Secondly, it gives Google a vast new engineering base in Taipei, Taiwan, where HTC is located. A crucial element of the acquisition is the power it will give Google to design its own consumer hardware as well as high-end, special objective chips. ( read original story ...)
FPC Announces New Integrations With Japanese and Taiwanese OEMs
New smartphones from major Japan- and Taiwan-based OEMs feature Fingerprint Cards fingerprint sensors, the company has announced. FPC hasn’t revealed the names of these clients, but indicated that the integrations include its FPC1035 and FPC1272 sensor ... ( read original story ...)
Google closes HTC deal, welcomes smartphone innovators
Neither and both happened. September last year, Google and HTC announced a $1.1 billion deal that, among other things, would see a large chunk of the Taiwanese smartphone maker’s mobile team transfer to the mothership. Google has now announced that deal ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom Reports 2018 Guidance
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) ("Chunghwa" or "the Company") today reported its guidance for 2018 on a consolidated basis. All figures were prepared in accordance with Taiwan-International ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm to make first payment for violating competition law in Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc will pay T$390 million ($13.35 million), its first installment of a fine for anti-trust violations in Taiwan, the Taiwan Fair Trade ... and refused to license its technology to other industry players. Qualcomm’s fine ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom : Holds Taiwan 5G Alliance – CHT Pilot Team Inauguration Ceremony
TAIPEI, Taiwan, January 29, 2018 - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) ('Chunghwa' or 'the Company') today held an inauguration ceremony for its CHT Pilot Team of the Taiwan 5G Alliance. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s high-tech weapons
A recent tour at the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology -- the brains behind Taiwan's weapons program -- gave a glimpse to what high-tech warfare will entail, and what weapons Taiwan hopes to have if the unfortunate happens -- war breaks ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan researchers find key substance for brain cell regeneration
Taipei, Jan. 26 (CNA) Taiwan's National Health Research Institutes (NHRI ... a paper summarizing the team's findings and is also hoping to find a partner for the technology so that further clinical trials can be conducted and a therapeutic drug developed. ( read original story ...)
Smartphone battery explodes in Chinese man’s face after he bites it
The explosion, which occurred at an electronics store last Friday (Jan 19), happened less than a second after the man took a bite of the smartphone battery, reported Taiwan News. The episode was captured by the store's CCTV security cameras, and the video ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan smartphone sales dip lower in December
Smartphone sales in the Taiwan market slid 5.5% sequentially to 614,000 units in December 2017, as sales momentum of Apple's iPhone X and iPhone 8 devices began to slow down, according to data compiled by local retail channels. Nevertheless, Apple remained ... ( read original story ...)
97 Taiwanese arrested in eastern Europe for telecom fraud
Countries from Spain to Indonesia have agreed to deport Taiwanese scammers to China despite protests from Taipei, which says the suspects should be sent back to Taiwan for investigation and trial. Last month, China jailed 44 Taiwanese for telecom fraud ... ( read original story ...)
97 Taiwanese arrested in Europe for telecom fraud
Countries from Spain to Indonesia have agreed to deport Taiwanese scammers to China despite protest from Taipei, which says the suspects should be sent back to Taiwan for investigation and trial. Last month, China jailed 44 Taiwanese for telecom fraud ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Navy Likely To Get 60 Stealth Mini-Missile Assault Boats By 2022
Taiwan’s Navy will begin research in stealth technology construction for small-but-powerful frigates with deadly weaponry onboard, in an effort to ramp up asymmetric warfare amid growing threats of Chinese military invasion. Taiwan’s Chief of the ... ( read original story ...)
Apple ranked best smartphone seller in Taiwan in December
Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) Apple Inc., the U.S. consumer electronics giant, retained its title as the top smartphone brand in Taiwan in December following the launch of the premium iPhone X a month earlier, according to industrial sources. A total of 614,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Global games market riding wave of new technology
Taipei, Jan. 25 (CNA) As the technology industry pushes out more and more consoles, PCs, tablets and other devices, seemingly with no end in sight, a huge beneficiary of all the new technology is the global games market. Speaking at the opening ceremony of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan remains among top five markets for Google Play
Taipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) Taiwan remained among the top five markets in the world ... Google Play hopes to help Taiwanese developers by first introducing the latest technology and development tools through regular workshops and events to give developers ... ( read original story ...)