Neowin News Feed for: Community

Here are all the new features Microsoft added to the free version of Teams in March 2023

Usama Jawad — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 06:58:01 +0000

Microsoft has published the release notes for all the improvements and changes it made to the Windows 11, desktop, web, and mobile version of Teams Free throughout the course of March 2023. Read more...

Starbucks will launch its own NFT collection later this year

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 04 May 2022 17:06:01 +0000

Starbucks Coffee is all set to enter the Web3 space by launching its own Non Fungible Token (NFT) collection later this year along with membership and community based on coffee art and storytelling. Read more...

Mozilla launches new Firefox badges so you can evangelise for your favourite browser

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:08:02 +0000

Mozilla has released a selection of new badges that fans can add to their website. The initiative is similar to the Spread Firefox campaign that existed a decade ago. Hopefully, it'll drive adoption. Read more...

YouTube debuts Reels, a feature that will attempt to compete with Instagram and Snapchat

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:16:01 +0000

If you've been looking for a way to share more informal content on YouTube, Reels is in beta and could be a solution. The feature allows creators to post content in a "stories" format. Read more...

WPS Office's Linux development has been halted

Paul Hill — Mon, 29 May 2017 02:10:01 +0000

WPS Office development has stalled on Linux. The developers look as though they could open source the code of the Linux app by the end of the year, though, so the community can maintain it. Read more...

Firefox OS well and truly in the community's hands, Mozilla to strip code from Gecko repo

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:24:01 +0000

Mozilla has announced that all B2G (Firefox OS) code will be stripped from the Firefox browser engine, Gecko. The move comes following a year of the company winding down involvement in the project. Read more...

Reddit will allow users to up/down vote ads

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:26:13 +0000

Reddit are introducing the ability to up vote, or down vote ads depending on their relevancy to you. If an advert is unsuitable, Reddit will hide it if you down vote the ad. Read more...

Team Fortress 2, and the evolution of a player-powered economy

Paul Ferson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:21:41 +0000

The economy in Valve's war-themed hat simulator has been changing drastically in recent months. One community operated site, TF2 Finance, has taken an in-depth look at how it has developed thus far. Read more...

Rebranding exercise: Microsoft Answers is now Microsoft Community

Andrew Stevenson — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:03:59 +0000

The Modern UI; its Microsoft's Marmite. Microsoft's current reimaging and rebranding continues onto Microsoft Answers, following the successful reimagining of Hotmail.com and Microsoft.com. Read more...

HTC offers invites to Windows Phone software + services beta [Update]

Andy Weir — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:17:25 +0000

HTC has extended an invitation to join a new beta program 'to experience the future of software and services for your Windows Phone today' - but you'll have to hurry... places are limited! Read more...

Facebook to the rescue - of a dog, with a jar on its head

Steven Parker — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:22:21 +0000

Social networks can be a wonderful thing as proven by a concerned citizen who was unable to collar a stray dog that had a jar stuck on its head, so turned to Facebook with a photo and a call for help. Read more...

League of Legends passes 32,000,000 registered players

Paul Ferson — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:12:57 +0000

The developers of League of Legends have reported that their community recently passed the 32,000,000 player mark. Read more...

Microsoft teams up with Bill Clinton to fight 'digital exclusion'

Brad Sams — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:15:54 +0000

Microsoft and Bill Clinton are teaming up to fight the lack of broadband Internet access to low income families. Their goal is to provide access to students to combat 'digital exclusion'. Read more...

MySQL 5.5.13 Community Edition

Steven Parker — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:11:51 +0000

MySQL Community Edition is a freely downloadable version of the world's most popular open source database that is supported by an active community of open source developers and enthusiasts. MySQL delivers enterprise features, including: Partitioning to improve... Read more...

Contentteller Community Edition 2.0.3

Fri, 08 May 2009 18:14:00 +0000

Contentteller Community Edition 2.0.3 is now available. Starting with this release, Contenteller will be released under the original version numbering again. Contentteller is a powerful content management system written in the PHP scripting language designed... Read more...

Contentteller Community Edition 1.0.3

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:28:00 +0000

Contentteller Community Edition 1.0.3 is now available. This is another maintenance release that includes all updates from the commercial 2008.2 releases. Contentteller is a powerful open source content management system written in the PHP scripting... Read more...

Microsoft Announces Kodu Game Creator for Xbox Live Community Games

Neowin Staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:45:04 +0000

Dell Creates Laptop and Community For "Digital Nomads"

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:11:02 +0000

Dell has announced a new line of Latitude and Dell Precision laptops built for the consumer on the go. The new laptops have an increased battery life, can be customized in a wide... Read more...

