Neowin News Feed for: Boom

United Airlines announces plans to buy 15 aircraft from Boom Supersonic

Subir Kathuria — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:58:01 +0000

Boom Supersonic, the aviation startup that is trying to bring supersonic flights back into the mainstream, has formed a partnership with United Airlines to supply up to 50 supersonic aircraft by 2026. Read more...

Woman gets "rude awakening" due to exploding iPhone 6 Plus

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 17:58:01 +0000

A woman from Hong Kong was rudely awakened by an exploding iPhone 6 Plus. Although she was not hurt in the incident, she does intend to contact Apple for compensation. Read more...

Zimbra Email continues to boom under Yahoo!

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:07:00 +0000

Nine Lives Media has released its Open Source 50 Report that identifies the top 50 open source companies building channel partner programs. Varguy from Nine Lives Media analyzes the growth of Zimbra, an open source... Read more...

Boom Blox producer impressed by "gamer" Spielberg

Marcel Klum — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:44:01 +0000

Steven Spielberg, aside from being one of the most successful movie directors on the planet, is definitely a serious games fan, and his involvement with EA's forthcoming Wii title Boom Blox has been far greater... Read more...

Razr Tops Phone Sales in Boom Quarter

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 19:10:38 +0000

Motorola's Razr topped cell phone sales in a quarter which saw increases in total sales of 30 percent over the same quarter last year, according to market research firm NPD Group. Mobile phone sales... Read more...

The Next Big Internet Boom Driven By Wireless

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:50:34 +0000

Industry leaders reported on Monday that the next growth phase of the Internet will be driven by wireless services. This was noted by a trend among venture capitalists who helped fund the early boom of... Read more...

Chip sales boom in November

Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:46:40 +0000

Global sales of semiconductors powered ahead in November, accelerating for the fourth straight month to grow to $16.1 billion--a 25.7 percent increase compared with a year earlier, an industry group said on Monday. ... Read more...

Show proves tech boom never went bust

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 06 Jan 2003 15:41:17 +0000

Panasonic, Palm, Philips and other makers of cell phones, handheld computers and electronic doodads would have you believe the good times are rolling now like never before. They may have a point.... Read more...

Mobile games will boom as MMS languishes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 23 Dec 2002 17:30:47 +0000

Downloadable games will be a major money-spinner for mobile operators in 2003, but picture messaging will not be as popular as anticipated. These are two of the ten predictions for the global wireless sector in... Read more...

UK sees illegal CD boom

Darren Bolton — Tue, 06 Aug 2002 07:59:00 +0000

Pirating is up by 50 per cent, says BPI The number of illegal CDs in the UK has increased by almost 50 per cent, according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). ... Read more...