Neowin News Feed for: Promote

In an effort to generate money, Facebook makes it harder for brands

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:31:45 +0000

Facebook is looking for new, and more inventive, ways of monetizing their 1 billion users, but they could come at the cost of the advertisers who provide Facebook with the majority of their money. Read more...

aXXo's Pirated Movies Used to Promote the iMac

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:10:07 +0000

The DVD ripper aXXo is without a doubt one of the most popular DVD-rippers. Even though he hasn't been active since November 2007, his rips are still widely used, even by commercial outlets such as... Read more...

Pepsi and Amazon promote Free Non-DRM Music

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:02:41 +0000

First Amazon MP3 became the first (and currently only) retailer to offer customers DRM-free MP3s from all four major music labels, and now Amazon.com is launching, with the help of PepsiCo Incorporated, a campaign to... Read more...

MySpace and Attorneys General Promote Internet Safety

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:28:36 +0000

In a joint effort to increase the safety of teens online, MySpace plus 49 states and the District of Columbia have agreed on a common set of Key Principles of Social Networking Sites Safety, including... Read more...

Microsoft to promote integration of Xbox 360 and Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:33:15 +0000

Microsoft Taiwan is poised to market the unique cross-platform functionality of Xbox 360 and Windows Vista at the Taipei Game Show 2007 taking place from February 8-12, according to senior sales manager Grace Chou for... Read more...

Teen Uses Worm to Promote Site

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:50:00 +0000

Using a self-propagating worm that exploits a scripting vulnerability common to most dynamic Web sites, a Los Angeles teenager made himself the most popular member of community Web site MySpace.com earlier this month. While the... Read more...

ATI teams up with Gigabyte to promote ATI RX330 motherboards

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:27:27 +0000

ATI Technologies is cooperating with Gigabyte Technology in China to promote Gigabyte's GA-8TRX330-L motherboard, which is the first motherboard to feature the ATI RX330 north bridge, said ATI chairman KY Ho in Shanghai recently. ATI's... Read more...

Paramount launches free game to promote movie

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:12:39 +0000

Although the movie doesn't look like a real winner the game might be. Paramount Pictures has released a free game for its upcoming movie Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Paramount Pictures... Read more...

New Japanese venture to heavily promote GBA video playback

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:54:03 +0000

am3 Inc, a joint venture between Toshiba and a number of other companies, is to start selling videos designed for playback on the Game Boy Advance console in Japan this June. The first title to... Read more...

ATI to promote 9100 PRO IGP chipset with aggressive pricing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 06 May 2004 10:22:14 +0000

ATI Technologies has adopted aggressive pricing to promote its new integrated graphics solution, the Radeon 9100 PRO IGP (RS350) chipset, according to sources at Taiwanese motherboard makers. The RS350, which was officially launched in Barcelona,... Read more...

Microsoft, others promote "personal firewall day"

Tom Warren — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:28:20 +0000

Microsoft Corp., Network Associates Inc. and other leading technology companies are promoting the Internet equivalent of a public health initiative: "Personal Firewall Day," to be held on Thursday, which will encourage Internet users to adopt... Read more...

Intel to Promote the Wireless World

Sat, 30 Aug 2003 02:59:14 +0000

Intel Chief Technology Officer Pat Gelsinger hopes that enterprise IT folks leave next month's Intel Developer Forum dreaming about how to set up and manage a completely wireless world ... and using Intel products to... Read more...

2M DVDs to Promote Xbox in Europe

Marcel Klum — Sat, 28 Dec 2002 14:12:03 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is giving away 2 million DVDs in Europe, featuring a film showing teens indulging in sports and pastimes such as biking and skateboard. The DVD offers an interactive tour where viewers click on... Read more...

Microsoft ads to promote Mac

Fri, 11 Oct 2002 02:20:33 +0000

Prepare to laugh hard people. Very hard :) Microsoft is planning to announce on Thursday a new advertising campaign touting the Macintosh version of its Office suite. The ads, which play up... Read more...

Microsoft ads to promote Mac

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:05:04 +0000

Microsoft is planning on Thursday to announce a new advertising campaign touting the Macintosh version of its Office suite. The ads, which play up the ability of Macs and PCs to get along, will begin... Read more...

Microsoft to Promote Security Over New Features

Steven Parker — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:05:51 +0000

Thanks StimpyX for posting this in our Back Page News section of the forums. In an email message to the company's 40,000 employees Wednesday, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced a major... Read more...

Britney Spears, AOL Join Up to Promote Music, Tour

Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:29:57 +0000

Madonna-XP campaign? - heres Britney and AOL!! Teen pop diva Britney Spears will pair up with AOL Time Warner Inc. through a strategic pact that will promote the artist across the AOL... Read more...