Google deal expected to affect HTC smartphone R&D capability

Taipei, Sept. 23 (CNA) A deal for Taiwan-based HTC Corp. (宏達電 ... a deal that will also allow the U.S. buyer to receive a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property. HTC has built good business ties with Google over the years. ( read original story ...)

That Queasy Feeling Down Under

Why risk Los Angeles for Seoul or Taipei? I’d like to think White is too pessimistic ... Australia’s scandal of the year concerns two Chinese-born property developers, both allegedly connected to the Chinese Communist party, who funneled more than ... ( read original story ...)

Google buys Pixel team for $1.1B

Google is also getting a nonexclusive license for Taiwan-based HTC's intellectual property to help support Pixel phones ... said at a news conference in Taipei. "We've been focusing on building our core capabilities. But with this agreement, we're taking ... ( read original story ...)

Google steps up its hardware push with $1.1bn HTC deal

TAIPEI/SAN FRANCISCO: Alphabet Inc's Google said late Wednesday ... It will also acquire a non-exclusive licence for HTC's intellectual property and the two firms agreed to look at other areas of collaboration in the future. While Google is not acquiring ... ( read original story ...)

Google and HTC Announce US$1.1 Billion Cooperation Agreement

and TAIPEI, Taiwan , Sept. Google (NASDAQ GOOG ... Separately, Google will receive a non exclusive license for HTC intellectual property (IP). The agreement is a testament to the decade-long strategic relationship between HTC and Google around the ... ( read original story ...)

Citizen M to launch new sites in 15 locations by 2020

In the US, the group has secured two properties in Los Angeles and another two in San Francisco, a second property in New York on the Bowery ... In Asia, a site in Taipei opened in July, with Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur to join next summer. ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s property prices up 1.2% in Q2: survey

Taipei, Sept. 16 (CNA) Property prices in Taiwan rose 1.2 percent from a year earlier in the second quarter of this year and the increase has put the island on the 44th spot among the 55 countries around the world surveyed, according to London ... ( read original story ...)

Why Taiwan is ideal for smart cities

http://www.property-report.com/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=834a5365-ce25-42de-9bf0-1c1cb55c69f9&groupId=10184&ext=png1503020811256 Taiwan’s major urban areas are best suited for advancement as smart cities, Virginia-based public-private partnership ... ( read original story ...)

Why Taiwan is ideal for smart city development

Taiwan’s major urban areas are best suited for advancement as smart cities, Virginia-based public-private partnership MeriTalk reported. World-famous for its PC and motherboard manufacturing industry, Taiwan is primed for piloting smart city programmes ... ( read original story ...)

Buying interest rises in Taipei’s upscale homes

1 (CNA) Luxury homes accounted for about 10 percent of the total housing transactions in August in Taipei, the most closely watched property market in Taiwan, up from about 7 percent the previous month, according to statistics released Friday by property ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan looks to clean up its act on money laundering

The potential costs and increased difficulty of getting transactions done under the new rules worry those in the property market, said Wong Jui-chi, the spokesman for Taiwan’s Chinese Association of Real Estate brokers, while emphasising that his ... ( read original story ...)

Fewer empty homes recorded in Taiwan last year

http://www.property-report.com/c/document_library/get_file ... average monthly power consumption below 60 kilowatts per hour qualified as empty homes. New Taipei City had an empty home rate of 7.6 percent, representing around 118,067 units, the highest ... ( read original story ...)

Taipei’s most expensive condo comes in a ‘double helix’

Wealthy individuals at home and abroad have flocked to this new property, whose price per unit is said to be over 1 billion New Taiwan dollars ($32.9 million). The condo is being built by Japanese general contractor Kumagai Gumi, which also built Taipei ... ( read original story ...)

PJ Masks lands in Taiwan

Entertainment One (eOne) is taking its preschool superhero property PJ Masks to Taiwan. The series hit screens across the country this month through broadcast partner Yoyo TV, and consumer products are set to launch in late September. PJ Masks’ consumer ... ( read original story ...)