Taiwan's mobile paid app market has untapped potential
Only 2 in 10 users surveyed have ever downloaded paid apps, with a preference for lower-priced ones, reflecting space for the market to grow.
Only 2 in 10 users surveyed have ever downloaded paid apps, with a preference for lower-priced ones, reflecting space for the market to grow.
Despite advantages of business version of consumer apps, adoption will be mainly driven by individual staff before the company jumps on the bandwagon and adopt the service enterprise-wide.
Besides its offshore software development site in Myanmar, Japan's NTT Data also sees opportunities to offer ICT services to build up the country's infrastructure in the near future.
The note-taking service provider will look to its new Taiwan office to collaborate with local developers to create new services and apps, as it aspires to be a global company whose products are made worldwide.
These apps become the core platform to build an extensive ecosystem of related, value-added services which developers and service providers hope will boost monetization opportunities and retain user traction.
Feature phone apps will unlikely be the savior for HTML 5 technology due to the device's limited chipset performance and declining market demand, but there is still potential elsewhere.
International Games System signs a deal with Chunghwa Telecom to build an online games platform and forms partnerships with Korean telcos to break into the game apps market there.
The Taipei High Administrative Court rules against the city government's attempts to impose a NT$1 million fine on the search giant for limiting the time for mobile app refunds to just 15 minutes.
Cloud computing allows developers to get access to compute resources faster, freeing IT operations to build self-service environment and provide software support and security.
Service providers such as WhatsApp or WeChat need to price their services right, or face consumer exodus as people look for free alternatives.