TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan bid farewell to its 2G wireless network at midnight on Saturday, with telecom operators ending all cellular service on the network besides emergency calls. The discontinuation affects some 60,000 holdouts on Chunghwa Telecom ... ( read original story ...)
New fingerprint technology helps Taichung police crack robbery case
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) New fingerprint technology has helped police crack a 16-year old robbery case in Taichung, based on a fingerprint sample collected from the crime scene, Taichung police said on Thursday. A man surnamed Liu was involved in a car ... ( read original story ...)
Unclaimed land in Japan equivalent to size of Taiwan
That is roughly 11% of Japan's total area and larger than Kyushu's land area of 3.7 million hectares or Taiwan's 3.6 million hectares. Some property registers date back so far that the address of the owner is listed in Manchukuo, a region in northeast ... ( read original story ...)
Gigabyte Technology : Releases AB350N-Gaming WIFI Motherboard
Taiwan-Taipei, June 28, 2017-GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, unveiled the AMD AB350N-Gaming WIFI Mini-ITX motherboard, based on AMD B350 chipset. Besides built-in Smart-Fan 5, Hybrid Fan Pin Header ... ( read original story ...)
University helps its Ethiopian students sell coffee to Taiwan
About 80 students from Ethiopia are studying at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei -- the largest number in any Taiwanese university from the African country, a major coffee producer. Many farmers in Ethiopia grow coffee ... ( read original story ...)
EXCLUSIVE – A shift in focus from cost and efficiency to innovation and value in Taiwan’s ICT industry
Last week OpenGov published a joint interview with Mr. Francis Liang Kuo-Hsin, Representative, Taipei Representative Office and Dr. Chiueh Tzi-Cker, Vice President & General Director, Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (ITRI), discussing ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan market: Chief Telecom debuts on emerging stock market
IP telecom service provider Chief Telecom, a subsidiary of Chunghwa Telecom, made its debut on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board with an initial price of NT$85 (US$2.795) on June 28. Chief Telecom currently has 50% of revenues coming from Internet-based ... ( read original story ...)
Samsung Galaxy S8+ Rose Pink Goes Official In Taiwan For A Limited Time
Samsung has finally made a new "Rose Pink" variant of its Samsung Galaxy S8+ today. This new variant of the smartphone will be officially released in Taiwan next month. According to 9to5Google, the rose pink smartphone will land in the country for TW 27,900. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Union Technology adopts Nexcom IoT solution
Copper-clad laminate maker Taiwan Union Technology (TUT) has adopted an IoT (Internet of Things) solution developed by industrial PC maker Nexcom International for application to environmental safety monitoring and control, according to Nexcom. In the past ... ( read original story ...)
2 indicted for vandalism of Japanese engineer statue in Taiwan
TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Prosecutors in southern Taiwan on Monday indicted two pro-China activists ... were indicted on suspicion of criminal property damage for beheading the bronze statue of Yoichi Hatta on April 15. "Because their subsequent actions showed ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan holds symposium on AI technologies and applications
Taipei, June 26 (CNA) The government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute's Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center (IEK) hosted a symposium Monday on the emerging trend of artificial intelligence (AI) that drew over 300 participants. ( read original story ...)
Technology supports Nikkei Asia300 on week as oil skids
Samsung Electronics added 4.5% this week in Seoul for its best weekly performance since April, while Tencent Holdings rose 2.7% in Hong Kong and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing advanced 2.6% in Taipei. Technology stocks tracked gains on the Nasdaq ... ( read original story ...)
Moth eyes have inspired the touchscreen of the future
Researchers working on removing a smartphone’s glare are turning to an unusual source for inspiration: moths. Strides are being made in the realm of light reflection by researchers at the University of Central Florida and National Taiwan University ... ( read original story ...)
Foxconn Technology : Taiwan’s Foxconn to invest $10 billion in six US states
Taipei, Jun 23 (EFE).- Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn, the main manufacturer of Apple iPhones and iPads, is set to invest around $10 billion during a period of five years in six states in the United States, according to Foxconn's Chairman Terry Gou ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom : holds 2017 Annual General Meeting
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. June 23, 2017 - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. ('CHT', TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) today held its annual general meeting. The meeting was hosted by Chairman Yu Cheng. Shareholders in attendance represented 5,864,805,955 shares, or 75.60% of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Snatches Qualcomm Inc. 7-Nanometer Chip Orders
For many years, wireless technology giant Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) relied heavily on contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE:TSM) to build its flagship Snapdragon applications processors and cellular modems. The Snapdragon 800 ... ( read original story ...)