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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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Slack’s move to be the global chat app of choice backfires
Slack rolled out a new feature this week named Connect DM. It allowed people to send direct messages to peopl...
Apple views the internet as competitor for App Store
Apple has responded to the suggestion that the company maintains a monopoly with its App Store policy. The co...
New Windows 10 preview has some new icons
Microsoft has released a new Insider Preview Build of Windows 10. It includes new icons for File Explorer. Mi...
Salesforce optimizes Sales Cloud for remote work
Salesforce has announced the latest version of Sales Cloud. The update includes a host of new features to sup...
Microsoft Teams to offer auto transcripts in “near real time”
The real-time transcription service for Teams meetings will only be available for some subscription packages....
UiPath acquires Cloud Elements to speed up API-based automation
UiPath announced on Tuesday that it acquired Cloud Elements, a venture-backed startup with a software platfor...
Unit4 Announces Buyout by TA Associates and Partners Group
The existing Unit4 Management Team will remain in place. Unit4 this week announced it has signed a definit...
Student PCs vulnerable because of flaws in monitoring program
Researchers have found numerous critical vulnerabilities in popular remote monitoring software. What makes th...
The latest version of Acumatica’s ERP software, 2021 R1, is here
Dubbed Acumatica 2021 R1, the update has new features and updates to existing features on all its unique indu...
Zellis unveils next generation HCM cloud solution
The company says this is the next big step in Human Capital Management. This week Zellis launched its flag...