In this year’s policy address, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor identified some key themes in the city’s innovation and technology development, with HK$700 million allocated to start turning ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-06
In her policy address last month, Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor identified some key themes in relation to promoting innovation and technology development in the city. During the speech ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
港府上月發表的《施政報告》，「智慧城市」為其中一大重點，政府更計劃預留7億元撥款，從三方面加以發展。《信報》S ...全文
今日信報財經新聞StartupBeat 創科鬥室2017年11月03日
The end of the fossil-fuel era is on the horizon. With renewables like solar and wind consistently outperforming expectations, growth in electric vehicles far exceeding projections, and governments wo ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-02
As the US consul general here in Hong Kong, I sometimes get asked whether the United States is “turning away” from Asia. My answer to this question is an unequivocal “no”. The US remains deeply involv ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-31
Busy people tend to ignore the basic needs of their bodies, especially when it comes to drinking water. That is why Groking Lab has developed Ozmo, a smart-bottle and app which track users’ beverage c ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
Cities, the American-Canadian author Jane Jacobs once observed, are engines for national prosperity and economic growth. But in their current form, modern cities are also catalysts of inequality and e ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-30
China’s State Post Bureau has released memorial stamps for the 19th Party Congress. The stamps feature Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. That has stoked debate on whether Hangzhou will overtak ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
Amazon.com Inc. has plans to drop off packages directly into shoppers’ homes. The world’s largest online retailer on Wednesday announced Amazon Key, a lock and camera system that users control remotel ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-26
JPMorgan Chase & Co has partnered with data analytics startup Mosaic Smart Data to help its fixed-income sales and trading business become more profitable, Reuters reports. The bank, whose fixed-i ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-23
政府在剛公布的《施政報告》提到要發展智慧城市，其中推行「數碼個人身份」（eID）是重點之一。這實在切中要點，因 ...全文
Hong Kong Startup Council on Thursday hosted an event that saw seven startup members under the agency's STARS Programme showcase their products, technologies and services. During the Demo Day, the fir ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-20
Sidewalk Labs, owned by Google's parent Alphabet, is to build a digital city in Toronto. Alphabet won the contract to develop a 12-acre (522,720 square feet) site named Quayside on the waterfront of L ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-19
WiFi Protected Access 2 (WAP2), the current industry standard that encrypts traffic on Wi-Fi networks, is vulnerable to hackers due to a flaw in the cryptographic protocols, according to new research ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-19
It is gratifying to know that this year's policy address actively fosters innovation and technology development with specific and practical proposals, ranging from nurturing startups to attracting tal ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-18
In the age of the internet, basically everything can be “virtualized”, including a state. In fact, nowadays, the idea of “virtualized countries” is no longer beyond the realm of possibility. And one E ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-16
