OVUM: Analytics and Loyalty to Drive Mobile Payments Growth
Mobile proximity payments have to date proven lacklustre and despite hundreds of millions spent on developing these platforms, consumer take-up remains virtually non-existent. While the reasons for this are many, the application of loyalty rewards and benefits via the digital wallet is now seen by many as potentially the killer app that will help to finally ignite the long simmering mobile proximity payment market, according to OVUM...
EnergyTrend:High Inventory of will Delay PV Price Recovery
PV manufacturers are now on their toes anticipating the preliminary verdict for product dumping announcement by the end of July. Prices within the PV supply chain continue to drop due to low season and weak demand in China and Japan...
Nuvoton's new MCU Series to Penetrate Industrial Motor Control Market
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Nuvoton launched the new flagship member of NuMicro microcontroller family NUC472 series in July, the ARM Cortex-M4 32-bit microcontroller embedded with ARM Cortex M4F core, high-density flash 512 KB, industrial Ethernet 10/100 MAC, industrial USB OTG/HS Device, symmetric encryption or decryption hardware accelerator for industrial control and applications...
MediaTek's Become Supplier of Vodafone
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Integrated Circuit (IC) design firm MediaTek's 4G system chipset was released this month. Its 4G chipset has been used by international telecom Vodafone's Smart 4 Power 4G handset, which means MediaTek became supplier of Vodafone that will be a focus on its investor conference next week...
Smartphone OEM Costs Rise for Capacity be Occupied by iPhone 6
According to Taiwanese media reports, because the iPhone 6 will soon be on the market, OEM factories, such a Foxconn, Pegatron and Wistron, may be filled to capacity and in a situation where they must pick their clients and orders...
Hiwin Technologies and Avantech Form Alliance to Develop Robots
Hiwin Technologies and Avantech announced a strategic alliance yesterday to provide customized solutions programs for smart automated robots as well as forming a joint application system integration company. Hiwin Technology is a manufacturer of robotic arms, server motors, drivers, transmission components, and specialty jigs...