Despite its contracts to supply chips for Apple iPhones, the overall slowdown in the smartphone market has driven investors away from TSM. That is about to change in two ways. Like Micron, Taiwan Semi ... ( read original story ...)
China-Based HTC to Launch Blockchain-Enabled Smartphones
HTC, a Taiwan-based smartphone company, announced that it’s all set to launch its blockchain-enabled smartphones, HTC Exodus. According to the official website, the early access will hit the stores so... ( read original story ...)
CryptoKitties to Launch Mobile App on HTC’s Flagship U12+ Smartphone
CryptoKitties, perhaps the best-known decentralized application (dApp) on the Ethereum network, will launch its first mobile app in partnership with Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer HTC. CryptoKit... ( read original story ...)
HTC to slash 1,500 Taiwan jobs
Smartphone maker HTC will be eliminate 1,500 manufacturing jobs in its home base of Taiwan. The cuts will reduce the Taiwanese company’s total workforce by almost a quarter (22%). They will be impleme... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan makers urged to develop small and medium LCD panels for emerging applications
Taiwan's LCD panel makers should develop more small- and medium ... Digitimes Research estimates total shipments of smartphone APs worldwide will grow 1.5% on year to 1.67 billion units in 2018. The s... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Largan tops Nikkei’s Asia300 list
Taipei, July 13 (CNA) Taiwan-based Largan Precision Co., a supplier of smartphone camera lenses to Apple Inc., topped Nikkei's 2018 Asia300 list of the 325 fastest growing and most valuable companies ... ( read original story ...)
IOS bug crashes messaging apps on iPhones after typing ‘Taiwan’
which we reckon iPhone users wouldn't want having shelled out for a high-end smartphone. China claimed Taiwan as its territory, but Taiwan insisted on its right to self-govern. Wardle notes that Apple ... ( read original story ...)
ROG Phone Is ASUS’ Vision Of A True Mobile Gaming-Focus Smartphone
Leave this field empty if you're human: Is mobile gaming such a big deal that warrants a gaming-focus smartphone? Apparently, other than Razer, ASUS seems to think so. At Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, l... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, Japan sign MOU on toxic chemical disaster response
Taipei, July 16 (CNA) Taiwan's state-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and the Maritime Disaster Prevention Center (MDPC) of Japan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Monda... ( read original story ...)
STARLUX Orders 12 A350-1000s and five A350-900s
STARLUX plans to operate full-service, scheduled international flights from Taipei starting in 2020. With A321neos flying the initial routes from Taipei to southeast and northeast Asian destinations, ... ( read original story ...)
TAIWAN EXPO RETURNS TO VIET NAM
In addition to showcasing products, parallel business meetings and industry forums are held to enhance B2B interaction and cultural exchange, alongside public welfare activities that serve to inform a... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan operators face continued price pressure
Taiwan’s three major mobile operators – Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile and Far EasTone Telecommunications – are likely to see larger declines in ARPU in the second half of the year as the companies s... ( read original story ...)
Taiwanese startups you should know about: Part 1
Co-founded in Taipei in 2012 by current CEO Chih-Han Yu, COO Winnie Lee and CTO Joe Su, it went on to close series A, B and C funding rounds, raising around US$82 million in total funding. ( read original story ...)
Korenix Technology at the CommunicAsia 2018
New Taipei City, Taiwan, July 15, 2018 — Korenix Technology has successfully exhibited at the CommunicAsia 2018 from 6/26 to 6/28 in Singapore. More than 15 products were presented at the show includi... ( read original story ...)
Microsoft Taiwan’s Enterprise Blockchain Play
Is Taiwan the next epicenter for the enterprise adoption of blockchain technology? That seems to be the hope behind the recent announcement of a partnership between Microsoft's Taiwan division, China ... ( read original story ...)
Review: Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport hotel
Australian Business Traveller put the hotel to the test on a recent trip through Taipei, to bring you this review. After landing and completing the usual formalities at Taipei's Taoyuan Airport, you c... ( read original story ...)