How Google-HTC Deal Will Pressure Samsung, Huawei In Android

Google's purchase of Taiwan-based HTC's smartphone design business will pressure ... sector leaders, tech leaders, IPO leaders and more. Google bought Motorola Mobility in 2011 for $12.5 billion. It sold the business to Lenovo for $2.91 billion in ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s capital markets malaise

So Taiwan won the day. At first the sale went well. Aslan, whose investors include Accuron Technologies, a unit of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, and which specializes in experimental cancer drugs, completed its IPO in May, raising NT$1 billion ($33 ... ( read original story ...)

Zai Lab IPO Soaring: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

We’ve had a China IPO this week and couple of biotechs ... Macau and “in certain circumstances” Taiwan. Its partnerships are with Tesaro, Paratek (PRTK) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY). There is the aforementioned niraparib, which is in Phase III ... ( read original story ...)

Roots Corporation’s IPO: What You Need to Know

Through one of its partners, Roots was able to reach $107 million in sales last year in China and Taiwan. The company plans to build ... Event” (even though it’s completely unrelated to an IPO)… And one that’s made a few lucky investors who ... ( read original story ...)

Google buys part of Taiwan smartphone maker HTC for $1.1B

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s struggling smartphone maker HTC said on Thursday it would sell part of its smartphone business to Google for $1.1 billion as the US giant looks to take greater control of its hardware business. Google will take on half of HTC ... ( read original story ...)

HTC Ties Up With Google, Or Does It?

Bottom line: Google's (GOOG, GOOGL) purchase of HTC's (OTC:HTCKF, Taipei: 2498) Pixel assets is a sign of no ... know the company has tried hard to get into the smartphone hardware business, starting with its rollout of Nexus phones back in 2010. ( read original story ...)

At smartphone pioneer HTC: a new, or virtual, reality

TAIPEI/SINGAPORE (Reuters ... “Our main consideration is that our brand will continue,” Chialin Chang, who heads HTC’s mobile business, told reporters. “So our major releases will be as usual. In future, HTC will concentrate not on our portfolio ... ( read original story ...)

Google signs $1.1bn HTC smartphone deal

Alphabet's Google has struck a $1.1bn (£822m) deal with Taiwan's HTC to expand its smartphone business. Google will not take a stake in the firm, but some HTC staff will join the Silicon Valley giant. The Taiwanese company was once a major player in the ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwanese man queues up for 24 hours to buy iPhone 8

Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) A Taiwanese consumer, who had been queuing up for 24 hours, was the first person in Taiwan to purchase one of Apple Inc.'s newest smartphone models, an iPhone 8, at a telecommunications service store Friday. The man, identified only ... ( read original story ...)

HTC retreats from its smartphone legacy with Google deal

TAIPEI/SINGAPORE: When HTC Corp brought back founder Cher Wang two years ago to turn around the struggling Taiwanese mobile phone maker, investors hoped she could stem a sharp loss in market share to Apple and Samsung Electronics. But the gamble to rebuild ... ( read original story ...)

TCA modifies exhibition shows to attract new participants

Taipei Computer Association (TCA ... respectively. This will allow telecom operators, system integrators and channel retailers to have a more specific guidance for their purchasing, TCA noted. Since Intel and Nvidia are both aggressively investing ... ( read original story ...)

Indian paddlers put up good show at Slovenia meet

In the finals, against Chinese Taipei, they showed their mettle once again before ... THIS WEB SITE MAY BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE FROM TIME TO TIME DUE TO REQUIRED MAINTENANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERRUPTIONS, OR OTHER DISRUPTIONS. IANSLIVE.IN (AND ... ( read original story ...)