Neowin News Feed for: Headquarters

Amazon confirms New York City and Arlington, Virginia as HQ2 locations

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:30:01 +0000

The online retail giant has finally decided on Long Island in New York City and National Landing in Arlington, Virginia as the locations for its new headquarters, creating 50,000 jobs as a result. Read more...

Facebook quadruples size of its international HQ in Dublin

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:06:01 +0000

Facebook has leased out more office space from Allied Irish Banks in order to expand its international operations. The firm can now grow its 4,000-person-strong workforce to around 9,000. Read more...

Amazon will reportedly divvy up its second HQ between two different cities

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:42:01 +0000

A new report suggests that Amazon's search of a home for its second headquarters may actually benefit two cities instead of one, with the company dividing the office between them. Read more...

Amazon likely to bring second HQ to Crystal City, Virginia

Paul Hill — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:32:01 +0000

It's looking likely that Amazon will open its second U.S. headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia, bringing 50,000 new jobs. The firm has been holding advanced discussions with city officials. Read more...

Microsoft reportedly considering multi-billion dollar redevelopment of its Redmond campus

Andy Weir — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:04:01 +0000

Microsoft reportedly hired the firm that designed the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, for a multi-billion dollar revamp of its campus, with restaurants, housing, retail stores, and more. Read more...

Microsoft headquarters home to some of America's fastest internet

Phi Ha — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 11:33:16 +0000

Microsoft's Redmond headquarters in Washington is home to America's fastest internet. This puts the company ahead of Californian-based companies such as Apple, Facebook and Cisco. Read more...

Cupertino, California's leaders approve building Apple's UFO headquarters

John Callaham — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 06:15:44 +0000

The City Council members of Cupertino, California have voted to allow Apple to move forward with building a new headquarters building on its campus that looks like a massive UFO has landed. Read more...

Nokia to raise cash by selling its headquarters

Rob Schorman — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:12:09 +0000

Nokia's financial problems continue, as the company will sell its main headquarters in Finland. According to Nokia, the sale is in line to shed non-core activities, but also yields 170 million euros. Read more...

Nokia confirms sell off Finland HQ buildings [Update]

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:08:45 +0000

Nokia has suffered the same ups and downs that any company can suffer. The periods of transition to the Windows Phone platform affecting finances means the sale of their HQ is not out of the question. Read more...

Inside look at Facebook's new headquarters, 'the bunker'

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:49:21 +0000

Facebook recently moved into new headquarters at a building formerly owned by HP in California, USA. The team over at TechCrunch were lucky enough to get a glimpse of the new working environment. The new... Read more...

Microsoft to Spend $1B to Expand Headquarters

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:39:46 +0000

Thursday said it plans to spend $1 billion over the next three years to expand its headquarters outside of Seattle. The development will increase the campus of the world's largest software maker by a third... Read more...

Cyber Crime Centre at MI5 Headquarters set to run into trouble

Thu, 06 Jun 2002 10:27:26 +0000

The new UK snooping facility which will be opened at the MI5 Headquarters will, according to news reports, run into significant problems and due to modern encryption techniques it will have trouble even capturing information... Read more...