Neowin News Feed for: 2012

Jeff Bezos: Profits are not important to Amazon, customers are

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:18:46 +0100

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has written a letter to shareholders outlining his aims for the company. Bezos says that Amazon innovates even when there is no need, putting customers above profits. Read more...

iPhone 5 outsells Galaxy S III globally for the first time

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:46 +0000

New research has discovered that Apple's iPhone 5 and 4S both outsold the Galaxy S III globally in Q4 2012, which is the first time ever. Sales of iPhones now account for one in five phones sold. Read more...

iTunes + Apple accessories now make more money than major phone manufactures

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:25:33 +0000

Apple's iTunes + Accessories divisions now generate more revenue than Nokia, RIM, LG, HTC, Motorola and Sony do on their phone divisions and the revenue is expected to grow this year. Read more...

Poor HTC, profits down yet again

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:46:29 +0000

HTC - Quietly brilliant yes, but publicly haemorrhaging money. A 91% drop in profits for Q4 of 2012 has been announced, but CEO Peter Chou is optimistic for 2013 after a rough 2012. Read more...

TechSpot: 2012, The Year in Tech

Julio Franco — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 12:15:23 +0000

As the year comes to an end it's time to look back at the most interesting and relevant tech stories of 2012. Numerous trends consolidated during 2012: Apple's dominance in the sector, mobile growth.. Read more...

2012's most viewed Wikipedia article: Facebook

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:44:49 +0000

The list of the top 100 most viewed English articles on Wikipedia is in, and the #1 spot is claimed by the Facebook article with over 32 million views. Others in the list are somewhat surprising Read more...

Here are the top 10 most viewed new videos for 2012 on YouTube

John Callaham — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:09:05 +0000

YouTube has announced its top 10 most viewed videos of 2012 and to no one's surprise, the music video for Gangnam Style by Korean music artist Psy was the number one video of the past year. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Apocalypse 2012 Edition

Tyler Holman — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:17:30 +0000

The world is about to end, and Neowin has assembled a list of some of the tech world's near-apocalypses and biggest threats to entertain you while you await your impending doom. We'll miss you, too. Read more...

Mozilla's 2012 in an infographic

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:41:48 +0000

Mozilla is celebrating a successful 2012. An infographic detailing the major facts and figures around their Firefox internet browser and the Firefox OS has been published on Mozilla's official blog. Read more...

The 2012 holiday season produces the best online sales figures ever

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:05:22 +0000

Figures released by comScore show the 2012 holiday season as the most lucrative online shopping period ever, with over $1 billion spent on seven separate days following Thanksgiving. Read more...

Microsoft in 2012, a year in review

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:32:44 +0000

Microsoft posted a short clip showing off what an awesome year 2012 has been. From new versions of major products to incredible work done with charities to awesome launches 2012 was a great year. Read more...

Your Facebook year in review

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:11:19 +0000

Facebook is giving its users a nice way to see what its biggest trends, stories and music were in 2012, as well as offering the same functionality to your individual user profile. Read more...

Google posts its annual Zeitgeist search report, here's what 2012 looked like

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:10:12 +0000

Google posted their annual report for searches called Zeitgeist 2012. Dive in and find out what the most searched for terms were and what events made the biggest impact this year. Read more...

iPhone 5 and Kim Kardashian top Bing's 2012 search lists

John Callaham — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:45:00 +0000

Microsoft has released a list of the top searches on Bing for 2012, with the iPhone 5 on top of the list for the most searched news stories and Kim Kardashian on top of the most searched person. Read more...

The new Microsoft brand family, at a glance

Andy Weir — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:39:26 +0100

Microsoft's unveiling of its new logo is a key component of the major brand identity update across the whole corporation. We take a look at some of the other Microsoft brands that have changed so far. Read more...

YouTube launches their U.S. Elections 2012 Hub

Stefano Elia — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:06:05 +0100

YouTube have launched a new video hub for the United States 2012 Elections that will allow users to watch 'key moments' from now until election day, all from the comfort of their computer chair. Read more...

Will Half-Life 3 be shown off at Gamescom 2012?

Andrew Stevenson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:34:24 +0100

The Gamescom 2012 website has been update with the list of new releases expected to grace the show in Germany. Surprisingly, it's been discovered that Half-Life 3 is present on the updated list. Read more...

Microsoft's BUILD 2012 registration is now open - Sold out

Brad Sams — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:02:52 +0100

Microsoft has opened the flood gates and if you want to attend Microsoft's BUILD conference, you can now register for the event but you better act quickly as the event will likely sell out. Read more...

Wireless hotspots banned from London Olympics 2012 venues

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:02:38 +0100

Those attending events at the official venues of the London 2012 Olympic Games, starting on Friday, have been prohibited to use 3G wireless hotspots or wireless routers. Read more...

TechEd: A look around the show in pictures

Andy Weir — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:49:12 +0100

TechEd is about more than just keynote addresses and other media events - there's a world of learning, discovery and fun times to enjoy. Let us walk you through some more of the event in pictures. Read more...