
BlackBerry seeks China, Taiwan Partnerships
TAIPEI, Taiwan — BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer John Chen said he's interested in partnerships to expand in China, the world's largest smartphone market, after meeting the heads of Xiaomi and Lenovo, and he even met the HTC Chairperson Cher Wang...

Strong Growth in Public Display Shipments Forecast for 2015
The global large-screen public flat-panel display (FPD) market is rebounding after declines in 2012 and flat growth in 2013. According the NPD DisplaySearch. The market is expected to grow 14% in 2014 and 27% in 2015, as economies gradually recover from the global economic downturn...

TSMC May Purchase Qualcomm Longtan Plant
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may purchase Qualcomm International, Inc.’s Longtan factory, which is an advanced packaging and testing production facility. This will also be the first acquisition made since the two joint CEOs, Wei Zhe-jia and Liu De-yin, assumed office...

China’s Online Shopping Festival to Set New Record for Single-Day Sales
China e-commerce giant Alibaba has set US$8.18 billion (RMB50 billion) as its 2014 target of single-day transaction value for the November 11 online shopping festival. IDC believes Alibaba is very likely to achieve 5% more. "11...

Dominant Players to Maintain Market Share of LED Lighting
According to LEDinside, as the commercial lighting market expands, lighting tubes have become the most in-demand product with light bulbs second. Additionally, in the luminaire market, demand for ceiling lights high, but mostly in the home...

Pegatron to Become the Supply Chain of iPhone 6 Plus?
TAIPEI, Taiwan — As the 5.5-inch bigsreen iPhone 6 Plus is selling like hot cakes, the productivity of sole OEM firm Foxconn is tightened and rumor has it that Apple has chosen Pegatron as part of its supply chain. Pegatron withhold comment on this on Sunday...