
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

‘Microsoft’s dreaming of a mobile super app’
Microsoft is reportedly considering developing a mobile 'super app' to offer a wide range of services in a si...

Events, dollars & cents: the state of open source in 2023
Britain was, obviously (arguably), mislead and misguided enough to vote positively for Brexit by a small but ...

Linus Torvalds announces 8th release candidate of Linux 6.1
Linux chief Linus Torvalds has announced the eighth release candidate of Linux 6.1. Torvalds has been cri...

Amazon brings cashierless payment technology to AWS
Amazon intends to use AWS to market Amazon Go, a set of technologies and services that allow in-store payment...

Co-CEO Taylor leaves Salesforce, Benioff stands alone
Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor is stepping down at the end of January 2023. Marc Benioff will become the sole ...

Dropbox acquires Boxcryptor assets to improve end-to-end encryption
Dropbox has acquired assets from security firm Boxcryptor to offer end-to-end encryption to business users. T...

Informatica integrates Data Loader into Amazon Redshift
The move will make it easier for non-techies to load data to their Redshift console. This week, AWS announ...

AWS unveils SnapStart to eliminate Lambda latency
The service speeds up the cold start of Lambda virtual servers. This week, AWS announced an important upda...

Visma and security: how does enterprise software become secure?
Visma puts a lot of emphasis on providing secure cloud software for accounting, procurement, invoicing, schoo...

Windows 11 may get a VPN indicator in the taskbar
Windows 11 may soon have a system tray indicator that alerts you whether your machine is linked to a VPN, all...