Technology Channel

BANGKOK -- Even as touchscreen displays in the car grow larger, drivers expect screens to operate with the same touch experience as mobile phones. However, screens in automobiles need to meet stringent head impact and vibration tests, and consequently have thicker cover lenses that potentially impact the touch interface performance.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) to provide the industrialized Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform to further enable its digital vehicle services in more than 120 markets worldwide for the next five years.

XIAMEN, China -- Meitu, a mobile Internet company that has been transforming the way its users create and share beauty, has recently partnered with Sanrio to launch ten interactive Augmented Reality (AR) filters on the BeautyPlus app today.

HONG KONG -- Fitbit has launched the new Charge 3 in time for the holiday season. Fitbit is the industry-leader in connected health and fitness -- empowering people to lead. Whether it is the newly launched Fitbit Charge 3, Fitbit Versa or Fitbit Ionic, these are great choices to gift to loved ones this holiday season. Equipped with a new Fitbit, users will able to share their latest progress with family and friends. Fitbit's leaderboard allows users to feel more motivation to collectively move more, to stay connected and to act on their fitness goals.

SINGAPORE - The rapid growing Asia Pacific cyber security market has so far been dominated by globally established players from the US and Israel. Taiwan, a country well-known for its strong foothold in the global semiconductor and hardware manufacturing sector has demonstrated its strength in delivering cutting edge innovation and cultivating its home-grown cyber security industry.

SAN FRANCISCO -- As a mobile app with over 1 billion active users, WeChat has become one of the world's biggest social networks, integrating wide-ranging features from social media and news to local services and payment. With such a large user base, WeChat has immense potential in social media commercialization.

HANGZHOU, China -- Between November 14 and 16, 2018, wearable payment technology pioneer Tappy Technologies exhibits its wearable payment solution in collaboration with Expresspay Card at Money20/20. Relying on Expresspay Card, Tappy provides customers with diversified wearable payment solutions, significantly promoting Tappy's product development and portfolio in China.

BUSAN, South Korea -- Tencent, a leading internet services provider, held its Tencent Cloud Korea Conference in Busan, South Korea, on November 14, 2018, to showcase its latest industry solutions developed based on its extensive partnerships with global game companies. Dao Feng, Vice President of Tencent Cloud, and Joannie Kwon, CEO of SKY addressed hundreds of developers and executives at the event as an introduction of Tencent Cloud's gaming capabilities and services ahead of the G-STAR 2018 exhibition, also held in Busan.

SEOUL, South Korea -- SundayToz (CEO Kim Jung-seop, www.sundaytoz.com) announced the release of Snoopy Spot the Difference in Japan on November 13, 2018. It is a casual mobile game featuring Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and other beloved characters from Peanuts.

THE Department of Education (DepEd) recently launched an educational campaign to teach learners, parents and teachers and the school community on how children can be safe online.

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Senior vice president of mobile product marketing Justin Denison pulled a prototype foldable smartphone from a suit jacket inner pocket at a Samsung developer conference in San Francisco, saying the company will be ready to begin mass producing the screens in coming months.

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Mozilla, a pioneer and advocate for the open web, is happy to announce the rebranding of Firefox Rocket into Firefox Lite and the establishment of two new strategic partnerships in Asia: Cherry Mobile, the leading mobile and electronics brand in the Philippines, and ExpressVPN, the global leader in consumer VPN service. The partnership with Cherry Mobile brings Firefox Lite to more mobile users' hands, and through ExpressVPN, users can enjoy a more secure and private browsing experience.

HONG KONG -- Panopto, a leading video platform for higher education, announced today that it has been selected by Mapúa University as its video library and lecture capture solution partner. Mapúa, closing a 3-year contract with Panopto, is the first university in the Philippines to implement Panopto.

HONG KONG -- Vivo, a long-term partner of Qualcomm, shared its vision and insight on 5G development and how it will empower a new era of smart living during Qualcomm's 4G/5G Summit held in Hong Kong on 22 – 24 October 2018. The three-day Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit gathered many of the world's leading mobile industry leaders.