Neowin News Feed for: Chicago

Microsoft Ignite 2024 registration is live for the event in Chicago on November 18-22

John Callaham — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 18:00:01 +0000

Registration is now open for people who want to attend Microsoft Ignite 2024, which will be held in Chicago from November 18 to 22. Read more...

Chicago lawmaker proposes bill to ban all violent video games due to rise in carjackings

Usama Jawad — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 07:03:55 +0000

A Democrat lawmaker in Chicago has proposed a new bill to ban the sale of violent video games in Illinois. Similarities between carjackings in real-life and those done in video games were observed. Read more...

Uber Works launches in Chicago to connect temp workers to businesses

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:40:01 +0000

Uber has announced the availability of Uber Works in Chicago. The app hopes to give temporary workers and employers looking for temporary labour an easy way to get connected in a transparent manner. Read more...

Sprint's 5G is now live in Chicago

Rich Woods — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:28:01 +0000

Sprint today announced that its True Mobile 5G is now live in Chicago, and that it's coming to more cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. in the coming weeks. Read more...

Facebook is making it easier to give blood donations in the U.S.

Paul Hill — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:12:01 +0000

Facebook has announced that it's launching its blood donation feature in the United States. Initially it will arrive in large population areas like New York City before rolling out nation wide. Read more...

Apple to offer Activity Challenge on Apple Watch for Heart Month

Paul Hill — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:30:01 +0000

Apple has announced a new Activity Challenge which will take place later this month. It is being used to promote Heart Month which brings attention to heart health and the importance of exercise. Read more...

Uber Eats announces expansion of Starbucks deliveries in the U.S. and London

Paul Hill — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:56:02 +0000

Uber Eats and Starbucks have announced that customers in several cities around the U.S., and London in the UK, will be able to begin placing Starbucks orders via the Uber Eats app. Read more...

Apple to introduce new low-cost iPad, renew education focus, say sources

Sharath Ravishankar — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 20:36:01 +0000

Apple will reportedy attempt to gain market share in an education sector increasingly inundated with Google's and Microsoft's offerings, with a new, low-cost iPad at its Chicago event next week. Read more...

Apple is holding an education event on March 27

Rich Woods — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:26:01 +0000

Apple sent out invitations today for its next event, which will be focused on education. The event will be held in Chicago on March 27. Expected announcements are new iPads, MacBooks, and more. Read more...

City of Chicago chooses Office 365, will save $1.3 million over 4 years

John Callaham — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:19:00 +0000

The city of Chicago has announced that its 30,000 workers will be moved to the cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 service for access to email and productivity software. Read more...

New Microsoft holiday stores in NYC and Chicago opening Oct. 26

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:31:59 +0000

Microsoft has announced plans to open two more temporary holiday retail stores, one in New York City's Time Square and the other in downtown Chicago, on October 26th. Read more...

New Microsoft Surface ad in Chicago on car wash building

John Callaham — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:55:06 +0000

Another Neowin reader has spotted a new Microsoft Surface street art ad in Chicago, placed on a wall owned by a local hand car wash that's very close to an Apple store. Read more...

New Microsoft Surface street ad pops up in Chicago

John Callaham — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:53:36 +0000

The street ads for Microsoft's upcoming Surface tablet are breaking out beyond NYC and LA as a new street art ad has been spotted on the side of a Chicago building. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Microsoft codenames

Tyler Holman — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:15:36 +0000

Ever been curious about Microsoft product codenames and the stories behind them? For this week's Trivia Tuesday, we've assembled a sampling of some of the most interesting, from Opus to Longhorn. Read more...

E3 2013 announcement set for Monday

John Callaham — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:07:12 +0000

The ESA trade group will be making an announcement related to where and when the 2013 edition of the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show will be held on Monday. Read more...

Microsoft planning new stores in Chicago & Minneapolis to take on Apple

Tom Warren — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:33:24 +0000

Neowin has learnt that Microsoft plans to open two new Microsoft retail stores in the United States. The software giant has posted several job vacancies for two new stores in Minneapolis and Chicago. The company is... Read more...

Chicago Scraps Plans for Municipal Wi-Fi Network

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:31:57 +0000

An ambitious plan to blanket Chicago with wireless broadband Internet will be shelved because of its cost and projected limited usage, city officials said Tuesday. "We realized - after much consideration - that we needed... Read more...