Motorola (Lenovo) has unveiled its mid-tier Moto Z2 Play smartphone in the Taiwan market, with the availability to begin in mid-August, priced at NT$14,900 (US$491) unlocked. The Moto Z2 Play, which features a 5.5-inch Full HD display and Qualcomm ... ( read original story ...)
Don’t mess with her: Taiwanese DJ beats up thief to get back her smartphone
This one is fiesty! Taiwanese DJ Maze wasn't spinning at the club the night her mobile phone got stolen but someone else's hand was working on her as the music thumped away. The international DJ, who is also known as Lin Chia-ling, caught a woman red ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan shares edge up; Largan climbs more than 2%
Taipei, July 25 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan closed slightly higher Tuesday as large-cap stocks generally stayed in the doldrums, except for smartphone camera lens supplier Largan Precision Co. (大立光), which gained more than 2 percent, lending support to ... ( read original story ...)
Hon Hai in talks with Indian firm to make low-end cell phones: report
Taipei, July 24 (CNA) Taiwan-based manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (鴻海) is in talks with a major industrial group in India to roll out low-end mobile phones in the South Asian country, according to an Indian media report. On its ... ( read original story ...)
Badass Taiwanese DJ Beats Up Thief in LA For Stealing Her Phone
A popular female DJ from Taiwan was almost robbed of her smartphone inside a club in Los Angeles but she refused to back down and ended up beating up the thief. Lin Chia-ling (林嘉凌), AKA DJ Maze, was enjoying a night out with friends at a local club ... ( read original story ...)
HTC smartphones start showing ads. A glitch or something more sinister?
Ads arrive without warning or permission Keyboard software from mainland China company preloaded on Taiwanese-made smartphones Suspicions that all typing commands, emails and texts being harvested and spied upon Shades of the Carrier IQ scandal? ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Excellence side by side with IoT revolution at Taiwan Expo 2017
Taiwan Excellence Experiencing Zoneis one of the main attractions. Here, products are on display by 66 leading Taiwanese brands covering multifaceted categories including information communication technology (ICT), home appliances, health care equipment ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan sees 2015 technology trade deficit of NT$123.9 billion, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded total revenues of NT$36.2 billion (US$1.19 billion) from exporting technologies, including royalty, licensing and consulting fees, and total costs of NT$160.1 billion from importing technologies in 2015, resulting in a trade deficit of NT$ ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to set up innovation service platform to integrate technology R&D forces
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs will spend NT$5 billion (US$170 million) in the next four years setting up an open innovation service platform (OISP) to facilitate cooperative R&D programs by a total of 12,000 researchers from major R&D organizations ... ( read original story ...)
Michigan still in the hunt for Foxconn Technology plant
Michigan still in the hunt for Foxconn Technology plant The Taiwan-based contract manufacturer is said to be mulling investments in the United States that could total as much $10 billion and create thousands of jobs. Such a massive prospect has pushed ... ( read original story ...)
Neousys Launches Industrial-grade GPU Platform, Nuvo-6108GC
ZHONGHE, Taiwan - July 25, 2017 - PRLog-- Neousys Technology today launched Nuvo-6108GC, the world's first industrial-grade GPU computer integrating NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080 or TITAN X and an Intel® Xeon® processor. Powered by Intel® Xeon® E3 v5 or ... ( read original story ...)
Apple said to be developing its own OLED technology in order to reduce reliance on Samsung
Apple has purchased evaporators from Korea-based Sunic System to build a 2.5G OLED panel line to develop related technology and products in Taiwan, according to a Korea-based ET News report. “Apple is eagerly developing its own OLED technology in order ... ( read original story ...)
Samsung takes aim at TSMC with plans to triple chip foundry market share
Analysts estimate Samsung lost Apple to TSMC in 2015 and the Taiwan firm has had 100 percent of Apple's mobile processor business in 2016 and 2017. "You need a technology that can wow your clients. Without such advanced technology, it'll be difficult to ... ( read original story ...)
Steve Doyle skeptical of luring Foxconn to Wisconsin with millions in incentives
Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles Apple Inc.'s iPhones, is nearing a decision to invest in Wisconsin and could hold an event in Washington, D.C., as soon as this week to discuss USA investment plans, people familiar with the matter said. ( read original story ...)
China’s military preparing for a potential crisis with North Korea
“If you’re going to make me place bets on where I think the US and China would first get into a conflict, it’s not Taiwan, the South China Sea or the East China Sea: I think it’s the Korean Peninsula.” Despite the People’s Liberation Army’s ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan heavily dependent on U.S. for technology
Taipei, July 25 (CNA) Taiwan depends heavily on technology provided by the United States, with Washington accounting for almost 80 percent of Taipei's total imported technology costs, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said on Tuesday. In the latest ... ( read original story ...)