Nadella positions Microsoft as the AI do-it-all company
In his annual letter to Microsoft staff, investors and customers, Satya Nadella predictably zeroes in on AI. ...
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
Apple releases Chrome extension for password management
Apple has released an extension for Chrome that allows users who store their passwords in iCloud to use them ...
Microsoft adds new features to Office mobile apps
The new enhancements will include new voice command, video and other features. This week Microsoft announc...
SAP brings together its marketplaces into SAP Store
SAP announced that it is merging its marketplaces for apps and partners, by launching its SAP Store. Before t...
Market cap Qualtrics skyrockets after IPO
Qualtrics’ shares have jumped more than 45% in its trading debut after the company sold 51.7 million shares...
SAP confirms acquisition of Berlin-based BPA company Signavio
This week, rumors were going around that SAP was planning to buy the Berlin business process automation start...
Salesforce targets government, healthcare markets with Vaccine Cloud
Salesforce launches a new set of tools to help manage the deployment of COVID-19 vaccination progra...
Microsoft tries new way to deliver Windows 10 features
The company is trying out a new way to deliver features through the Microsoft Store. Microsoft is testing ...
Apple patches actively exploited vulnerabilities in iOS 14.4 update
Apple has released the latest version of iOS and iPadOS. Version 14.4 brings some minor improvements and patc...
Microsoft increases the usability of Excel on the web
The latest news out of Redmond is that the world's most popular spreadsheet app just got a whole lot easier t...
Microsoft’s computer vision AI beats humans at captioning images
In its efforts to improve the quality of life for the visually impaired by using AI systems, Microsoft has ma...