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[2016-01-05 08:12]

Governments and policies

As phone sales cool, HTC bets on VR devices

[2016-01-05 08:12]

Taiwan-based smartphone marker HTC Corp has diversified its range of products by investing in virtual reality or VR devices amid a declining demand for cell phones in the global market, the company's CEO has said.

Virtual reality, the next big thing for future-minded tech firms

[2016-01-05 08:12]

Technology companies are betting on clunky goggles or headsets, which symbolize the virtual reality or VR technology, to be the next big thing, as influential as the smartphones. And they may well be riding the right horse.

Tech companies chip away at foreign rivals

[2016-01-04 07:42]

One of the positive outcomes of the government's decision to support local innovation is that many Chinese firms have announced plans to make their own chips and software products for mobile devices.

Huawei moves into top three globally

[2016-01-04 07:42]

Huawei Technologies Co. shipped more than 100 million smartphones this year as a drive to attract higher-end customers helped defy an industry slowdown that hit rival Chinese vendors.

Empowering users to tame pesky pre-installed apps

[2016-01-04 07:42]

As mobile phone penetration reaches deeper into China, the industry regulator is stepping up efforts to ensure that the valuable real estate on smartphone screens is reserved for apps consumers really want.

Local firms go, 'Oh yes, let's have OS'

[2016-01-04 07:42]

Last year witnessed explosive growth in smartwatches and this year, competition may intensify in terms of their external appearances. For, their core part, that is, the operating system or OS space, is dominated by just a couple of international majors.

Theme park facility firm on a joy ride

[2016-01-04 07:42]

In 2001, just a few days after the "911" attacks, Li Jian, then an executive with a theme park, visited the United States and met Peter Schnabel, then a founder of Premier Rides Inc. He was impressed by the roller coaster Premier Rides sold to Disney California Adventure.

PwC takes China's positives into account

[2016-01-04 07:42]

For the past 23 years, Raymund Chao, 54, chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Greater China, has been working in the country with the network that offers professional services like auditing, assurance, tax and management consulting. As its leader, he is now keen the company must make a difference to the community.