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Tuesday 4 August 2015
Digitimes Research: RT Works launches robot to help people walk
Japan-based RT Works has launched Robot Assist Walker RT. 1, an autonomous walking-assisting cart to help old people walk, in the Japan market, becoming the fourth model of personal...
Monday 3 August 2015
Taiwan motherboard players targeting China embedded market for growth
Seeing that PC demand remains weak, motherboard players have been trying to expand into the embedded product market especially in China. Players such as Gigabyte Technology and ASRock...
Monday 3 August 2015
Sony Mobile to have Arima, FIH produce mid-range smartphones
Sony Mobile Communications will have Taiwan-based ODMs Arima Communications and FIH Mobile produce mid-range smartphone models Xperia C5 Ultra and Xperia M5 respectively, according...
Monday 3 August 2015
Xiaomi and Huawei devices account for nearly 3rd of smartphones shipped in China in 2Q15, says Canalys
Xiaomi regained its crown as the largest smartphone vendor in China with 15.9% market share in the second quarter of 2015, while Huawei saw its shipments rise 48% sequentially, the...
Monday 3 August 2015
Risks to drive US$10 billion cyber insurance market by 2020, says firm
Continued and sustained cyberattacks are having a ruinous effect on enterprises and driving up the cost of incident response. With over 900 million reported records exposed in 2014,...
Monday 3 August 2015
Adlink Technology 2Q15 revenues hit record
Industrial computing device maker Adlink Technology generated consolidated revenues of NT$2.394 billion (US$76.9 million) for the second quarter of 2015, the highest quarterly level...
Friday 31 July 2015
Electronic dictionary vendor Global View sets up business incubator in Beijing
Taiwan-based Global View, an e-dictionary and e-translator vendor, has set up an innovative business incubator in Beijing, aiming to help Taiwan-based teams establish startup companies...
Friday 31 July 2015
FET arranges stake investment in CNS via buying corporate bonds
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on July 30 announced it will subscribe to 7-year unsecured corporate bonds at a fixed annual interest of 3% worth up to NT$17.12 billion (US$546...
Friday 31 July 2015
Acer pushing investments in startups
Acer has announced to cooperate with Taiwan's Small and Medium Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, which will be represented by Institute for Information Industry...
Friday 31 July 2015
Taiwan market: Samsung launches new Galaxy Tab 4 7.0, Galaxy Grand Prime
Samsung Electronics has launched upgrade versions of its entry-level smartphone the Galaxy Grand Prime and the entry-level tablet the Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 LTE in the Taiwan market, aiming...
Friday 31 July 2015
Adlink posts 1H15 net EPS of NT$1.77
Industrial computing device maker Adlink Technology on July 30 released its financial report for the first half of 2015, recording consolidated revenues of NT$4.58 billion (US$149...
Friday 31 July 2015
Notebook component makers shift to server applications along with ODMs
While notebook ODMs, such as Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics, have been expanding staff specifically for servers used in cloud computing data centers, their component suppliers,...
Friday 31 July 2015
Global smartphone shipments growth slows to 15% in 2Q15, says Strategy Analytics
Global smartphone shipments grew 15% on year to reach 339.5 million units in the second quarter of 2015, which was the industry's slowest growth for six years, according to Strategy...
Thursday 30 July 2015
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom sees 4G user base increase to 2.9 million
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) saw the number of its 4G mobile communication subscribers increase to 2.9 million at the end of July and has offered several sales promotions in a bid to target...
Thursday 30 July 2015
Motorola launches 3 smartphones
Motorola has unveiled three smartphones, the Moto X Style, Moto X Play and Moto G, simultaneously in New York, London and Sao Paulo.