Neowin News Feed for: International

watchOS 7 to reportedly include ‘International' flag watch face

Rich Woods — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 14:58:01 +0000

According to a new report, this year's watchOS update will have an International watch face. It will let you set your watch face to the flag of different countries from around the world. Read more...

Valve says it will not tolerate racist remarks from Dota 2 pros in tournaments

Usama Jawad — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 17:24:01 +0000

Following reports of racist remarks and taunts being used during Dota 2 tournaments, Valve has published a statement saying that it will not tolerate such language from pros at its events. Read more...

AT&T trials new high-speed internet technology using power lines

Dreyer Smit — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 12:38:01 +0000

With high-speed internet becoming commonplace among those connected, companies are having a tough time rolling it out to everyone due to the cost involved, however, AT&T might just have a fix. Read more...

The Apple Watch 3 will not support international roaming, even in Europe

Dreyer Smit — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 07:18:01 +0000

With the Apple Watch 3 sporting an eSim that allows you to listen to music and make calls all without your phone, some might be disappointed to know that the device does not support roaming at all. Read more...

Expand your Switch eShop experience by dabbling in other regions' titles

Timi Cantisano — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 23:18:01 +0000

The Nintendo Switch has launched in certain countries and if you were looking for more titles, you might find some interesting games by browsing through other regions' eShop selection. Read more...

AT&T to launch new $10 International Day Pass

Boyd Chan — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:24:01 +0000

In a bid to help travelers stay connected, AT&T will soon release its new International Day Pass, offering unlimited talk and text plus access to their plan's included data within 100+ countries. Read more...

AT&T expands Wi-Fi calling capability outside the US

Derrek Leigh — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 04:44:01 +0000

AT&T's Wi-Fi calling feature now works outside the United States, letting users make calls back home for free. Wi-Fi calling was first introduced on the network last year for the iPhone only. Read more...

Cortana to get more love outside of the US

Brad Sams — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:10:01 +0000

If you live outside the US, you will know that you are a second-class citizen when it comes to getting new features from Microsoft - but it looks like that will be changing soon with Cortana. Read more...

Want the Microsoft Band and live outside the US? Be prepared to wait

Brad Sams — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:34:01 +0000

If you live outside the US and want a Microsoft Band, be prepared to wait as Joe Belfiore has said that they want to get some user feedback first before rolling it out to other parts of the world. Read more...

Bing will soon no longer suck outside the USA

Brad Sams — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:10:44 +0000

Bing has primarily been focused on US users but a new job posting shows that Microsoft is about to improve the quality of its service around the world and hopefully grab more market share. Read more...

Microsoft may expand international Surface channel distribution this week

Brad Sams — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:29:07 +0000

A new report is stating that Microsoft will begin expanding its distribution channels in its international markets with the hopes to move more units during the holiday season. Read more...

Nokia accidentally reveals white Lumia 900

Andy Weir — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:01:58 +0000

Nokia inadvertently revealed the as-yet unannounced white version of its Lumia 900 flagship Windows Phone on Facebook, believing it to be an image of its new glossy white sibling, the Lumia 800. Read more...

Apple reveals international pricing for iPad 2; March 25 release

Andrew Lyle — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:39:53 +0000

Today, Apple announced that the iPad 2 is still on track for their international release on March 25 in 25 countries. The second generation iPad will go on sale at 5PM local time, and maintain... Read more...

Microsoft set to launch Zune Pass internationally

Tom Warren — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:17:35 +0000

Microsoft is set to launch its Zune Pass subscription service internationally, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. The subscription service is currently only available in the United States. Company officials are working day and... Read more...

BBC iPlayer going international within a year

Michael Gillett — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:18:25 +0000

It is being reported that the BBC have hired Mark Smith to be the corporation’s global iPlayer launch director. BBC director general, Mark Thompson, confirmed last month that the corporation will indeed be launching a... Read more...

UK iPad pricing revealed

Tom Warren — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:55:58 +0000

Apple announced on Friday that the UK version of the iPad will go on sale May 28. Pre-orders for the device begin on Monday May 10. The iPad will retail at the following prices: iPad 16GB Wi-Fi... Read more...

Apple delays international iPad launch by one month

Brad Sams — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:10:01 +0000

Apple said on Wednesday that they will be delaying the international launch of the iPad by one month. Apple now states that the launch will occur at the end of May and on May... Read more...

