A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan, killing two people and injuring more than 200 others, officials said. The ground floor of the Marshal Hotel in Hualien county caved in, causing the death of one employee. Another person ... ( read original story ...)
Strong earthquake rattles east coast of Taiwan
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Tuesday near the coast of Taiwan, and people may be trapped inside a building. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck late Tuesday about 21 kilometers (13 miles) northeast of Hualien, on the island's east coast. ( read original story ...)
HTC’s new budget smartphone surfaces amid hype around HTC U12
Popular leakster Evan Blass @evleaks has revealed in a tweet that the Taiwanese smartphone-maker is making a budget handset codenamed Breeze with a 5.5-inch screen and 18:9 aspect ratio, a Mediatek SoC processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, a 13MP main ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan supply chain to turn profitable on robust Apple orders in 2018
Although some Taiwan makers in the iPhone X supply chain have been affected by Apple's move to scale back shipments of the device, some others including Career Technology, E&R Engineering, ShunSin Technology and Superior Plating Technology (SPT ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 1.62%
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 732 to 129 and 45 ended unchanged. Shares in APAQ Technology Co Ltd (TW:6449) rose to all time highs; up 10.00% or 6.10 to 67.10. Shares in Chia Ta World Co Ltd (TW:2033) rose to 5 ... ( read original story ...)
Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.
It mainly involves in the magnesium die casting technology that caters to telecommunication and automotive industries. The company was founded on November 23, 1984 and is headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan. Catcher Technology makes metal housings for ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Review: citizenM Taipei North Gate (台北北門酒店) – Funky Rooms Just Across Airport MRT Station
I remember visiting Taipei a year back, walking past the city’s north gate to find the chain’s first property in Asia under construction. That was fresh from my stay at the citizenM New York Time Square months before where I had pretty good memories of ... ( read original story ...)
Google has completed its acquisition of HTC’s smartphone business, which cost more than $1 billion
Google has announced it completed the acquisition process of Taiwanese device maker HTC; or at least its smartphone division. The deal, valued at $1.1 billion (£785 million), will see some 2,000 HTC engineers join the ranks of the search giant. ( read original story ...)
The Pixel 3 phones will be designed and engineered in Taiwan
Secondly, it gives Google a vast new engineering base in Taipei, Taiwan, where HTC is located. A crucial element of the acquisition is the power it will give Google to design its own consumer hardware as well as high-end, special objective chips. ( read original story ...)
FPC Announces New Integrations With Japanese and Taiwanese OEMs
New smartphones from major Japan- and Taiwan-based OEMs feature Fingerprint Cards fingerprint sensors, the company has announced. FPC hasn’t revealed the names of these clients, but indicated that the integrations include its FPC1035 and FPC1272 sensor ... ( read original story ...)
Google closes HTC deal, welcomes smartphone innovators
Neither and both happened. September last year, Google and HTC announced a $1.1 billion deal that, among other things, would see a large chunk of the Taiwanese smartphone maker’s mobile team transfer to the mothership. Google has now announced that deal ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom Reports 2018 Guidance
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) ("Chunghwa" or "the Company") today reported its guidance for 2018 on a consolidated basis. All figures were prepared in accordance with Taiwan-International ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm to make first payment for violating competition law in Taiwan
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc will pay T$390 million ($13.35 million), its first installment of a fine for anti-trust violations in Taiwan, the Taiwan Fair Trade ... and refused to license its technology to other industry players. Qualcomm’s fine ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom : Holds Taiwan 5G Alliance – CHT Pilot Team Inauguration Ceremony
TAIPEI, Taiwan, January 29, 2018 - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) ('Chunghwa' or 'the Company') today held an inauguration ceremony for its CHT Pilot Team of the Taiwan 5G Alliance. Under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic ... ( read original story ...)
Realty transactions look up in Taiwan at last
Property transactions in Taiwan climbed 8 percent year-on-year in 2017, effectively ending three consecutive years of falling volumes, reported the Ministry of the Interior. Sales of homes, offices and shops in Taiwan numbered around 266,086 units last ... ( read original story ...)
Housing transactions in Taiwan end 3-year slump in 2017
Taipei, Jan. 27 (CNA) Transactions of residential and commercial property in Taiwan staged a rebound in 2017, ending three straight years of declines, according to the Ministry of the Interior (MOI). After transactions of homes, offices and shops in Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)