
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

Possible EU fine and suspension of TikTok Lite for ‘addictive’ rewards program
TikTok finds itself once again in the crosshairs of the European Commission. The governing body is launching ...

Meta opens up Horizon OS: Microsoft, Lenovo and Asus build VR hardware
Meta is renaming its VR platform to Meta Horizon OS and opening it up to third parties. Meta, leading sales f...

Update: Acquisition of Informatica by Salesforce appears to be off the table
Update 22/04/2024 - Salesforce does not appear to have closed the deal with cloud data management firm Inform...

Application testing democratised via GenAI in Tricentis Copilot
Software application development is benefiting from AI-assisted testing at the ‘back end’ of enterprise I...

Hugging Face rates AI models on their medical reliability
Hugging Face recently introduced its Open Medical benchmark. This solution tests LLMs on the reliability and ...

Preview of Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 now available
Microsoft has made available the commercial preview of Office LTSC 2024. This version is intended for a limit...

Meta unveils powerful open-source model Llama 3 and chatbot Meta AI
Meta has announced Llama 3, the successor to the highly successful open-source model Llama 2. Along with the ...

Microsoft’s VASA-1 model lets photos talk
Microsoft recently published a study in which the company presented the AI model VASA-1. This model uses port...

Google consolidates its teams to accelerate AI innovation
A major re-org at Google should ensure that the company remains a leader in AI development. Various research,...

The ability to offer iOS apps through your own website is now finally here
With the latest update to iOS, version 17.5 beta 2, Apple has made it possible for app providers to offer sof...