China should adopt a large-scale energy storage strategy for better utilization of its power resources, a US energy expert suggested Thursday. "We waste a lot of energy because we don’t have the stora ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-13
US technology company Honeywell expects double-digit revenue growth in China this year, thanks to surging demand for industrial and consumer products and related technologies in varied fields from Chi ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-12
Many broadband users must have had the experience of setting up their routers in the office or at home, which is undoubtedly discomfiting. You have to input a set of IP addresses for the configuration ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-11
TCL Corp. (000100.CN) said on Thursday its unit TCL Communication Technology Holdings Ltd. (02618.HK) sold 1.73 million smartphones in February, up 388.64 percent from a year earlier. The group’s LCD ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-07
Imagine transplanting the whole iPhone experience to your car -- on your dashboard no less -- and enjoying it on other Apple devices at the same time without skipping a beat. Apple envisions CarPLay ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. is expected to take a 20 percent stake in Wasu Media Holding Co. Ltd. (000156.CN), its smart-TV set-top box partner, National Business Daily reported Tuesday, citing media ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-04
Beijing LeTV Mobile Media & Technology Co. Ltd., an online video portal and smart TV manufacturer, saw 15,000 units of its latest Super TVs being snapped up online in just 5 minutes and 48 seconds ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-25
The numbers are in and China has out-installed the United States to become the world's biggest spender on energy efficiency last year. In all, China spent US$4.3 billion, or almost one-third of the gl ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-24
Alibaba Group units Taobao.com and Alipay are teaming up with Hong Kong-based Octopus Cards Ltd. to jointly launch an online payment service, becoming the first smart card payment solution deploying N ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-18
The State Council will lay out its guidelines for the healthy development of smart cities, an area in which more than 80 percent of the country’s first and second-tier cities have already listed their ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17
The biggest message from Lenovo Group's (00992.HK) latest quarterly report is that the firm's so called PC+ strategy is making headway. Although the Chinese firm beat Hewlett-Packard last year to beco ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17
Feeling the pressure from rising Chinese wages and suffering some negative publicity after a spate of worker suicides at mainland factories, Foxconn's chairman Terry Guo Taiming {郭台銘} had boldly embar ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-14
The gold price has added 7.25 percent since the start of the year to reach US$1,290 per ounce amid a slump in the global stock markets. The precious metal's improved fortunes are a sea change from the ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-13
When Xiaomi’s Lei Jun {雷軍} wants his staff to seize the day, he offers his favourite aphorism: "When the typhoon comes, even a pig can fly". Lei and Xiaomi have already soared on the launches of smart ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
The central government will merge China's rural and urban pension insurance schemes to create a single nationwide program, the State Council said after a weekly meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang { ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
Smart bank cards, also known as integrated circuit or IC bank cards, can now be used for personal identification and payment of public services such as transportation and medical services in 63 more c ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
Microsoft Inc.'s appointment of Satya Nadella as its new chief executive brings fresh hopes that the software giant will boost growth in China, the world's largest internet and telecommunications mark ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-07
Just before the Lunar New Year holidays, Lenovo Group Ltd. (00992.HK) spent a combined US$5.21 billion to buy the server business of International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Motorola Mobility's ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-04
Cainiao Network Technology Co. Ltd., a new joint venture formed by Alibaba in partnership with eight e-retailers and leading courier services, has fast-tracked its data network construction nationwide ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-29
I have a lot of respect for TV giant TCL Corp (000100.CN), which has managed to remain relevant in China's high-tech gadget space by moving aggressively into products like smartphones and high-end fla ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-28