
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

ServiceNow acquires UltimateSuite, which automates employee tasks
Task mining identifies where each employee has time to gain. Czech UltimateSuite promises to make companies 1...

Microsoft tries to push Bing search engine in Edge, again
Microsoft is again using pop-ups to persuade users of its Edge browser to set its own Bing Search search engi...

TomTom unveils in-car AI assistant, will it be more than a gimmick?
Generative AI will soon descend on the car. TomTom and Microsoft are joining forces to provide drivers with a...

Figma will not become a part of Adobe: deal terminated
Adobe's acquisition of Figma has been officially terminated. The companies state this is the result of a join...

Bing makes up facts about European elections
Microsoft AI chat tool Copilot, formerly Bing Chat, makes factual errors and gives misleading answers about t...

Windows 11 Insider Preview replaces speech recognition with ‘voice shortcuts’
Microsoft recently released another Windows 11 Insider Preview Build, version 22635.2915, in its Beta Channel...

Salesforce Data Cloud eliminates the need to fine-tune LLMs with vector databases
Salesforce recently added another lot of AI functionality to its Einstein 1 Platform. Among other things, vec...

Colt VP: 8-ways to secure enterprise-wide APIs
APIs are everywhere. In the modern age of web, cloud, AI and interconnected containerised componentry, enterp...

Threads, Meta’s competitor to X, now also available in Europe
Meta Platforms has also made its social media platform Threads available in Europe since Thursday. Whether th...

EU wants patronizing rules against endless scrolling on smartphones
The EU will create a set of rules that will ensure we all spend less time on apps and social media. Since it'...