After a relatively quiet year, smartphones are back with a bang. Apple Pay debuted its Pokémon GO campaign in Hong Kong and Facebook launched its Mentions app that enables public figures to post updat ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-21
Throw away your Octopus card (and also your bulging wallet) next time you jog. If you need to grab a bottle of water from a 7-Eleven outlet, just wake up your smartphone or wearable with one light tap ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-21
Apple announced Monday that it will be opening its Siri digital assistant to outside developers, a move that will allow users to activate apps such as Uber and Skype with voice commands At its Worldwi ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-14
There is a saying that a bad apple spoils the barrel. Now, what if there is only one good apple in a barrel of bad apples? Well, this is the dilemma being faced by Apple Inc. The US tech giant has se ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
It is never too late to change our future, or so says the award-winning movie Ten Years. Likewise, it is never too late to watch this controversial movie, which, ironically, is not shown in local cine ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-22
Apple product launches have been blockbuster media spectacles. Not this one in which Apple introduced its cheapest iPhone. Sure, the iPhone SE sold out in Hong Kong Thursday but counter sales don't cr ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-01
Huawei Technologies Co. has teamed up with state-run bank card processor UnionPay Co. to expand its mobile payment service in China, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move intensifies the competiti ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-23
Beijing has expanded its internet footprint with the release of new regulations on online news and information. This dovetails with President Xi Jinping's efforts to make all state media serve the Com ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-25
Xiaomi Inc. is equipping its new Mi5 smartphone with near-field communication technology, reflecting the firm's ambition to tap into China's mobile payment market. The new phone will be launched next ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
Apple Inc. launched its mobile payment system in China on Thursday in a challenge to the country's dominant service providers. "We think China could be our largest Apple Pay market," Jennifer Bailey, ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-18
Apple Inc.'s long winning streak appears to be coming to an end. The US technology giant forecast a decline in revenue for the current fiscal quarter, citing weak sales of its best-selling gadget iPho ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-08
Apple Inc. seeks to launch its new Apple Pay electronic-payment service by early February in China, a fiercely competitive market for digital payments, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-25
Apple Inc. is exploring a payment service that would let users zap money to one another from their phones. It is in talks with US banks to develop the service that does away with cash or checks in per ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-12
Nowadays, if you are not a dedicated runner or do not work out once in a while, you're considered out of sync with the Hong Kong lifestyle. That lifestyle is responsible for a growing number of health ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-31
