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Taiwan Investigating Samsung For Using Dirty Advertisement Tricks Against HTC
04/15/2013, Samsung is in the news again, the controversial side of it. Taiwanese authorities are investigating Samsung over allegations that it used dirty advertisement tactics against HTC. Samsung is accused of hiring students to post malicious comments about HTC online. The [...]
Taiwan government asks PC makers to be wary of Apple patent
07/04/2012, Apple’s arsenal in the world of intellectual property is truly impressive, and so far, they have dealt a fair number of blows to one of its biggest rivals, Samsung, who has had an injunction filed against it, where there was [...]
Smartphones make up 55% of total Taiwan handset sales in December
01/04/2012, The month of December is a traditionally strong period of sales for retailers, and when it comes to the highly competitive smartphone industry, the same can be said as well. It seems that out of the total handset sales in [...]
iPhone gains NFC capabilities in Taiwan
12/09/2011, One of the “drawbacks” to the iPhone is its lack of NFC capabilities, although given the somewhat sluggish adoption of NFC and mobile payment services, we guess it’s not really a feature that most iPhone users will lament about. The [...]
Android presence boosted in Taiwan
11/18/2011, The tiny country of Taiwan that has so far resisted efforts of being assimilated into mighty China, has decided that their residents will be taking the Android route – in a massive way, actually. Japan-based Open Embedded Software Foundation (OESF) [...]
Taiwan’s Premier expresses concern over Apple’s “slide to unlock” patent
10/27/2011, A couple of days ago it seemed like Apple scored themselves a major victory when the patent for the “slide to unlock” feature was granted to them. This raised many concerns, especially for manufacturers of Android and Windows Phone handsets, [...]
Taiwanese researchers come up with a lock that can be opened with gestures
10/03/2011, Sick of losing your house keys, or wish that your pant’s pockets would stop tearing or going out of shape thanks to your keys? Well it looks like thanks to a group of Taiwanese researchers, opening your doors with an [...]
VIA Technologies sues Apple over processor patent infringement
09/22/2011, If you have been following the news surrounding the wave of patent wars, you’re probably aware that just about every tech company is suing each other over patent infringements. Apple’s case against Samsung is probably the biggest headline considering that [...]
Mobile phones to be one of the causes of myopia in young children?
09/21/2011, Back in the day, owning a radio was considered a luxury, it then moved on to black and white television sets, then color televisions, then it moved on to cellphones being a status symbol, but fast forward to 2011 and [...]
Windows Phone Mango heads for Taiwan this September 16th
09/14/2011, What’s the hottest flavor of the month? No, it isn’t Froyo, but if you answered Mango, then you’re absolutely correct. It seems that Microsoft’s latest version of their mobile operating system, Windows Phone, will be releasing the Mango update (7.5) [...]
HTC considering purchase of a mobile operating system
09/12/2011, With the Google acquiring Motorola’s cellphone division, it’s not surprising that other Android handset makers may be a bit cautious over their future. Sure, for now it looks like operations as per usual, but what about the future? While there’s [...]
Fake Steve Jobs biography on sale in Taiwan
08/19/2011, It looks like the Chinese aren’t good for only selling imitation smartphones and tablets – according to reports online, they’re even getting away with creating fake books now. The official Steve Jobs biography is set to be released later this [...]
myPad P2 tablet from Taiwan Mobile
08/02/2011, Taiwan Mobile, a mobile carrier from Taiwan, has just announced that they will be adding another piece of hardware into their arsenal – the myPad P2 tablet. From the sounds of it, this won’t be anything groundbreaking although it will [...]
