Gadgets
President Trump may have scaled back tariffs on Chinese goods this week to spare holiday shoppers, but consumers are still likely to feel a pinch. He announced a new round of 10% tariff on US$300 billion worth of Chinese imports, the remaining goods yet to be taxed, and even promised to raise the tax from 10% to […]
... written on Aug 18 2019Huawei’s revenue grew 19.5% in 2018 – hitting US$100 billion – despite pressure from President Donald Trump on allies to boycott or ban Huawei from participating in the fifth-generation mobile networks, otherwise known as 5G, the latest mobile internet technology engineered to greatly increase the speed and responsiveness of wireless networks. It was quite an achievement […]
... written on Jul 30 2019Sir Jonathan Ive, the legendary Apple Chief Design Officer (CDO), announced on Thursday (June 27) that he’s leaving the company that he had worked for more than 20 years. The Apple designer, knighted at Buckingham Palace in 2012, was actually born in Chingford, north-east London. Thanks to him, the world saw the emergence of iPhone, […]
... written on Jun 28 2019Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced at a press conference on Saturday that her highly unpopular extradition bill – which Hongkies called the “Evil Law” – will be “suspended”. She said – “The government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise.” It appeared the 1-million protesters last Sunday had sent shivers […]
... written on Jun 16 2019The mountain of debts is building on. That is why; you applied for the debt consolidation loan, but the application has been turned down. It is a very frustrating phenomenon because you are unable to pay off mounting debts. Consolidation loans are blessings if one knows how to get them approved. It enables a debtor […]
... written on May 29 2019The next time you exit from your condominium, take a look at the CCTV surveillance camera installed. Chances are the brand is “Hikvision”, the world’s largest supplier of video surveillance products based in Hangzhou, China. Founded in 2001, the company has its presence in a staggering 155 countries worldwide. Hikvision’s net profits in 2018 […]
... written on May 28 2019Despite worldwide political pressure, especially from the superpower United States, Huawei’s revenue grew 19.5% in 2018 – hitting US$100 billion. For the financial year 2018, Huawei, which overtook Ericsson in 2012 as the largest telecommunications-equipment manufacturer in the world, hit 721.2 billion Yuan (US$107.45 billion; £82.38 billion; RM438.67 billion) in sales. The Chinese company which overtook Apple in […]
... written on Mar 30 2019Here’s a market that China is ahead of the U.S. by miles – drones. This may sound unbelievable, but the Chinese sells more combat drones than the Americans, even to their allies in the Middle East. The U.S. does not supply Arabs with its armed drone technology due to strict export regulations. Such restriction provides […]
... written on Feb 21 2019Last year, for the first time in 7 years, Huawei successfully broke the Samsung-Apple’s domination, No. 1 and 2 respectively, in the smartphone market. Huawei shipments skyrocketed and overtook Apple to become the world’s second-largest smartphone maker. Apparently, the strategy of positioning Honor to capture mid-tier segment and premium P20 Pro appeared to be working. […]
... written on Jan 31 2019As feared, tech giant Apple plunged and brought along with it the rest of the stock markets not only in the U.S., but also the world. The earning warning from the iPhone maker was sufficient to erase 660 points off the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). S&P 500 lost 62 points and NASDAQ tumbled 202 […]
... written on Jan 04 2019
