HTC has launched its new flagship smartphone, the U11+, in the Taiwan market at NT$19,900 (US$660) unlocked for a 4GB RAM version and NT$21,900 for a 6GB RAM version. The U11+ comes with a 6-inch Quad HD 18:9 panel, Qualcomm 2.45GHz Snapdragon 835 CPU ... ( read original story ...)
HTC U11 Plus Android Flagship Starts At Only $660 In Taiwan
The more premium version of the handset with double the storage space and 6GB of RAM will set Taiwanese consumers back NT$21,900, or approximately $725. Both price tags are significantly below what the smartphone is expected to cost in Europe where only ... ( read original story ...)
AI technology expected to get more humanized, interactive
were showcased in Taipei on Friday, with their developers sharing their vision of the cutting-edge technology that they predict will become more emotionally responsive like humans. With AI applications such as robots, self-driving cars and automated ... ( read original story ...)
iPhone X hits stores in Taiwan
Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) Apple's new flagship iPhone X was officially ... Some 70 percent of Taiwan's iPhone users usually buy their phones on contract from a telecom service provider but because of the strong demand for the iPhone X, they are worried that ... ( read original story ...)
Property magnet to buy Eastern Broadcasting
Taipei, Nov. 3 (CNA) A Taiwanese property magnet-led investment firm has agreed to buy Eastern Broadcasting Co. (東森電視), one of the leading cable TV stations in Taiwan. In a statement released on Thursday, Eastern Media International Corp ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan president visits U.S. territory of Guam despite Chinese ire
HAGATNA, Guam (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrived on the U.S. Pacific island of Guam on Friday on her way back from visiting Taipei’s diplomatic allies in the Pacific, a trip that caused strong objections from China, which claims Taiwan as ... ( read original story ...)
Heraeus reinforces competitive edge as innovation of PV technology accelerates
2017 is definitely a highly volatile year for PV industry in terms of technology advancement, market demand, and international trade barrier. At 2017 PV Taiwan held recently, Andreas Liebheit, the President of Heraeus Photovoltaics, broadly talked about ... ( read original story ...)
NEC Facial Recognition Tech Used to Secure Sports Stadium in Taipei
NEC‘s facial recognition technology has now been deployed at the 29th Universiade, a sports facility in Taipei, Taiwan. The system allows for near-passive authentication of stadium employees. While they are still required to scan their ID cards over a ... ( read original story ...)
Charles Kao: Taiwan should acknowledge China as one of world’s largest economies
and Oriental Financial from Hong Kong. Entrepreneurs and leaders of all sectors from 10 countries, 70 speakers, and about 400 participants attend the two-day dialogue held at Yuan Dong Restaurant in Taipei today. The international and inter-sectors meet of ... ( read original story ...)
As China Continues To Expand Its Military, Rival Taiwan Responds In Kind
To put the project in perspective, this year’s overall military budget is just $2.92 billion. But Taiwan’s odds are good ... company in the northern port city Keelung. For further development of homegrown defenses, in February the ministry picked ... ( read original story ...)
As China Continues To Expand Its Military, Taiwan Responds In Kind
To put the project in perspective, this year’s overall military budget is just $2.92 billion. But Taiwan’s odds are good ... company in the northern port city Keelung. For further development of homegrown defenses, in February the ministry picked ... ( read original story ...)
Sunwah Group tempts Hong Kong buyers with Ho Chi Minh City property project
Tram Cao, a sales executive at Sunwah Pearl, said the project is a five-minute drive from the city's central business district ... "I'd say about 60 per cent of foreign buyers are from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China, with Hong Kong buyers accounting ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Asia Silicon Valley plan
has unveiled a project to connect universities' R&D capability with enterprises' resources to commercialize technologies developed... The Taiwan government is promoting development of smart city solutions by encouraging enterprises to develop problem ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, Marshall Islands sign health care agreement
These are all components of the Taiwan Medical Center project over the past five years, according to Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), with the goal of improving health care and public health education in the Marshall Islands. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan falls four spots in World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ rankings
Taipei, Nov. 1 (CNA) Taiwan has placed 15th among 190 economies in the World Bank's "Doing Business 2018" rankings, down four notches from a year earlier, according to the international economic organization. Taiwan received a score of 80.07 points, up 0 ... ( read original story ...)
Is Taiwan Semiconductor Still Worth The Risk?
More on that later. TSM only pays out 40.4% of its profits in the form of a dividend, so they retain plenty of cash to grow the business. Does Taiwan Semiconductor have a track record of positive earnings? TSM’s average return on equity for the past five ... ( read original story ...)