Neowin News Feed for: Barcelona

Meta's Twitter rival Threads arrives on App Store, launching this week

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 08:14:02 +0000

Meta's Instagram spinoff known as Threads is now available on the iPhone App Store. It is a text-based conversation app designed to rival the popular microblogging platform Twitter. Read more...

Meta's Twitter rival Instagram app "P92" reportedly coming in June

Omer Dursun — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:00:01 +0000

Meta is reportedly developing a text-focused app that will rival Twitter. Leaked screenshots show an interface resembling a mix of Instagram and Twitter. When is the early access date? Read more...

Nokia and Deutsche Telekom are the latest companies to quit MWC 2020

Paul Hill — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:30:01 +0000

Nokia and Deutsche Telekom have announced their withdrawal from MWC 2020. Other network operators may pull out later today and the organisers said earlier they're considering cancelling the event. Read more...

Nvidia backs out of MWC 2020 over coronavirus fears

Paul Hill — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 13:42:01 +0000

Nvidia has said that it's pulling out of MWC Barcelona due to concerns over the coronavirus that's spreading rapidly in China and around the world. Ericsson and LG earlier announced their withdrawal. Read more...

Barcelona dumping Microsoft in favor of open source software

Usama Jawad — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:06:01 +0000

Government authorities in Barcelona have decided that they are ditching Microsoft and transitioning to open source software, in order to save money on expensive proprietary software licensing deals. Read more...

Snap Spectacles launch in Europe, now available in the UK for £129.99

Andy Weir — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 13:26:01 +0000

Snap's Spectacles - featuring a built-in camera that records short video clips in a circular format, which can then be shared on Snapchat - are heading to Europe, and are already available in the UK. Read more...

New York, Paris and other major cities band together to force Airbnb, Uber to the table

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:06:01 +0000

Major cities around the world are reportedly banding together in an effort to use their size and market power to bring Airbnb, Uber and other "charing economy" companies to the negotiating table. Read more...

Barcelona remains 'Mobile World Capital' until 2023 as GSMA signs new deal for MWC

Andy Weir — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:46:01 +0000

The GSM Association has signed an agreement to ensure that Barcelona continues to host the annual Mobile World Congress event until 2023, while the city itself remains 'Mobile World Capital'. Read more...

Welcome to Mobile World Congress 2015!

Andy Weir — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 13:20:01 +0000

Neowin is in Barcelona this week to bring you coverage on cool new products, exciting innovations and emerging trends from across the mobile industry, at the Mobile World Congress 2015 expo. Read more...

Here's where you can live-stream Microsoft's MWC keynote

Usama Jawad — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 12:56:01 +0000

Microsoft will be live-streaming it's MWC keynote on March 2, Neowin will be there to cover the event live as it unfolds. A couple mid-range devices may be unveiled at the press-event as well. Read more...

Samsung shares a rather intriguing teaser for its Galaxy S6 announcement

Andy Weir — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:38:01 +0000

Samsung is sending out invites to a 'Galaxy Unpacked' event next month, at which it's expected to launch its new Galaxy S6 flagship - and the teaser image promoting the event is certainly intriguing. Read more...

Sony reportedly plans to offer the Xperia Z4 in two flavors, FHD and QHD

Adrian Potoroaca — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:54:01 +0000

The Sony Xperia Z4 specifications leaked just a month afther the launch of Xperia Z3, and now we learn that the much awaited flagship will come in two versions tailored for different markets. Read more...

Samsung expected to launch Galaxy S5 on February 23

Andy Weir — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:59:21 +0000

Samsung's Galaxy S5 is one of the most hotly anticipated devices of the year, and its launch seems to be close, with an official announcement expected on February 23, before it goes on sale in April. Read more...

HP Discover in Barcelona from December 10-12

Christopher White — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:44:42 +0000

The HP Discover conference will be in Barcelona from December 10-12, and Neowin will be on the ground covering it live. Tune in for the latest in storage, security, big data and more! Read more...

Hands on with Nokia's new Lumia 520 and 720

Andy Weir — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:39:41 +0000

Nokia announced two new Windows Phones today - the Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 - at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We go hands-on - do these budget-friendly devices create a good first impression? Read more...

Mobile World Congress: A hint of what's to come

Andy Weir — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:48:36 +0000

Next week, the mobile industry will convene in Barcelona for the annual Mobile World Congress - and Neowin will be there. We take a look at some of what to expect from the massive event. Read more...

AMD releases Opteron "Shanghai" Server processor

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:17:03 +0000

Today AMD announced that it will begin shipping its latest processor the "Shanghai" quad-core Opteron processors for servers and workstations and will talk about the new chip today in its annual Financial Analyst Day... Read more...

Google Phone prototype to be unveiled in Barcelona

Fred Derf — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:10:07 +0000

British chip designer ARM will demo an Android-based prototype mobile phone at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona next Monday. Google's open-source Android software platform will be used by T-Mobile and HTC when... Read more...

AMD's Rivas On Barcelona Bug's Channel Impact

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:14:00 +0000

In an exclusive interview with ChannelWeb, AMD Executive Vice President of the Computing Products Group Mario Rivas discusses how the planned ramp-up of the company's Operton and Phenom quad-cores failed and what AMD is doing... Read more...

AMD Pushes Back Barcelona Ramp-Up to Q1 2008

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:41:07 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices has revised an October pledge to make its new quad-core Opteron processors "widely available" by the end of the year and won't ship large quantities to the channel until the first quarter... Read more...

MSI announces AMD Barcelona motherboard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:55:05 +0000

Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced the K9NU Speedster motherboard and P1-106 server barebone, which support the recently launched AMD Quad-Core Opteron processors (Barcelona). Paired with the Nvidia nForce 3400 chipset, the K9NU-Speedster motherboard and P1-106... Read more...

Intel claims silicon crown despite AMD Barcelona

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:09:50 +0000

Intel is confident, with a few benchmark exceptions, that it will still have the fastest x86 processor in the market following today's launch of AMD's Barcelona Opteron processor. "We feel quite good about our performance,"... Read more...

AMD Launches Long-Awaited Barcelona Quad-Core

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:57:04 +0000

There's no question the channel is eager to get its hands on Advanced Micro Devices' first quad-core x86 microprocessor. Monday's belated launch of the long-awaited server chip code-named Barcelona finally brings to market the "game-changing"... Read more...

AMD gets ready for Barcelona launch

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:38:30 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is getting ready to launch Barcelona, its first quad-core server chip. A successful Barcelona launch, expected to happen during the third quarter, is critical for AMD, which has seen its share... Read more...

AMD battles Barcelona delay rumours

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:42:05 +0000

AMD is denying reports that its highly anticipated Barcelona quad-core processor has been hit by a delay. Barcelona is scheduled for release this summer and is still on track, AMD spokesman Andrew Fox told vnunet.com.... Read more...

AMD shows sunny side of Barcelona

Mon, 21 May 2007 23:38:49 +0000

Randy Allen, corporate vice president for server and workstations at AMD, announced the company is on track to ship its Barcelona quad-core server chip in production volumes sometime around the middle of this year. Server... Read more...