Big Chinese brands are rolling out all sorts of smart appliances, with features like voice control and internet connection. However, most their small and medium-sized peers have yet to jump on the ban ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-28
Learning to write computer programs has become a growing trend among schoolchildren around the world. To prepare our next generation for the raging global tech boom, I have been repeatedly calling on ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is set to launch a rival to Apple Pay that will allow consumers to pay retailers using their smartphones in stores. The largest US bank said it has already won the endorsement ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
Russian military equipment maker Rostec has been shifting its focus to China and other emerging markets from the United States and Europe. The move comes as Russia continues to struggle under western ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-26
Asia is leading the charge when it comes to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) adoption, and Hong Kong could be one of the region’s top innovation hubs in M2M. According to Vodafone’s M2M Barometer Report 2015, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
Hong Kong’s smartphone penetration is among the highest in Asia Pacific. More than 70 percent of residents use smartphones, according to the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA). In this envi ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-24
Last week the media uncovered that as many as 1.25 million contactless credit cards issued by seven local banks may have built-in security loopholes through which hackers might gain access to sensitiv ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-23
China recorded the weakest GDP growth rate (6.9 percent year on year) since the global financial crisis for the third quarter of this year, fueling concerns about economic hard-landing and sending sho ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
While Hong Kong boasts many key elements needed to secure its place within the top league of world cities, life is still tough for many of its citizens, given the cramped living spaces in the city. Po ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
Smartwatches tend to overestimate the calories their users burn, one sample showing a deviation of nearly 80 percent, Sky Post reported Friday, citing test results from the Consumer Council. The Razor ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
The Pearl River Delta region has reinvented itself into a hub for advanced manufacturing, high technology and services. It has climbed up the global value chain at the forefront of China’s economic re ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
Casio Computer Co. Ltd., maker of G-Shock watches, is targeting the middle-class market with high-end electronic watches priced at over HK$10,000 each. The company has long been in the mass market sel ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-02
The year 2014 was a tough one for American-born actor Daniel Wu. He had to give up many things, including his six-year-old talent agency, in order to take care of his ageing mother, who was suffering ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-26
Guangdong province has recently released a 10-year blueprint for developing smart manufacturing. The guidelines have replaced the previous “replacing humans with robots” with “robot application” plans ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-26
There have been many articles recommending stocks to readers, but how could the truly valuable ones be that many? The more useful suggestions are those that recommend the opposite -- avoid stocks wit ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-26
Billiards halls are often depicted in Hong Kong movies as shady places frequented by triads. Rather than being led astray in such establishments as a teenager, Ng On-yee, 24, found the snooker tables ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-26
In recent years the mainland has been putting a lot of effort into developing “Internet+”, which refers to a system in which the internet acts as a main platform for business activities. One of the be ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-25
It’s a dollar to a cent that Pope Francis’s visit to the United States will be one of the biggest news stories of 2015. Take the sheer number of American Catholics, add the diplomatic skill of the Vat ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
Hong Kong Sea School (HKSS) has been a cradle of seafarers in the city since the end of World War II. Founded in 1946 by lawyer Brook Antony Bernacchi and other social elites, the Stanley school provi ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-19
Over the past 15 years, the bottled-water industry has experienced explosive growth which shows no sign of slowing. In fact, bottled water -- including everything from “purified spring water” to flavo ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
