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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.
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iOS 16.2 and macOS 13.1 bring new collaboration features
After a few weeks of beta testing, Apple released the final versions of macOS 13.1, iOS 16.2 and iPadOS 16.2 ...
Google postpones Manifest V2 phaseout
The phaseout of Google’s Manifest V2 Chrome extension framework has been delayed. The framework was suppose...
Box boosts compliance with Ethical Walls for Box Shield
Box launched Ethical Walls. The feature allows admins to ban file sharing among specified user groups. Ethica...
UKISUG doesn’t expect SAP to postpone S/4HANA migration deadline
UKISUG, an interest group for Irish and British SAP customers, expects the 2027 migration deadline from ECC t...
Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 and 8 in January, including Edge
In many aspects, Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser improved upon the first non-Chromium iterations of E...
Thoma Bravo acquires Coupa for €7.6 billion
Thoma Bravo announced the acquisition of Coupa. The software provider's board accepted an $8 billion (€7.6 ...
‘SAP ceases development of Business ByDesign’
SAP reportedly plans to stop developing new features for Business ByDesign, an ERP solution for SMEs. Han...
Google unveils memory and energy-saving modes for Chrome
Google announced two new performance settings for Chrome: Energy Saver and Memory Saver. Current browsers...
Google adds new ML features to Google Sheets
Google Simple ML is now available. The browser add-on adds machine learning capabilities to Google Sheets. ...
Apple tweaks AirDrop following backlash over restrictions in China
Apple is tightening the privacy settings of AirDrop of users worldwide with the iOS 16.2 update. The tech gia...