Taiwan probes allegations of Samsung wrongdoing

Taiwanese authorities said Monday they had launched an investigation into allegations that South Korean tech giant Samsung hired students to post malicious comments about local rival HTC online.

Taiwanese authorities said Monday they had launched an investigation into allegations that South Korean tech giant Samsung hired students to post malicious comments about local rival HTC online.

Facebook has invited journalists to the unveiling of what it calls its “new home on Android.”

South Korea’s high-tech sector won’t be taking the spotlight at Taiwan’s biggest annual extravaganza. The New Year’s fireworks display at Taipei 101 has long been among the world’s most spectacular. This year, South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. reportedly had offered 40 million New Taiwan dollars ($1.4 million) to light the building’s top stories with the Samsung name and logo after the fireworks.

Taiwan’s HTC on Tuesday unveiled a new smartphone boasting a higher resolution display that Apple’s iPhone 5 just days before its rival’s latest handset goes on sale on the island.

HTC Corp. and Apple Inc. have settled their outstanding patent disputes.

Taiwan’s leading smartphone maker HTC said Sunday it has reached a global settlement with technology giant Apple, bringing an end to all outstanding litigation between the two companies.

MANILA, Philippines—Mobile device makers that rely on Google’s Android operating system to run their smartphones have successfully created flavors for their products to cater to all market segments—entry, mid-range, even the expensive aspirational smartphones. Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC itself maximized the Android platform to allow price-sensitive consumers the chance to own its products, often perceived [...]

Taiwan’s top smartphone maker HTC said Friday net profit in the three months to June fell 58 percent from a year earlier due to slowing global demand.
Introducing to the world a new series of smartphones, HTC unveils the HTC One Series with what could possibly be the most exciting phones in the market today.

Taiwan’s HTC on Monday unveiled a new series of smartphones that it said would allow users to “retire your digital cameras,” as it sought to fight back against rivals Apple and Samsung.

Apple on Monday scored a hit in an ongoing patent brawl with mobile handset giant HTC with a US trade authority ruling the iPhone maker has rights to features using one-tap screen commands.

Facebook has allied with Taiwan’s HTC to build a customized smartphone powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system, according to technology blog All Things Digital.
TAIPEI—Taiwan’s leading smartphone maker HTC unveiled its first tablet device with 4G telecommunications technology on Thursday. Fourth generation – 4G – technology provides high-speed broadband wireless services and higher-quality image and data services. The HTC Jetstream is due to hit the US market on Sunday, offered by telecom giant AT&T for $699.99 with a two-year [...]