Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times Over the past few years, not only have property prices soared, but rent has also gone up “outrageously,” TPP Legislator Jang Chyi-lu (張其祿) said. Now, in the midst of ... ( read original story ...)
Disrupting the hiring process with AI: Q&A with Terminal 1 Recruitment CEO Edwin Shao
Edgar Chiu, co-founder and managing partner of SparkLabs Taipei, joined him in the interview. Q: Please tell us about T1 and your motivation for starting this company. How different is your solution ... ( read original story ...)
Huawei floats buying chips from Samsung to fight US crackdown
TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies, the world's biggest telecom gear provider, has insisted it could buy chips from Samsung Electronics and other companies if the U.S. government tightens export controls ... ( read original story ...)
Virus Outbreak: Powertech says pandemic won’t hinder revenue
Powertech Technology Inc chairman D.K. Tsai poses in Hsinchu in an undated photograph. Photo: Hung Yu-fang, Taipei Times “Some might be worried about the impact of [high] inventory [amid concern over ... ( read original story ...)
10 best smartphones not made in China
China manufactures the Apple iPhone and many other popular smartphones, but there are lots of other options made in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and India. If you don't want to buy a phone from China, ... ( read original story ...)
New iPhone SE pre-orders strong in Taiwan
Pre-orders for Apple's recently released new iPhone SE in the Taiwan market have been strong, but it remains to be seen if the sales momentum could continue into the second half of the year, according ... ( read original story ...)
Infortrend’s Scale-Out NAS to support SMB Multichannel
TAIPEI, April 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Infortrend® Technology, Inc. (TWSE: 2495), the industry-leading enterprise storage provider, adopts SMB Multichannel feature for its scale-out NAS EonStor CS. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s successful coronavirus response is likely to boost its retail, hotel segments
Taiwan’s successful response to the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to boost interest in its retail and hotel segments, as its property market is tipped to be one of the quickest to bounce back once the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan belongs in the WHO
The answers are obvious and do not need to be spelled out. China continually plays zero-sum games in various world organization memberships, because it covets Taiwan’s property, location and assets. ( read original story ...)
Lam Wing-kee: CCP behind rival ‘Causeway Bay Books’
Public records on Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office reveal that someone had also registered the name "Causeway Bay Books Co Ltd" as a trademark on April 7. The letter accused Lam of trademark ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan March export order growth rises unexpectedly on telecommuting demand
Orders from China +7.5% y/y; U.S. +9.1% * Ministry sees April orders between -6.3% and -10.3% y/y * Ministry says virus outbreak to curb growth momentum TAIPEI, April 20 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s March ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan contained Covid-10, but simulated a lockdown anyway
Alarms are sounding and a map on the screen flashes red as news comes through that a city in Taiwan has recorded more than 500 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. Community outbreaks are ... ( read original story ...)
Thiessen: As Taiwan shows, the antidote to the virus is freedom
Taiwan should have seen the second-largest outbreak of COVID-19 in the world, according to an analysis published in JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association. The island is just 81 miles ... ( read original story ...)
Virus Outbreak: Even on Sunday, Taipei vending machines open
A total of 4,614 batches, or 41,526 masks, were sold from the center’s three vending machines from April 11 to Thursday, the Taipei Department of Information Technology said yesterday. Most people ... ( read original story ...)
Report on neuroscience trends to aid researchers
Clarivate Analytics and the Science and Technology Policy Research and Information Center on Friday published a ... Over the past five years, Taiwan has published nearly 650 papers per year, Joung ... ( read original story ...)
Rents set to fall in Hong Kong but could rise in Singapore and Taipei, predict forecasters, as expats flee coronavirus
“Future years may lead to more stability in the rental market though, with the local government making efforts to increase the availability of land for new property construction,” he says. Taipei was ... ( read original story ...)