The Wisconsin Assembly planned to approve a $3 billion tax break Thursday for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group to build a massive display panel factory in the state, a project President Donald Trump touted as a transformational win for the U.S. economy. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Wisconsin Assembly passes $3B Foxconn bill
The Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a $3 billion tax break package for Taiwan-based electronics giant Foxconn Technology Group. The bipartisan vote Thursday now sends the bill to the Senate, where it must also pass in identical form before it goes to ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Has Been Hit by a Massive Power Cut, Affecting Millions of Households
Taiwan suffered a massive power blackout on Tuesday evening ... including some of the world's leading technology manufacturers. ChipMOS Technologies Inc (imos) said the outage had not had a big impact on its operations. Its shares fell 2 percent in early ... ( read original story ...)
Where To Stay In Yilan, Taiwan: 10 Hotels & Vacation Rentals
Along with the Jimmy Park, this property is also close to Luna Plaza and Taiwan Theatre. The entire studio apartment is at the disposal of tired travelers, who have their own bed in the city of Yilan. There are four separate single beds which can ... ( read original story ...)
NXP Powers Event Passes for 150,000 Athletes, Government Officials and Delegates at the International 29th Summer Universiade
NXP’s MIFARE-based smart ticketing deployment for the Summer Universiade in Taipei is the second international sports event in 2017 that uses MIFARE technology for event access. NXP contactless smart card technology was deployed at the FIFA ... ( read original story ...)
Asus launches new Zenfone 4 series smartphones in Taiwan
Asus has unveiled six new smartphones in its Zenfone 4 series – ZenFone 4 Pro, ZenFone 4, ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro and ZenFone 4 Selfie – in Taiwan. The devices were unveiled at the We Love Photo event in Taipei. Asus’ new Zenfone 4 series smartphones ... ( read original story ...)
Telecom scam: 400 Chinese, Taiwanese held in Cambodia
China has been battling telecoms fraud that has cost billions of dollars in financial losses, say authorities in Beijing who accuse Taiwan of harbouring criminal gangs behind many of the scams. Cambodia is one of China's closest allies in Southeast Asia ... ( read original story ...)
No man is an island, but Taiwan is, and so are Cabo Verde, Fiji, the Maldives, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
The one-year “convention period” refers to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. Taiwan has never signed on to the treaty, but has made a separate agreement with the US in 1996 establishing priority between the two countries. ( read original story ...)
CitizenM North Gate, Taipei, Taiwan
Since launching its first property in Schiphol airport in 2008 ... This past month, it opened its eleventh – and first Asian – outpost in Taipei, ahead of Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur. Rising 26 stories above the historic North Gate, the 267-room hotel ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan concerned by U.S. plan for unfair trade probe against China
Fearing that Taiwan could be hit by retaliatory actions by Washington if it finds forced technology transfers or intellectual property theft by China, Bureau of Foreign Trade Director-General Yang Jen-ni (楊珍妮) said Sunday the agency will carefully ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: Sharp intros Aquos S2
Sharp has introduced its new Aquos S2-series smartphones in the Taiwan market targeting the mid-tier to high-end segment. The 5.5-inch Aquos S2 comes in two variants. The standard model is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 CPU and priced at NT$12,900 ... ( read original story ...)
Infortrend Technology : Boost Performance Levels with the 12Gb/s SAS Drive Interface on Their Entry Level RAID Storage Systems for SMBs
New Taipei City, Taiwan, 15th August 2017 - Infortrend® Technology, Inc. (TWSE: 2495) has launched their new general purpose storage solutions EonStor DS 1000 Gen2 and EonStor DS 2000 Gen2 series, complete with support for the standard 12 Gb/s SAS ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Satellite Telecom : AsiaSat and Eurovision Media Services to deliver Taipei 2017 Universiade on AsiaSat 5
Hong Kong, 15 August 2017 - Eurovision Media Services, in collaboration with its long-term satellite partner, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), will use AsiaSat 5 to deliver the Taipei 2017 Universiade across the Asia Pacific. ( read original story ...)
Apple suppliers boost Taiwan tech sector in July
Outside of the Apple supply chain, leading dynamic random access memory (DRAM) maker Nanya Technology is the top performer on the NAR's Taiwan tech watchlist. The best performer on the NAR’s Taiwanese tech watchlist in July was memory chipmaker Nanya ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm to enhance development of Taiwan’s wireless ecosystem
NEW DELHI: American technology giant Qualcomm said that the Qualcomm Innovation Lab – Taiwan has made significant progress enabling Taiwan’s global competitiveness. Since its launch in November 2016, the lab has supported more than 50 designs every ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: Hojin introduces smartphone for seniors
Taiwan-based Hojin International (also known as iNO) has launched a new smartphone, the iNO S9, targeting the senior citizen market. The iNO S9 carries a price tag of NT$7,990 (US$265). The iNO S9 features a 5.5-inch touch panel, MediaTek MT6737T CPU, 13 ... ( read original story ...)