Microsoft joins AI race at last: two models mark its first move
In March 2024, Microsoft set up its own AI team. The goal was clear: to break away from its reliance on OpenA...
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
Salesforce launches Salesforce Talent Alliance (STA) initiative
Salesforce has started an alliance that aims to increase the number of skilled Salesforce workers, named the ...
PagerDuty acquires Rundeck for $100 million
PagerDuty just announced that they are going to acquire Rundeck for 100 million dollars. Rundeck is the maker...
GitHub releases an official command-line interface for the platform
GitHub just released their version 1.0 of their CLI, allowing interaction and repository control from the com...
Microsoft updates Teams for iOS and Android, adding Cortana
The Android version of the update includes additional features not found on the iOS release. Microsoft rel...
Windows 10 gives users access to Linux file systems
In a recent Windows 10 preview, Microsoft offers the possibility to add a hard drive to a Windows Subsystem f...
Android users warned after Cerberus leaks to the dark web
The source code for the banking malware Cerberus is now available for free on underground forums. The full...
Microsoft’s will use “MetaOS” to restructure its 365 platform
The new system helps the company's pitch its products for consumers and business as a part of a "whole life e...
Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 14 – but developers aren’t happy
With only a day's notice to get ready for the new release, third-party app developers are scrambling - and co...
Pure Storage acquires PortWorx to accelerate cloud-native growth
Pure Storage is looking to expand its operations into the growing cloud-native and Kubernetes-based storage m...
Google and Lenovo partner up to release video conferencing hardware
Google is investing even more in videoconferencing with the launch of Google Meet Series One hardware, in par...