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AppWorks closes third fund with $150M for Taiwan and Southeast Asia startups

AppWorks, the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. AppWorks Fund III’s limited par

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Taiwan-based MLOps startup InfuseAI raises $4.3M Series A led by Wistron Corporation

AI models not only take time to build and train, but also to deploy in an organization’s workflow. That’s where MLOps (machine learning operations) companies come in, helping clients scale their AI te

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Apple just had its best quarter in India

When Apple reports its earnings on Wednesday, you can expect mentions of India on the call.Apple shipped more than 1.5 million iPhone units in India in the quarter that ended in December, up 100% year

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Foxconn could move some iPad and MacBook production to Vietnam

Following a request from Apple, Foxconn could be shifting production out of China for some iPad and MacBook models according to a report from Reuters. The new assembly lines would be based in Vietnam.

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India approves Apple partners and Samsung for $143 billion smartphone manufacturing plan

Samsung and three major contract manufacturing partners of Apple are among 16 firms to win $6.65 billion incentives under India’s federal plan to boost domestic smartphone production over the n

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iKala, an AI-based customer engagement platform, raises $17 million to expand in Southeast Asia

iKala, a Taiwanese startup that offers an artificial intelligence-based customer acquisition and engagement platform, will expand into new Southeast Asian markets after raising a $17 million Series B.

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Foxconn, Samsung apply for India's smartphone scheme

Foxconn in Shanghai, China, June 20, 2020/VCG Photo Apple Inc's supplier Foxconn, Wistron Corp and Pegatron Corp have applied for funds from India's 6.65 billion U.S. dollars scheme to boost s

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Apple’s partners and Samsung apply for India’s $6.6 billion local smartphone production program

South Korean giant Samsung, Apple’s contract manufacturing partners Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron, and Indian smartphone vendors Micromax and Lava among others have applied for India’s $6.6 billion i

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Apple begins assembling iPhone 11 in India

Apple’s contract manufacturing partner Foxconn has started to assemble the current generation of iPhone units — the iPhone 11 lineup — in its plant near southern city of Chennai, a source

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Revealed: The 'Starlink Router' set to power SpaceX's satellite-based broadband

Regulators have approved the router for connecting computers inside the house to internet-carrying satellites orbiting the Earth.

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Supply chains staying in China despite COVID-19

02:56 As China employs every ounce of energy to battle the coronavirus, there have been calls outside the country for foreign businesses to decouple from China or reduce supply chain t

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Apple to begin online sales in India this year, open first retail store in 2021

For a decade, Apple has solely relied on third-party sellers, stores, and marketplaces to sell its products in India. That will begin to change this year.At the company’s annual shareholder mee