Taiwan's Water Resources Agency under Ministry of Economic Affairs has showcased its latest Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for agricultural irrigation and water leakage detection at the Circular Economy Taiwan show taking place in Taipei from September 19-21.

Acer's Value Lab and its subsidiary International Smart Union (ISU) have jointly provided AI (artificial intelligent)-based hardware/software solutions for a daytime care center for the elderly established by government-sponsored Taipei Veterans General Hospital, according to ISU chairman Maverick...

Through attending various commercial activities hosted by the World Information Technology and Services Alliances (WITSA), Taiwan information software and hardware firms can more easily tap global business opportunities, according to Yvonne Chiu, chairperson of both WITSA and the Information Service...

Vietnam has a population of near 100 million and there are over 70 million handset and Internet users, providing a good foundation for stable development of the country's information and communications technology (ICT) industry, according to Phan Tam, deputy minister of Vietnam's Ministry of Information...

The ASEAN market sees fast growth in e-commerce, with total transaction value increasing by about 20% annually, according to ASOCIO (Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization) chairman David Wong Nan Fay.

IIoT (industrial Internet of Things) applications have started to take root since the beginning of 2018 and will develop at full speed in the next 5-10 years, driven by constant technology breakthroughs and growing demand for customized production, according to Tsai Chi-nan, president of Advantech's...

Vietnam is a young country with more and more people ready to swarm into urban areas, and Hanoi will become an iconic place for promoting the country's overall smart city projects highlighting energy resources, water resources and transportation, Nguyen Duc Chung, chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee,...

Facing the great waves of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Vietnam is keen on promoting e-government projects, and the government there has selected five main cities, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Danang, as pilot sites for smart city development, covering clean energy, environmental protection...

China-based Taobao online shopping platform and Test Rite International, a trading company and operator of chain retail stores of home-use products, have jointly set up a smart retail store, Taobao x hoi!, in Taipei, according to Test Rite COO Robin Ho.

Breaktime, which operates Zi.Media Network platform for blogs and content, expects revenues to reach NT$200 million (US$6.5 million) in 2018 and NT$1.0 billion for 2020, according to company CEO Andy Chen.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 17 for the Erlin Campus of the Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP), paving the way for establishing a platform for the development of smart technology, smart machinery and biotechnology, while helping accelerate Taiwan's industrial transformation.

Many tech startups are actively applying newly emerging technologies to carry out smart wealth management services amid the ever-expanding financial investment portfolios. Among them, Taiwan's Leadin Technology is dedicated to offering AI-driven wealth management solutions through its social trading...

The IoT (Internet of Things) applications will see explosive development in 2019-2020 with total NB (narrow band)-IoT solutions to be fully incorporated into the smart city field, but no enterprises can fight single-handedly in the era, according to KC Liu, chairman of Advantech.

National Taiwan University (NTU) has signed an MoU with Stanford University's School of Medicine to jointly develop AI (artificial intelligence) applications for biomedicine, according to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

How smart AI can be usually depends on the quantity and quality of data, and therefore enterprises have to protect and manage their data in an overall manner, allowing easier access to the data to boost machine learning efficiency, according to Goh Eng Lim, HPE's vice president and chief technology...

While Industry 4.0 is changing people's current and future way of working, Intel is moving to fully deploy its technologies in every IoT node to make entire IoT system boast the best computing performance and facilitate wide applications of leading new technologies such as AI, smart Internet, and built-in...

Bluetooth low-energy indoor positioning solution developer Starwing Technology has reached a high technological accuracy level of 10-30cm in positioning error, much lower than a general level of 3-5m, according to the company.

Along with the constant development of blockchain technologies and applications, the era of chain groups and token economy has arrived, with 2018 being the starting year for a common community integrating public chains, industry shared chains and token economy, Yuan Dao, chairman of China's Zhongguancun...

Successful combination of Taiwan's IT and biomedical advantages can help shape new industry ecosystems and create innovative AI-based business models at a time when the global healthcare industry records a higher ratio for investment in AI applications, according to experts at a recent forum held in...

Taiwan has formulated relatively friendlier regulations governing virtual currency exchanges, which is expected to help the country's trading of digital tokens expand significantly, according to David Pan, president of ACE Exchange, a digital asset trading platform.

The Taiwanese city of Taoyuan has disclosed it has adopted HPE's Edgeline, an IoT-based smart street lighting solution, for a pilot project to install 1,800 LED streetlamps in an area surrounding a high-speed railway station.

Bolstered by strong support from governments of different countries, the global blockchain industry is poised to enter a fast growth period, but how to apply tech innovations to accelerate applications to various industries has become a crucial factor for whether fast popularity of the blockchain concept...

Four startup business accelerators, BE Accelerator, Center of Industry Accelerator and Patent Strategy (IAPS), SOSV-MOX, and ParkLabs Taipei, will be stationed at Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA) in Taipei, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST).

Despite digital currency exchange entering a bearish market, blockchain applications are just taking off now with bright prospects looming ahead, as potential market values for virtual currency, blockchain technology and decentralization sectors are estimated by research institutions to hit US$10 trillion...

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will inaugurate Startup Terrace, an incubation center in New Taipei City, on September 18.