Falls were led by bourses in Asia, where heavyweight Hong Kong tumbled 1.3 percent and Chinese mainland stocks fell 0.5 percent led by property firms after some cities imposed new housing curbs on the overheated market. Taiwan's index tumbled more than 1 ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore crowned best city of the future
Second place in the Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future overall was Tokyo, whose success is attributed to job creation in the telecommunications industry ... Tokyo came in third. Overall, Taipei was ranked sixth, ahead of Beijing, Sydney, Osaka and Kuala ... ( read original story ...)
Why the US may lose the war for influence in the Pacific to China
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 funnelled more than ... ( read original story ...)
Gogoro Announces USD 300 Million Series C Investment Round To Drive New Expansion, Research And Development
24, 2017 : Gogoro, a technology leader transforming how innovation is bridging ... Gogoro launched Smartscooter EV and Gogoro Energy Network in 2015 in Taipei and rolled it out across Taiwan with strong momentum and success. "It is great to see new ... ( read original story ...)
2017 USC Global Conference draws to a close in Tokyo
I have long believed that science and technology are mainly the means to an end — but ... Subsequent conferences were held in Shanghai; Seoul, South Korea; Hong Kong; and Taipei, Taiwan. Cesar Jimenez Jr. has help — from his wife, a service dog ... ( read original story ...)
Week In Review: Zai Lab Completes $150 Million U.S. IPO; Investors Push Valuation To $1.4 Billion
Using Infervision technology, a doctor's time-per-scan could be reduced from ten minutes to five seconds, the company said. Qiming Venture Partners led the B round, joined by Sequoia Capital China and Genesis Capital. XW Laboratories of Wuhan and Taipei ... ( read original story ...)
Highlights of World Congress on Information Technology in Taipei
Models demonstrate high-tech gym clothes at the 21st World Congress on Information Technology in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Sept. 11, 2017. The four-day event started on Sunday. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi) ( read original story ...)
Taiwan seeks exchanges with renewable energy developers in Europe
Brussels, Sept. 23 (CNA) In an effort to expand Taiwan's renewable energy development, a team of experts headed by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Su Fong-chin (蘇芳慶) recently left for Europe to seek exchanges with a number of renowned ... ( read original story ...)
Moxa enhances IIoT gateways with cutting edge technology through Microsoft & OPC Partnership
Moxa will also hold a live demo at the 2017 IoT Expo in Taipei to show how easy it is to collect data ... “The Moxa gateways leveraging OPC UA technology provide the key enabling solution necessary to address information integration between control ... ( read original story ...)
Move over consoles, PC gaming is back
With graphics chips getting smaller, along with better cooling systems and battery technology, some laptops now offer performance ... head of sales and marketing in the country. Shares of the Taipei-based company have more than doubled since 2013. ( read original story ...)
Moxa Enhances IIoT Gateways With Cutting Edge Technology Through Microsoft and OPC Partnership
Moxa will also hold a live demo at the 2017 IoT Expo in Taipei to show how easy it is to collect data ... "The Moxa gateways leveraging OPC UA technology provide the key enabling solution necessary to address information integration between control systems ... ( read original story ...)
Google and HTC sign $1.1bn cooperation agreement
Additionally, this agreement also represents a significant investment by Google in Taiwan as a key innovation and technology hub. “As a pioneer of the smartphone market, we are very proud of our history of innovation. Our unmatched smartphone value chain ... ( read original story ...)
Alphabet’s $1B Smartphone Buy: Street Happy It’s Not $12B Like Motorola
HTC shares, down 13% this year, were unchanged in Taipei trading, at 69.30 in New Taiwan dollars ... centralizing the company’s hardware unit should help Google better integrate proprietary technology and services in areas such as Voice, Google Assistant ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to showcase innovations at IoT
This technology will become a key tool for significant advances ... Learn more about these technological advancements and many other treats and join Taiwan’s best tech brands in creating a smarter future at the Taiwan IoT Solutions for Smart Living ... ( read original story ...)
Google Pays $1.1B To Acquire HTC’s Pixel Team, Intellectual Property Rights
In return, the struggling, Taiwan-based consumer electronics firm receives a financial ... around 2,000 employees -- but a non-exclusive license to use HTC's intellectual property. For HTC, the long-term benefits of the agreement are less certain. ( read original story ...)
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 ...)