Neowin News Feed for: News

Samsung "happy to stay with plastic casing" for Galaxy IV

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:30:26 +0000

Samsung's mobile unit VP, Y.H. Lee, has said that the Galaxy S IV will continue to use the plastic design. Lee cited Samsung's need to create large quantities of phones as the reason. Read more...

In an effort to generate money, Facebook makes it harder for brands

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:31:45 +0000

Facebook is looking for new, and more inventive, ways of monetizing their 1 billion users, but they could come at the cost of the advertisers who provide Facebook with the majority of their money. Read more...

Google Glass patent shows the future of the project, looks impressive

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:04:00 +0000

A newly uncovered patent suggests that Google Glass is going to receive an update that allows for binocular vision, instead of just one lens, increasing the use for Glass tenfold. Read more...

Apple gets hit with another investor lawsuit

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:29:04 +0000

Following in David Einhorn's wake, another investor sues Apple in a bid to get them to release some of their $127 billion cash hoard and be more transparent about their executive pay. Read more...

Microsoft updates News and Finance Windows 8 apps

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:07:01 +0000

Microsoft has released new updates to its in-house developed News and Finance apps for Windows 8, but it is currently unclear exactly what has been changed and improved since the last updates. Read more...

Microsoft goes behind the scenes on Bing Windows 8 apps

John Callaham — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:11:14 +0000

Microsoft has posted up more information on how its Bing team created the in-house News, Weather, Finance, Sports, Travel and Maps apps that launched for Windows 8 and RT. Read more...

Microsoft updates News and Finance Windows 8 apps

John Callaham — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:51:35 +0000

Microsoft has released new updates to its in-house developed News and Finance apps for Windows 8, with both adding new sources for content, performance improvements and more. Read more...

Microsoft updates News, Finance, Travel and more for Windows 8

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:23:08 +0000

A number of the in-house Bing apps for Windows 8 have received some major updates today via the Windows Store, including the News, Weather, Finance, Sports and Travel apps. Read more...

NeoGamr goes adfree!

Steven Parker — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:19:07 +0100

For now, NeoGamr will not be displaying ads; the income from it wasn't worth it and we feel it might also increase interest to the site a bit as well, we have great content, tell your friends! Read more...

Three new Windows 8 Metro Bing apps released

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Microsoft's Bing division has released three new Metro apps for Windows 8 (News, Sports and Travel) as part of the Windows 8 Release Preview launch on Thursday. Read more...

This is Neowin's 50,000th news post

News Staff — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:04:44 +0100

There comes a time and place when recognizing a milestone is a front page event, and we're happy to announce that this story represents Neowin’s 50,000th news post. This tremendous achievement has been made possible... Read more...

Jobs: Write for Neowin

Steven Parker — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:27:56 +0100

This spring, Neowin has several news poster positions available. If you have a passion for writing informative and inspiring news articles, Neowin might be the right place for you. What are our expectations? Be active: We... Read more...

Google launches an online magazine, Think Quarterly

Brad Sams — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:54:22 +0000

While tradition magazines are fighting to keep their heads above water, online magazines are the new hit, but have still yet to prove that they are profitable. Google has taken the wraps off of its newest... Read more...

News Corporation gets green light for BSkyB takeover

Piers Hausjell — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:18:11 +0000

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been given the go ahead by the British Government for its bid to take over the media company BSkyB. The approval follows the corporations agreement to set up Sky News... Read more...

Week-in-Review: November 26, 2010 - News Edition

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:41:01 +0000

It's that time of the week again, where Neowin takes a look back at all the recent front page news articles and goes over the top items. This week we take a look at the... Read more...

TechCrunch bought by AOL

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:44:52 +0100

TechCrunch has quickly grown to be one of the driving forces behind the huge and dynamic world of online technology news media. In its five years of life, founder Michael Arrington has grown his news... Read more...

Apple gets the most headlines, Pew study shows

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:19:20 +0100

Always a popular topic of discussion, Apple and Steve Jobs seem to always be in the news. Whether it’s hype leading up to a product launch, the launch itself, or the endless comparisons between the... Read more...

BBC iPhone apps approved, news app due today

Tom Warren — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:29:07 +0100

The BBC announced on Friday that its iPhone apps have been approved for release in the UK. The BBC originally announced the iPhone apps back in February but due to anti-competitive concerns, the BBC trust were... Read more...

Sprint CEO sees T-Mobile merger as plausible

Darren Tebo — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:42:31 +0100

Despite the fact that Sprint has been rapidly expanding 4G technology on its network, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse appears to be quite receptive to switching to LTE technology -- an older technology, based upon a... Read more...

Computer mice to perform a disappearing act?

Darren Tebo — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:57:05 +0100

Have you ever wondered what technology might one day replace the Computer Mouse? If so, researchers at MIT may have your answer: Nothing! According to Wired.com, "In a magic trick that only geeks can pull... Read more...