Apple, Samsung dominate Taiwan smartphone market in 2017

Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) Smartphone giants Apple and Samsung maintained a steady share of handset sales in Taiwan, despite a shrinking market in 2017. According to local tech website ePrice, which compiled market data from last year, Apple iPhones accounted ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan Bourse May Extend Thursday’s Losses

Among the actives, Largan Precision skidded 2.66 percent, while Au Optronics lost 0.75 percent, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company dropped 1.24 percent, Innolux tumbled 1.15 percent, Hon Hai Precision shed 0.34 percent, Fubon Financial eased 0.19 ... ( read original story ...)

Boomers out to take care of business against Chinese Taipei

No matter the crowd or the margin, the Australian Boomers have business to take care of in their FIBA World Cup qualifier against Chinese Taipei at Margaret Court Arena on Sunday. A win over Taipei will assure the Boomers of a place in the second round of ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan invests in Israeli hi-tech, rides the startup wave

Some of the buses that ply the streets of Taipei and Taoyuan cities in Taiwan are equipped with artificial visual sensors that see threats ahead and warn the drivers of them. The technology was created by Mobileye, an Israeli firm. It is the most prominent ... ( read original story ...)

Organisers play down significance of US-Taiwan arms sale forum

The US-Taiwan Business Council has now confirmed to the Post that it was working with the Taiwan Defence Industry Development Association for “a day seminar/forum and lunch keynote” possibly in early May to discuss defence industry cooperation ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s Vanishing History

Taiwan has a problem with preserving its cultural assets. Despite a rich documented history spanning nearly four centuries of European, Ming, Qing, Japanese, and Republican conquest, each successive administrative government sought to stamp out traces of ... ( read original story ...)

Tata Comm joins Chunghwa Telecom for global IoT connectivity

New Delhi: In an effort to bring global connectivity to consumer electronics and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) devices, Tata Communications on Thursday joined hands with Taiwan's largest mobile network operator Chunghwa Telecom. As part of this ... ( read original story ...)

Not for the faint-hearted: racing up Taipei 101

The event is co-organised by skyscraper operator Taipei Financial Center Corp. (TFCC) and Austria-headquartered Towerrunning World Association (TWA). In addition to the elite competition, Taipei 101 will also be hosting a public event on the same day for ... ( read original story ...)

Four arrests over Taiwan’s ‘first’ bitcoin robbery

Taiwan police have arrested four men over a bitcoin robbery worth Twd$5 million ($170,000) in what they said was the first case of its kind on the island. Bitcoin is a virtual currency created from computer code that allows anonymous transactions and its ... ( read original story ...)

Air New Zealand takes off to Taipei

Air New Zealand has today announced it will start operating non-stop flights between Auckland and Taipei from November 2018.Air New Zealand has today announced it will start operating non-stop flights between Auckland and Taipei from November 2018. ( read original story ...)

Air NZ launches Taipei-Auckland direct flights

Profit after tax was $232m. The airline also announced a new route - from November it will fly direct to Taipei from Auckland - a surprise as Chicago was widely expected to be the next new route. * Air New Zealand just seems to get things right across the ... ( read original story ...)