Applications
Everyone uses applications on a daily basis. Building, integrating and running them requires quite a bit from people and systems. Application development has recently undergone a huge metamorphosis. In particular, the emergence of cloud-native application development has caused fundamental changes. AI, especially GenAI, has also caused a major shift. Finally, the world’s largest OS, Microsoft Windows, also makes regular appearances on this page. You will stay up to date on all relevant application developments here.
Timeline
Google Workspace gets smarter spreadsheets, new look on Android
Workspace has recently received two new features. The Smart Canvas feature has gained more functionality on S...
Microsoft and Databricks to work on AI tools, will OpenAI get sidetracked?
Despite a major investment in OpenAI, Microsoft is looking for more partners to develop AI. The Redmond-based...
Windows 11 can be freed further of pre-installed apps
Microsoft will give Windows 11 users the chance to remove more pre-installed apps from the OS. Testing is cur...
Microsoft ends support for PostScript fonts as well
PostScript Type 1 fonts are no longer directly supported. Microsoft was just about the last party still suppo...
Opera brings AI assistant it developed with OpenAI to iOS
Opera is now adding the Aria AI assistant to the iOS version of its web browser. All versions of the web brow...
OpenAI acquires startup, despite ChatGPT’s costs piling up
OpenAI has acquired AI startup Global Illumination for an undisclosed sum. The latter company will start cont...
Adobe Express brings mild version of AI tool Firefly to free users
Adobe Express is officially getting AI features with the addition of Firefly. The features had been in previe...
GPT-4 moderates content faster and better than inexperienced humans
Not only can GPT-4 be deployed as a content moderation tool, it is also said to perform certain tasks better ...
Anyone talking to Bing Chat will now be sharing data with Microsoft
Microsoft has updated its terms of use for consumers. It has added a new AI Services paragraph that states, a...
TweetDeck transforms into XPro, a paid service
X, formerly known as Twitter, has now made the TweetDeck tool a fully paid service. This marks the definitive...