In her policy address in October, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pledged new initiatives to spur innovation and technology development. Among the various proposals, she announced ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-08
Internet stocks listed in Hong Kong and the US have suffered a heavy sell-off recently. Some analysts attributed the decline to US tax reform. Although the reform itself is actually good for tech firm ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-07
In November, the Mount Agung volcano in Bali erupted for the first time in more than half a century, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee their homes. Hundreds of flights were cancelled and ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-06
The next big trend was a key topic in the fourth World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen recently. During the event, Alibaba founder Jack Ma said humans "have explored less than 10 percent of our bra ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-06
Self-driving buses have undergone trials in Shenzhen during the past weekend. The trials involved four Alphabus driverless buses which operated in the bonded zone of Futian, state news agency Xinhua r ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-05
Meet the new craze in the world of cryptocurrencies: virtual kittens. Launched a few days ago, CryptoKitties, an online Pokemon-like game built on the Ethereum blockchain, is now the most popular smar ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-05
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp is eyeing an initial public offering next year, possibly in Hong Kong, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The Beijing-based company is seek ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-05
以太幣（Ethereum）除了集資，還有沒有其他新用途？近日出現了全球首個採用區塊鏈（Blockchain）技 ...全文
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Singapore has positioned itself as a smart nation and is adopting more advanced digital identity technology. Its new national digital identity (NDI) is a mobile application that uses encryption to ver ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-04
Octopus Holdings, which runs the widely-used smart card-based cashless payments system in Hong Kong, has launched a QR code service to encourage the acceptance of mobile payments by small merchants an ...More
EJ Insight2017-12-01
Hong Kong authorities keep talking about ambitious 'smart city' goals and the need to promote new technologies to improve people's daily lives, but when it comes to real action on the ground they are ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-30
Hong Kong identity cards will be replaced starting late next year with new ones that have more anti-counterfeit features to enhance user security. In the latest papers submitted to the Legislative Cou ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-30
Running is fast becoming the most popular way to exercise in Hong Kong. There are nearly 150 running competitions in the city this year, including long-distance, marathon and trail runs. That compares ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-30
Weadoc, a platform that provides online-to-offline (O2O) mobile phone repair services, has raised 100 million yuan (US$15.15 million) in a Series B round led by MatrixPartners China and Cowin Capital. ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-29
Data should be open to the public, regardless of whether it is for smart city development or for other uses, Dr. Amen Ra Mashariki, former chief analytics officer of New York City, said. Esri China (H ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-29
Congressional Republicans must, President Donald Trump has commanded, pass their sweeping US tax bill by Christmas. Otherwise, they will have no major accomplishment to show for an entire year during ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-27
Jumpstarter 2017, a program that aims to identify promising entrepreneurs and provide them with funding, concluded with a grand finale on Tuesday that saw three contestants make the final cut. The th ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-24
Which payment tool is safer, physical credit card, mobile NFC (near-field communication) or QR code? That was a widely-discussed topic in Hong Kong recently. Owning a platinum or black credit card use ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-24