ICANN getting ready to approve non-Latin web addresses

Mike Brown — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:32:00 +0000

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (or ICANN) is expected to approve a new system this week that will allow for website addresses with characters other than those based on the Latin alphabet.... Read more...

A letter to Microsoft: Size is essential for the ZuneHD

Sean Bradford — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:55:04 +0000

A few days ago, we teamed up with LiveSide.net's Ryan Rea to let the world know what we know about the ZuneHD from Microsoft insiders. As many blogs have reported, it seems as if this... Read more...

Microsoft confirms Zune to go international this year

Sean Bradford — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:31:26 +0000

It looks like the folks at Microsoft just can't get enough of Twitter. There have been many leaks of information over the past few months coming from public tweets by company employees. We recently reported... Read more...

Last.fm to start charging international users a fee

Sam Symons — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:42:50 +0000

Last.fm is a very popular service amongst music listeners, providing social networking type functions to a website that tracks the songs you listen to. You may also be aware that you can listen to any... Read more...

Amazon MP3 going International in 2008

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:45:41 +0000

This year, Amazon.com plans to begin an international rollout of Amazon MP3, the company's DRM-free MP3 digital music store. Currently the only digital music store to offer customers DRM-free MP3s from all four major music... Read more...

IBM's Lotus Symphony Suite goes International

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:07:09 +0000

IBM's Lotus Symphony suite, downloaded for use in English by more than 400,000 individuals since its release in September 2007, is now available in 24 languages. Lotus Symphony is a suite of software tools for... Read more...

German Police Arrest 10 International Phishing Suspects

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:06:25 +0000

Germany's Federal Crime Office has arrested a Russian-Ukrainian-German group of 10 suspects accused of running a Trojan horse phishing attack that has been targeting users' bank accounts. An 18-month police investigation culminated in arrests on... Read more...

YouTube begins rolling out international sites

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:56:01 +0000

YouTube has launched nine localized versions of its video-sharing site for the following countries: Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK. YouTube co-founder Steve Chen announced the international sites have... Read more...

London takes international WiFi crown

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:31:28 +0000

More people use WiFi hotspots at non-business locations in London than any other city in the world, according to research released today. The capital notched up over 11,000 access sessions at locations including cafes and... Read more...

Microsoft takes PC scanner international

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:54:15 +0000

Microsoft Corp. launched an international version of its free Web-based PC security and tune-up application on Monday and promised worldwide beta versions of Windows Live OneCare, the company's new consumer security product. The security and... Read more...

Skype Offers US Free International Calls

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:17:18 +0000

Skype has stepped up its efforts to break into the competitive US VoIP consumer market with the promise of free international calls. The company today offered its US-based users one hour of free international calling... Read more...

International Space Station Nears Milestone

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:48:16 +0000

Wednesday, November 2nd will be an historic date for NASA and the International Space Station as it marks the Stations fifth year anniversary of continuous human presence in space. Since the delivery of the module... Read more...

MSN Search Toolbar rolls out more international versions

Steven Parker — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:53:57 +0000

We received a couple of comments in response to the recent blog posting which announced the availability of international versions of MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search. Specifically, we were asked "where's the India... Read more...

Office 2003 Add-In: International Character Toolbar

Steven Parker — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:38:00 +0000

This add-in enables you to insert international characters from 26 languages into Office 2003 programs. You can do this in a single click without changing your keyboard or language settings in Office 2003. This download... Read more...

Microsoft unveils 2003 North American International Auto Show

Thu, 02 Jan 2003 21:21:22 +0000

MSN Autos is introducing the official consumer Web site for the 2003 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), being held this year in the COBO Conference/Exhibition Center, Detroit, MI. For the sixth consecutive... Read more...

Microsoft shorts from International CES 2002

Tue, 08 Jan 2002 17:09:39 +0000

Last night, Bill gates gave the keynote address at the 2002 Internetional CES show in Las Vegas. This is a quick recap on some of the announcements, he made in his... Read more...

International Rescue! or, Windows Update

Steven Parker — Mon, 29 Oct 2001 20:15:50 +0000

Cheers Christopher for this one, No its not the Thunderbirds, he is has just informed me that International updates for Windows XP are now available. Chris has the German version and these were... Read more...