US market, targetting ethnic Chinese customers, according to company chairman Jan Hung-tze.

Wistron spins off cloud computing business unit for data center solution orders

Apr 6, 01:00

Wistron, in order to avoid a conflict of interest with ODM clients such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) in its competition for orders for data center solutions, has spun off its...

Google starts data center construction in Taiwan

Apr 5, 11:22

Google on April 3 held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Internet data center to be constructed on a 15-hectare (37.1-acre) site in the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park located in...

Taiwan market: Telecom carriers aim to hike mobile Internet-access user base in 2012

Apr 3, 10:54

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, aim to increase the numbers of mobile Internet-access...

China February mobile phone users grow 1.04%

Apr 2, 10:50

There were 1,006.92 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of February 2012, growing by 1.04% on month and by 14.58% on year, and 143.92 million...

China software industry posts January-February revenues of over CNY285 billion

Apr 2, 10:28

China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY285.9 billion (US$45.3 billion) in January-February 2012, growing 25.7% on year, according to statistics by the Ministry of...

Soft-World to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$2.50

Mar 30, 16:14

Soft-World International, the largest developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, has decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$2.50 (US$0.084) for 2011, according to...

Google to start construction of data center in central Taiwan on April 3, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 30, 15:26

Google will kick off construction of an Internet data center on a 15-hectare (37.07-acre) site at the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park, in central Taiwan, on April 3, with completion...

Game First lands exclusive sales agent rights for Diablo III from Blizzard Entertainment

Mar 30, 12:29

Game First International, a subsidiary of Taiwan's largest online game developer/operator Soft-World International, on March 29 announced that it has obtained exclusive agent rights...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims to hike 50Mbps user base to nearly 1 million in 2012

Mar 29, 16:24

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has focused promotions of its FTTx broadband Internet-access services on download speeds of 50Mbps in 2012 and aims to increase the number of 50Mbps FTTx subscribers...