Contentteller Community Edition 1.0.0 RC1a

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:39:14 +0000

Contentteller is a powerful open source content management system written in the PHP scripting language designed for sites of all sizes and types. The free Community Edition is licensed under the terms of the GPL... Read more...

CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack) 2008-06-28 Beta

Razvan Serea — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:42:17 +0000

The CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack) is a DirectShow filter pack specifically built for playing anime. It has been assembled by some of the most knowledgeable people in online anime distribution, and one of the... Read more...

Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows Live Help Community too

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:03:12 +0000

Microsoft has silently removed the Windows Live Help Community service and the link now redirects to Windows Live Help. This is one of the many Windows Live services being dropped in recent times. And... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards 2007 - Results

Neowin Staff — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:12:08 +0000

The Neowin Community Game Awards are unlike other "Best of Year" awards. Every step of the process is voted on by Neowin.net community members. From the initial nominations to the final voting, you, the people... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards 2007 Voting

Christopher Vendemio — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:49:40 +0000

Windows PowerShell 2.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP)

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:55:38 +0000

Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP introduces several significant features to Windows PowerShell 1.0 that extends its use, improve its usability, and allow you to control and managethe Windows environment more easily and comprehensively. Download:... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards 2007 - Nominations Begin

Christopher Vendemio — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:20:41 +0000

In 2005, we started the Neowin Community Game Awards. Unlike other "Best of Year" awards, every step of the process is voted on by the members. From the initial nominations to the final voting, you,... Read more...

The Steam Community officially launches out of beta

Todd Tanner — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:21:16 +0000

Valve has officially launched The Steam Community after being in a beta testing phase for about a month or so. For those not in the know, The Steam Community (or TSC) offers some nice new... Read more...

Community fights back for AutoPatcher

Dave Legg — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:02:09 +0000

Microsoft's move this week to close down the AutoPatcher project, a project well known and supported here on Neowin, that allows users to update their computers without requiring an internet connection, has met with cries... Read more...

CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack) 2007-07-22

Razvan Serea — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:34:25 +0000

Microsoft sends out Windows Live Beta Community Invitation

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:11:18 +0000

Microsoft has sent out invitations for participation in a pre-release program dubbed the "Windows Live Beta Community". The e-mail asks its recipient to head over to the Invitations section at Microsoft Connect and input the... Read more...

CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack) 2007.02.22

Razvan Serea — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:04:12 +0000

BF 2142 Community Update (aka look for a patch soon)

Todd Tanner — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:03:59 +0000

A DICE team member posted a community update on the EA forums a couple of days ago. More or less he acknowledged the issues players were having with stats and ranks, the constant punkbuster issues,... Read more...

MySQL introduces Community Server database

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:19:00 +0000

On Tuesday, database company MySQL announced changes designed to appeal to both developers and corporate customers. It introduced a subscription service, called MySQL Enterprise Server, that includes a new database monitoring service along with regular... Read more...

Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Community Technology Preview

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:29:47 +0000

The Development Tools for .NET Framework (RC1) provides developers with support for building .NET Framework 3.0 applications using the final released version of Visual Studio 2005. This support includes XAML Intellisense support through schema extensions... Read more...

XPe Feature Pack 2007 Community Tech Preview released

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:55:38 +0000

If you signed up for the XPe Feature Pack then you should have gotten your invite via email by now. If you haven't signed up yet, its now a public beta. Just follow the instructions... Read more...

Gametap gets all community oriented!

Todd Tanner — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:52:56 +0000

Gametap announced yesterday that they had finally released the long awaited new version of the Turner Broadcasting System old school gaming service. For those not familiar, Gametap allows you to play tons of older games... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards 2005

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:18:16 +0000

bangbang023 writes in letting us know that the NCGA's are ready for your votes! "That time of year has once again come. While others are debating the name of the... Read more...

Neowin Community Game Awards - Nominations Begin

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:58:48 +0000

Nominations for the second annual Neowin Community Game Awards have started and you can help by nominating your favorite Console or PC game by clicking here. The only way to participate in this annual event... Read more...

Valve Opens Developer Community

Fri, 01 Jul 2005 22:26:09 +0000

Half-Life 2 developer gathers modders, mappers, and modelers for "how-tos" and online discussion. The tight bond between avid underground game developers and modders has gotten a bit cozier thanks to Valve. The... Read more...

Microsoft Looks to Build Up the Windows Community

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:47:33 +0000

'The Hive' is Microsoft's attempt to bring some of the community impetus it has generated with Channel 9, The Spoke and other developer-focused efforts to the consumer space. Always on the lookout... Read more...

Sega launches new Community Site

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:29:09 +0000

House of Sonic opens Sega Link, an online arcade that also functions as a social-networking site. Sega announced today that it has launched its new community-based online game site in Japan named... Read more...