Digitization has streamlined tax administration in various jurisdictions. In Hong Kong, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) launched eTAX in 2008, offering taxpayers a simpler, quicker, more secure an ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-14
Secretary for Innovation and Technology Nicholas Yang Wei-hsiung said in a radio interview that the Smart Government Innovation Lab will be launched next year. The lab aims to promote government proc ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-14
US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison for crimes including orchestrating hush payments to women in violation of campaign laws before t ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-13
Japan's SoftBank Group has invested in ParkJockey, a US startup that deploys smart software and hardware technologies to monetize parking lots. The Miami-based firm revealed the SoftBank investment in ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-12
Chinese fleet management services and Internet of Things (IoT) technology company G7 announced on Monday that it has completed a sizable funding round with the backing of HOPU Investments and some exi ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-11
Autumn in Hong Kong is a season for many outdoor activities. Oxfam Trailwalker, a popular local event that started in mid-November, is large-scale fundraising sporting fixture whose history goes back ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-10
China’s internet giant Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) announced recently that it will set up a new business group, Cloud & Smart Industries Group (CSIG), to integrate its cloud offerings and solution ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-07
WM Motor, a Shanghai-based new energy vehicle maker, has partnered with Chinese artificial intelligence startup SenseTime to apply the latter's facial recognition technology in automobiles. Freeman Sh ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-06
Chipmaker Qualcomm has unveiled new mobile phone processor chips as it aims to cater to the needs of leading global smartphone makers which are preparing for the 5G era. The Snapdragon 855 chip, showc ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-06
Giovanni De Lisi was a 20-year-old railway maintenance and installation worker near Palermo, Italy, when he had his revolutionary idea in 2005. Working under the Mediterranean sun, he had an intuition ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-06
Music streaming has emerged as a lucrative business with big names such as Apple, Amazon and Google offering their own digital music platforms in a bid to establish new revenue streams. In Taiwan, reg ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-04
Spain deploys a network of charging points to foster electric mobility. Sustainable transport is one of the key elements of the European Union’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The deadline h ...More
EJ Insight2018-12-03
