
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 withdraws Windows 11 update after problems with startup and taskbar
Update 01/07/2024—The update referred to in the original post, KB5039302, appears to be causing quite a few...

Better, faster, more affordable: Google Cloud significantly expands Vertex AI portfolio
Google Cloud is releasing extensive updates to its Vertex AI portfolio, aimed at improving existing models an...

Is Perplexity a preview of online search’s AI-driven future?
Startup grabs headlines and investments as Google, Microsoft and OpenAI fumble

Reddit to block AI data scrapers who haven’t signed a lucrative deal
Online discussion platform Reddit is taking full advantage of generative AI. Deals with OpenAI and Google are...

Event horizon, MuleSoft yokes in AsyncAPI support
MuleSoft has announced the open beta for AsyncAPI support in its Anypoint Platform. AsyncAPI is an open sourc...

OpenAI buys yet another company to add to its enterprise portfolio
OpenAI appears to be on an acquisition spree. Just days after Sam Altman's AI company announced the purchase ...

Project Metis is Amazon’s belated answer to ChatGPT and Gemini
According to Business Insider, Amazon is working on a "ChatGPT killer." Codenamed Metis, the project is inten...

Gemini can now answer emails on Gmail
Paying Google Workspace end users will get a side panel in Gmail that gives direct access to the AI assistant...

Apple Intelligence not yet for European iPhones and Macs
Apple will not be rolling out AI features to European users by 2024. According to Apple, the European Digital...

Windows 11 preview shakes up Photos app
Microsoft has provided updates to its Photos app for Windows 11. Windows 11 users participating in the Inside...