
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

Windows issue causing copying and saving failures
Microsoft has reported that some 32-bit applications are affected by recurring failures during copying and sa...

Snowflake acquires ailing search engine Neeva
The deal will help Snowflake to "accelerate search in the Data Cloud through generative AI". This week cl...

Builder.ai raises $250 million to “democratise” app development
The AI-managed software development platform continues to rake in investment dollars from around the world. ...

After three decades, Windows finally supports rar, gz and tar files
Windows 11 will now support the .rar, .gz and .tar archive formats, 28 years after WinRAR first appeared on t...

AI can drastically change Photoshop images
Adobe is launching a new AI tool in Photoshop in beta form. The "Generative Fill" option promises to have a h...

Microsoft wants Copilot everywhere, including in Windows 11
At its annual Build developer conference in Seattle, Microsoft is making a series of announcements. A signifi...

Windows 11 expands security and accessibility
Windows 11 users can soon count on a set of new features. New privacy, security and accessibility features wi...

Instagram’s text-based app could arrive by June
In case you missed it, Instagram is on the verge of launching a new text-based app, and rumors suggest it cou...

1Password set to roll out passkey support next month
The popular password management app will allow users to save passkeys and synchronize them across devices and...

OpenAI launches iOS app for ChatGPT in the U.S.
OpenAI on Thursday launched an iOS app of its own ChatGPT in the US. The company promises that an Android ver...