
Pepper the Robot to Bring Forth a Craze in AI and App Development
Harrison Po, consultant of Topology, a division of TrendForce, said SoftBank’s Pepper has opened another window of opportunity in the market for smart service robots. In the future, the market size of this kind of robots will grow with new and diverse applications...

NARlabs Launches the World’s First Multi-sensor Integrated MCU
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs) lauched the world’s first multi-sensor integrated single-chip microcomputer (MCU) technology on March 24, the idea is combining micro-mechanism structure and IC chips that allows different kinds of sensors can be embedded along with processors, and communication circuits altogether in one chip...

Immersing the Charm of Dechnology at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
TAIPEI, Taiwan — “Dechnology” is a new word, which is a combination of design and technology. The annual exhibition “Discovering Technology Treasures 2015” that is arranged by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and presented by 19 local research firms will be held at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park on March 27 to April 22, aiming to demonstrate the charm of dechnology...

Hon Hai, Tencent and Harmony Car Team Up for Smart EVs
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hon Hai / Foxconn Technology Group today announced that signed a "strategic cooperation framework agreement" with Tencent and Harmony car to cooperate on the development of internet and smart Electric vehicles in Zhengzhou City, China...

Peter Chou to Head HTC’s Future Development Lab
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese handset maker HTC announced executive personnel changes on March 20, former chief executive officer Peter Chou, who had been in the position for more than a decade, is now to head HTC’s Future Development Lab, while Chairperson and Co-Founder Cher Wang as its new Chief Executive Officer, the company said in a statement...

Enterprise IT Spending in Southeast Asia to Reach $62 Billion by 2018
According to forecasts from Gartner, by 2018, enterprise IT spending in Southeast Asia will total $62 billion. The Southeast Asia region comprises 11 countries of which Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand spend the most on IT and account for roughly 80 percent of IT spend in the region...