Neowin News Feed for: Ohio

Intel semiconductor factories are coming to Ohio's Licking County

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:42:01 +0000

Intel has chosen Ohio's Licking County as the site of two new semiconductor factories that it plans to build by 2025. The company will spend $20 billion and create 20,000 direct and indirect jobs. Read more...

Amazon announces renewable energy projects to help meet its targets

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 May 2020 11:28:01 +0000

Amazon has announced five new renewable energy projects. They will be built in China, Australia, and the United States. They will help Amazon reach its goal of using 80% renewable energy by 2024. Read more...

Microsoft partners with Watch Communications to bring broadband access to four million people

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:38:02 +0000

Microsoft has taken another step on its road to broadband access for rural America, partnering with Watch Communications to benefit people in the U.S. states of Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. Read more...

Microsoft expands energy portfolio, partners with Invenergy, EDP Renewables

Florin Bodnarescu — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:26:01 +0000

The company has expanded its energy portfolio via two new deals with EDP Renewables and Invenergy. This is another step towards the firm's goal of 60% carbon-neutral data center operations by 2020. Read more...

Ohio begins taking tax payments in bitcoin despite price drop

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:18:01 +0000

Ohio has begun accepting bitcoin for business tax payments. The initiative, headed by Ohio treasurer, Josh Mandel, was initiated in order to draw attention to the state's tech enthusiasm. Read more...

Microsoft and Network Business Systems team up to bring broadband to more rural communities

Hamza Jawad — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 06:18:01 +0000

As part of its Airband Initiative, Microsoft has signed an agreement with Network Business Systems to deliver high-speed internet to 126,700 more people living in rural communities in the U.S. Read more...

Microsoft teams up with Agile Networks to bring broadband to 110,000 people in rural Ohio

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:22:01 +0000

Microsoft will be collaborating with Agile Networks to deliver broadband internet to 110,000 people living in rural communities in Ohio. This team-up is part of the tech giant's Airband Initiative. Read more...

Google wants to make cities smarter with cloud-based Flow, control every aspect of city life

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:16:01 +0000

Sidewalk Labs, a Google/Alphabet startup, wants to make life better in cities by making them smarter. But the company also wants to insert itself into every aspect of modern city life. Read more...

TechSpot: Iconic Hardware - The Products that Made a Dent on the PC Industry

Julio Franco — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 06:28:54 +0000

What makes a product iconic? Design, functionality, styling, and innovation will get you part of the way there, but the true test how history remembers their status. Read more...

Report claims Ohio is the U.S. state with the most Windows XP users

John Callaham — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 02:26:45 +0000

A new report from WebpageFX claims that their study of 1,500 Google Analytics profiles shows that the state of Ohio has the most Windows XP users in the United States. Read more...

Microsoft sued over seven patents relating to Kinect

Paul Ferson — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:13:55 +0000

Microsoft has received a lawsuit over their Kinect motion sensor from an Ohio-based company. Impulse Technology filed a lawsuit in Delaware on June 21st 2011, alleging that Microsoft has infringed on not one, but seven... Read more...

Google testing white space broadband in Ohio

Brandon Boyce — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:53:04 +0000

Google has announced, via their Public Policy Blog, that they are testing broadband using white space from the TV spectrum. They are testing the white space broadband project in Logan, Ohio, a small town in... Read more...