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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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Apple debuts new 5G-capable iPhone 12 series
The new product suite includes the iPhone 12 with 5G, the iPhone 12 mini, the iPhone Pro and the iPhone Pro M...
European Commission opens bidding for the .eu Registry
The EC has issued a call for tenders for .eu, one of the largest country-specific Top Level Domains in the wo...
Google might be forced to sell its Chrome browser
The move would be part of an antitrust legal battle that DOJ is expected to begin in the coming weeks. The...
Google Cloud adds support for Cloud Native Buildpacks
Adoption of the open-source technology will speed up the creation of containerized applications. Last week...
EU has a “hit list” of tech firms that will face tougher rules
The list is highly US-centric and is certain to include the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon. The Europea...
Microsoft tells staff remote working is now ‘standard’
Microsoft has said that its more than 150,000 staff can now work from home or anywhere they please, most of t...
Embracing Shadow IT could accelerate enterprise growth
Accepting Shadow IT can actually help companies expand in the time of COVID. Global cybersecurity leader F...
IBM plans to spin off its legacy infrastructure unit
IBM announced that it plans to spin off its $19 billion managed infrastructure services unit into a separate ...
U.S. lawmakers go after Big Tech for market abuses
Recommendations stop short of a call to break them up. The question remains if Big Tech will be broken into p...
Oracle enhances NetSuite and integrates it with Autonomous Data Warehouse
Oracle announced a wide variety of enhancements that it’s making to NetSuite, its software for small and mi...