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Wednesday 30 July 2014
China market: Colorful Technology poses competitive threat to MSI, ASRock
China-based Colorful Technology and Development, the largest graphics card vendor in the China market, will launch own-brand gaming motherboards in the second half, and is expected...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan digital camera shipments in 2Q14 up 43.3% sequentially
Ability Enterprise, Altek, Foxconn Electronics and Asia Optical together shipped 3.78 million digital cameras in the second quarter of 2014, hiking 43.3% on quarter, according to...
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Taiwan digital cameras – 2Q 2014
Taiwan makers saw a rare rise in their DSC shipments in the second quarter of 2014, thanks to strong orders from clients who were launching new models for the spring season. While...
Tuesday 29 July 2014
Asustek, Gigabyte releasing new gaming notebooks in 3Q14
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have turned aggressive about the gaming notebook industry and are planning to release new models in the third quarter to compete against Micro-Star...
Monday 28 July 2014
Taiwan market: Acer, Asustek see opportunities from enterprise PC replacement trend
President of Acer Taiwan Tony Huang has recently pointed out that the company saw strong demand from large enterprises for replacing their existing PCs in the first half of the year...
Monday 28 July 2014
New Surface to come into production in August, say Taiwan maker
Microsoft is expected to launch a 10.6-inch new version of Surface in October 2014, with production of components to begin in August and volume production of the tablet to kick off...
Friday 25 July 2014
Acer sees booming sales of Chromebooks, says CEO
Acer has seen booming sales of Chromebooks, including government procurement orders for educational purposes in many countries, and therefore has asked supply chains to increase production...
Friday 25 July 2014
Worldwide tablet market grows 11% in 2Q14, says IDC
The worldwide tablet market grew 11.0% on year in the second quarter of 2014 with shipments reaching 49.3 million units, according to IDC. Although shipments declined sequentially...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Worldwide digital production color print market to see cumulative shipment value reach nearly US$25 billion over 2014-2018, says IDC
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the worldwide digital production color market continued its unabated growth of top-line shipment value in 2013. The industry achieved...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Global pay-TV market to generate US$280.4 billion in 2014, with 45% of subscribers watching HD content, says ABI Research
The worldwide pay-TV market continued to grow in first-quarter 2014. According to ABI Research, the total pay-TV subscriber base is expected to surpass 936.4 million at the end of...
Thursday 24 July 2014
STB revenues post best year ever in 2013, says IHS
Following a relatively flat three-year period, the global set-top box (STB) market managed to achieve the highest annual revenue total in its history in 2013, setting the stage for...
Thursday 24 July 2014
Peak season TV demand expected to be flat on year
Peak demand for LCD TVs for the early October holidays in China and the year-end holidays in the US and Europe is expected to remain flat on year, according to Taiwan-based supply...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Vendors partner with Wintel to release US$199-249 notebooks for 2H14
Intel, Microsoft and notebook brand vendors are preparing to push entry-level notebooks priced at US$199-249 in the second half, according to sources from the upstream supply chain...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Microsoft cloud growth drives strong fiscal 4Q14 results
Microsoft has announced revenues of US$23.38 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2014. Gross margins, operating income, and diluted EPS for the quarter were US$15.79 billion, US$6.48...
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Apple reports fiscal 3Q14 results
Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended June 28, 2014. The Company posted quarterly revenues of US$37.4 billion and quarterly net profits of...