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Thursday 14 July 2016
Garmin enters Taiwan micropayment market
Garmin has cooperated with Taiwan-based micropayment firm iPass to launch wearable devices that are able to measure heart rates and support micropayments.
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Worldwide PC shipments decline 5.2% in 2Q16, says Gartner
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 64.3 million units in the second quarter of 2016, a 5.2% decline from the second quarter of 2015, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Growth in 2-in-1s not enough to cover decreases in notebook, tablet shipments in 2Q16, say Taiwan makers
While global shipments for 2-in-1 devices have been growing steadily in the second quarter of 2016, the growth was far insufficient to cover decreases in notebook and tablet shipments,...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Synnex to acquire Minacs for integration with Concentrix
US-based Synnex, with Taiwan-based Mitac Holdings and Synnex Technology International being its main shareholders, has announced it will acquire Canada-based outsourcing business...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
124 million TV panels shipped globally in 1H16, says Sigmaintell
Global LCD TV panel unit shipments totaled 124 million in first-half 2016, slipping 5.9% on year, but total area shipments rose 4% due to increased average size, according to Sigmaintell...
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Taiwan market: HTC begins marketing Vive via retail channels
HTC has begun marketing its Vive through retail channels in the Taiwan market. The company aims to establish up to 100 experience shops for the VR device by year-end 2016.
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Asustek unveils new products for 2H16
Asustek Computer has unveiled a number of new products for the second half of 2016, including ZenFone 3 family products, Transformer 3 Pro 2-in-1, and ZenPad 3S 10 tablet.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Acer sees over 40% on-month revenue growth in June
Acer has reported consolidated revenues of NT$24.77 billion (US$767.9 million) for June 2016, representing a 42.92% increase on month but 6.78% drop on year.
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Acer, Asustek see stable operations in Venezuela, says paper
Commenting on Elitegroup Computer Systems' (ECS) uncollected payments from the government in Venezuela for its Classmate PCs and Education Tablets, Acer and Asustek both say they...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
PC shipments beat expectations in 2Q16 as US market returns to growth, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.4 million units in the second quarter of 2016, an on-year decline of 4.5%, beating the forecast of negative 7.4% by roughly 3%, according to the...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Notebook ODMs look to shipment growths in 2H16
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec have announced their June shipments with Quanta shipping four million notebooks, up 300,000 units...
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Asustek sees growth in June revenues; conservative about 3Q16
Asustek Computer saw its June consolidated revenues grow 33% on month and 2% on year to reach NT$42.39 billion (US$1.32 billion), but its revenues in the second quarter were down...
Monday 11 July 2016
ECS to declare US$90 million in bad debt in 2Q16 due to orders from Venezuela
Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) was awarded a bidding project on classmate PC and education tablets by the government of Venezuela for over two million units at a total amount over...
Monday 11 July 2016
Gigabyte June revenues increase
Gigabyte Technology has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.853 billion f(US$150.7 million) or June 2016, representing a 47.36% increase on month and 26.17% increase on year.
Monday 11 July 2016
Sino-American pushes air purifier and water filter businesses
Taiwan-based power supply maker Sino-American Electronics has turned to focus on developing air purifier products, as the PC and notebook market has been weakening, and its latest...