
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

2.28 million risky apps have been barred from Google Play in 2023
Google again conducted a major cleanup of its Google Play app store over the past year. In addition to stoppi...

Apple implements stricter SDK rules for apps starting May 1st
Apple is implementing stricter rules for apps in its App Store regarding the SDKs used. This applies specifi...

Catchpoint: Slow is the new down, embrace IPM
Styling itself as the Internet Resilience company (in trademarked capitals), Catchpoint has collaborated with...

Microsoft and IBM open-source MS-DOS 4.00 from 1986
It has taken 38 years, but the source code of MS-DOS version 4.00 has been made available by Microsoft and IB...

Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar to step down as CEO
The company that Farquhar founded with Mike Cannon-Brookes 23 years ago will soon have to do without his day-...

From now on, use Microsoft 365 apps directly on Chromebook
Chromebook users can now use Microsoft 365 apps on their devices without having to open the browser without a...

ServiceNow sees revenue growth of 24%
In the first financial quarter, ServiceNow posted revenue of $2.6 billion, or about €2.4 billion. Exactl...

U.S. Senate passes bill potentially banning TikTok
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill requiring the Chinese owner of TikTok, ByteDance, to sell the app to a U.S....

Microsoft introduces tiny AI model Phi-3 Mini
Microsoft today released the first version of a new series of super-small AI models: Phi-3 Mini. This so-call...

SAP’s AI push leads to higher quarterly revenue in first quarter 2024
SAP's focus on delivering more AI services to ease customers' cloud ERP transition seems to be paying off. In...