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Wednesday 6 February 2013
Senao January revenues hit record
Senao International, an IT and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, on February 5 reported revenues of NT$4.172 billion (US$142.5 million) for January, its highest monthly...
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Dell enters into agreement to be acquired by Michael Dell and Silver Lake
Dell has announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which Michael Dell, Dell's Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in partnership with global technology...
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Digitimes Research: Taiwan-based LCD TV shipments total 10.51 million in 4Q12
Taiwan-based LCD TV makers shipped 10.51 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 6.4% on quarter, according to Digitimes Research.
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Panasonic reports fiscal 3Q12 and 9-month results
Panasonic has reported its consolidated financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2012, of the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Vendors to push convertible all-in-one PCs in the summer
All-in-one PC brand vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Lenovo, Asustek Computer and Sony, are preparing to release convertible all-in-one PCs in summer 2013, according to sources...
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Foxconn to release 70-inch LCD TV in April 2013; expected to expand TV assembly production in China
Foxconn Electronics is reportedly working on a 70-inch LCD TV that is expected to be released in April 2013 in Taiwan followed by a later release in other markets, according to industry...
Tuesday 5 February 2013
Tablet shipments soar to record levels during strong holiday quarter, says IDC
Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions reaching a record total of 52.5 million units worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to research firm International Data...
Monday 4 February 2013
Inventec to have 90% notebook orders made in Chongqing, China in 2014
Inventec will accelerate its pace over shifting notebook production capacity to plants in Chongqing, China in the second half of 2013 with more than 90% of the company's total orders...
Monday 4 February 2013
Upstream supply chain sees good profit from Intel Classmate PC shipments
Despite fierce competitions within the notebook and the tablet markets, netbook and tablet products are currently still seeing good demand in the education segment, especially Intel's...
Monday 4 February 2013
Taiwan newly appointed premier names new economic minister
Taiwan's newly appointed premier Jiang Yi-huah is reshuffling members of the Executive Yuan (Cabinet) and has named China Airlines chairman Chang Chia-juch to head the Ministry of...
Monday 4 February 2013
Handsets to become biggest consumer of flash memory in 2013, says IHS
In another sign of the pre-eminent position smartphones now hold in the global technology market, handsets as a whole are set to become the world's single largest consumer of flash...
Monday 4 February 2013
Taiwan-based notebook components makers hesitate about working with Lenovo-Compal joint venture in eastern China
LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology, a joint venture established by China-based Lenovo and Taiwan-based Compal Electronics in Hefei, northern China, is speeding up notebook production...
Friday 1 February 2013
Ultra HD TVs to have breakout year in 2013; market forecast to reach 7 million in 2016, says DisplaySearch
More than half a million Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TVs are forecast to ship worldwide in 2013, growing to more than seven million by 2016, according to research firm DisplaySearch. The...
Friday 1 February 2013
Digitimes Research: Entrance to Japan e-book market may be good for Amazon in the long term
After several years of negotiations with local publishers, Amazon finally entered Japan's e-book market with its Kindle devices and Kindle Store in October 2012, but e-book prices...
Friday 1 February 2013
Automotive display demand to reach 70 Million by 2016, says DisplaySearch
Shipments of TFT-LCDs used in automobiles for devices such as navigation and rear seat DVD players increased 16% on year to 49 million units in 2012, according to research firm DisplaySearch...