The 25 billion download mark was surpassed at the end of the summer, but there are actually a lot of alternative Android app stores out there. We decided to take a look.

Best Android tablets

Google Nexus 7, Google Nexus 10, etc.

Black eggs and ripe guava lead Taiwan's tech revolution

A traditional Taiwanese hat casts a shadow over a smiling, wrinkled face, weathered by the sun, wind and rain of this remote place.

Taiwanese spies ‘undermine US confidence’

In recent years, at least nine Taiwanese people have been arrested for spying for mainland China. They include an army general and an air force captain accused of passing information about Taiwan’s air-defence systems to China.Taiwanese spies ‘undermine US confidence’

Taiwan’s family-run PC makers are the one tech sector there’s no point investing in

This frustrates private equity investors no end. (It also annoys Taiwan-based investment bankers who would like to get their hands on advisory fees.) There are great opportunities for financial engineers to buy up a few PC manufacturers, shunt them together and slash costs by, for example, persuading suppliers to cut prices in return for bigger orders.

Solar trade war promises order bonanza for Taiwan

If, as expected, the European Union also introduces punitive tariffs on Chinese-made solar equipment, Taiwanese companies may inch back toward profitability after posting losses for at least the last six quarters.

China’s Army of Hackers

The official Chinese reaction to the report is unchanged: China is a victim of cyber attacks as well, so don’t point the finger at Beijing.

The 46 Places to Go in 2013

Because the whole world will be there in 2014 - Rio de Janeiro

More Guns = More Killing

Indeed, the N.R.A.’s solution to the expansion of gun violence in America has been generally to advocate for the more widespread deployment and carrying of guns.

Kuomintang sued in U.S. court for recovery of stolen assets

International law expert Jonathan Levy has announced the filing of a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the business managers of the Kuomintang ruling party of the Republic of China in-exile to recover stolen assets.
The Chinese Nationalist Kuomintang has a long history of corruption and has accumulated billions of dollars.