The company Gogoro will start shipping preordered Gogoro Smart Scooter in Taipei. The Taiwanese company started to accept orders on June 27 adding up Gogoro Plus, Gogoro's newest series in silver, blue, orange and yellow. The basic model costs $4000 while Gogoro Plus costs $4300.

HTC Desire smartphone series was realeased in US last week. These are HTC Desire 626, Desire 626s, Desire 526 and Desire 520.

Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update begins rolling to HTC One devices, including One M9, One M8 and One M7. According to reports, shortly after the update Android M might begin to hit the phones first as well.

HTC has introduced a prototype of their latest virtual reality gadget which is projected and expected to dominate the virtual reality scene for quite some time. HTC The Vive is packed with over 70 sensors that provide the gadget the ability to have a 360 degrees room tracking. It is also equipped with a more sophisticated display of 1, 2000x10, 080-pixel and 90-Hz to prevent users from getting nauseated or dizzy. Although it was formally presented to the public, HTC has yet to confirm the gadget's price and exact release date.

Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC predicts a loss as it released preliminary results for the fiscal second quarter of 2015. The Company's campaign in the mid-tier smartphones competition is considered to be a major factor in their financial distress.

The release of Xiaomi's Mi5 and Mi5 Plus was postponed due to overheating issues of its chipset. According to reports, it shouls be released late this year but was pushed back until 2016. Meanwhile, a competitor is about to release its new flagship phone, OnePlus 2 which has great specifications that surpasses Sony Z3+ and Z4.

HTC has released an updated firmware of HTC One M9 to address some glitches when the phone was introduced. Now HTC promises an improve camera attributes and a longer battery life.

HTC brings software upgrade for HTC One M9 to address unsatisfactory camera performance and improve overall battery life. Device users can make using the handset more fun with Dot View case.

Last week, Asustek Computer Inc (Asus) chairman Johnny Shih in an internal company meeting had suggested that it may be a possibility to buy Taiwan-based smartphones and tablets manufacturer, HTC. However, HTC came out with its own statement on Monday, saying it will not consider a merger with Asus and also pointed out that no formal or informal talks had ever taken place in connection with the said acquisition.

HTC uploaded a photo of their limited edition 24-karat gold-plated One M9 on June 5 2015 at Twitter. However, it was seen as an “epic fail” for the company: they took the picture using one of Apple’s iPhone.