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Monday 24 March 2014
Apple pushing automated production
Apple is planning to have its iPhone batteries fully manufactured on automated production lines in 2014 to reduce its manpower demand. The move is expected to trigger other brand...
Monday 24 March 2014
Digitimes Research: March analysis of tablet market
China-based Huawei and CoolPad have both recently launched their new low-price high-specification phablets in China, aiming to grab shares from the high-end phablet market. Both vendors...
Friday 21 March 2014
Acer CEO visiting retail channel to clarify executive change rumors
Acer CEO Jason Chen has been visiting the company's channel retail partners to clarify rumors that one of its channel sales executives has resigned his post. Chen has said no executive...
Friday 21 March 2014
Abico to push 3D printers into Taiwan procurement market in 2014
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Abico Digital Imaging expects its 3D printer business to achieve good sales in 2014 with orders from the government and education procurement market...
Friday 21 March 2014
Asustek Taiwan sales agents worry about competition from ADI
Asustek Computer has set up Asus Digital International (ADI), a joint venture with e-commerce operator Uitox specifically for marketing and selling its Zenfone smartphones online...
Thursday 20 March 2014
Sony to take back LCD TV production; reducing orders to Taiwan to 300,000 units in 2014
Sony is reportedly considering spinning off its LCD TV business and turn it into an independent subsidiary in July 2014, with plans to shift its outsourcing orders back to in-house...
Wednesday 19 March 2014
Hong Kong Electronics Fair to push 3D printing, baby electronics and mobile communication products
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is set to host the Hong Kong Electronics Fair – Spring Edition 2014, from April 13-16 and will promote products such as 3D printing,...
Wednesday 19 March 2014
Two Acer employees probed over suspected insider trading
Acer has confirmed that its headquarters was searched by prosecutors on March 18 over alleged insider trading with two of its employees under investigation. Acer stressed that it...
Wednesday 19 March 2014
LCD TV market in China expected to drop to 45 million units in 2014
The LCD TV market in China is expected to drop from 48 million units in 2013 to about 45 million units in 2014, according to market observers.
Tuesday 18 March 2014
PC vendors plan to develop 15- to 17-inch AIO PCs
Hewlett-Packard (HP), Asustek Computer and other vendors plan to develop 15- to 17-inch AIO (all-in-one) PCs in a bid to tap the low-cost segment, but this will decrease demand for...
Tuesday 18 March 2014
Taiwan Vaio component makers suffering inventory pile ups
Sony has completely stopped taking shipments of Vaio components from Taiwan-based suppliers following its signing with Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) to sell the business in early...
Tuesday 18 March 2014
Digitimes Research: Google shifts focus to large-size tablet competition
Digitimes Research has learned that Google is set to release at least two Nexus tablets in 2014 with an 8.9-inch model already under development and set to enter mass production in...
Monday 17 March 2014
Innolux sees shipments of high-end high color saturation Ultra HD TV panels reach 10,000 a month
Innolux is seeing shipments of its high-end high color saturation Ultra HD TV panels reach about 10,000 units a month, according to industry sources.
Monday 17 March 2014
Smartphone cooling module demand may remain weak until 2015
Despite having received orders for tablet heat pipes, Taiwan-based cooling module makers are still not able to land orders from most smartphone vendors and are unlikely to do so until...
Monday 17 March 2014
Digitimes Research: Comcast to push into new digital home market
In addition to its existing Xfinity Triple-Play services, US-based Comcast has recently announced it will cooperate with US-based NRG Energy to offer electricity services. The move...