visionOS 2 Apple Vision Pro now available
Monday, October 21, 2024 by Richard Harris
Apple has released visionOS 2, a significant update designed to enhance the Apple Vision Pro experience. This update introduces the ability to transform favorite photos into spatial photos, new intuitive hand gestures, and a range of new features in popular apps.
visionOS 2 Apple Vision Pro now available worldwide
visionOS 2 is available today, delivering new spat...
Video game sales by Capcom to pass 50M in 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024 by Austin Harris
Capcom is one of the biggest video game developers/publishers in the world. The Japanese company has witnessed healthy growth in its sales numbers in recent years, and this trend is going to continue in 2024. According to the numbers presented by NoKyc.com, Capcom expects to sell about 50 million games in FY 2024.
Capcom targets 50 million vi...
Learn genAI skills for the real-world in learning paths from Google
Saturday, October 19, 2024 by Austin Harris
Most organizations do not feel prepared for the AI era, with 62% indicating a lack of expertise to fully unlock AI’s potential. As the leader of learning for Google Cloud, the only surprising aspect of this statistic is its relatively low figure. Daily interactions with customers reveal that 100% of them identify some form of AI skills gap.
Beyond the Basics: L...
Social-fi web3 app Memstagram featured on Coinbase Wallet
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
Memstagram, the social-fi app, is now featured on Coinbase Wallet, making it accessible to millions of users worldwide. Coinbase Wallet users can now easily participate in Memstagram’s unique meme ecosystem, built on the Base chain, and earn rewards for participating in the decentralized meme economy.
Social-fi Web3 app Memstagram featured on Coinbase Wallet
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Swift Student Challenge 2025 announced by Apple
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
Apple is excited to introduce the Swift Student Challenge, a program dedicated to empowering the next generation of developers, creators, and entrepreneurs. This initiative has allowed thousands of student developers to exhibit their creativity and coding skills through app playgrounds while acquiring valuable real-world experience that can benefit their future careers....
PDF Editor Foxit now supported on PCs powered by Snapdragon
Saturday, October 12, 2024 by Richard Harris
Foxit announced that its Foxit PDF Editor and Editor Pro with AI Assistant are now natively supported on PCs powered by Snapdragon processors. This integration will provide commercial and consumer PC customers with greatly enhanced performance and capabilities - such as those customers working with PDF files on Dell Technologies' latest devices powere...
Increasing cyber threats from artificial intelligence
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
The UK Cybersecurity M&A market has grown significantly over the past decade, with the deal volume trend line increasing, and the sector continuing to attract significant investment from Private Equity, alongside larger corporates consolidating emerging technologies to counter increasingly sophisticated threats.
The UK National Cyber Security Centre has...
Connyct social media app for college students opens early access
Friday, October 4, 2024 by Christian Hargrave
What if social media could step beyond mere media consumption and instead create communities and bring people together? Linking online content with communities and real-world experiences, the new social app Connyct ‘connects’ real people with real passions, all powered by a proprietary platform integrating an extensive library of licensed music clips through...
Unreal Fest highlights
Friday, October 4, 2024 by Richard Harris
Epic Games' Unreal Fest Seattle keynote concluded, celebrating the developer and creator ecosystem and the remarkable projects being built with Unreal Engine and Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). The goal was to provide the same powerful technology used to create games like Fortnite to developers, aiming to collectively shape the future of entertainment and interac...
Astronomy magazine ScopeTrader releases October 2024 issue
Thursday, October 3, 2024 by Austin Harris
The October 2024 issue of ScopeTrader astronomy magazine has been officially released, packed with a wealth of articles, insights, and features tailored for astronomy enthusiasts. The cover story, penned by Christopher Smythies, narrates his captivating experience at Goldendale Sky Village, a renowned destination for stargazing. Smythies shares the community’s ded...
Reeder app update introduces folder support
Monday, September 30, 2024 by Richard Harris
The latest update to the Reeder app, version 2024.9.2, released on September 17, 2024, introduces several significant features and enhancements that cater to the evolving needs of its users. This update primarily focuses on folder support, which has been one of the most requested features by the Reeder community. Users can now easily organize their feeds into folders, i...
Vulnerabilities in Apple products alert
Monday, September 30, 2024 by Richard Harris
CERT-In has recently issued Advisory CIAD-2024-0046, highlighting multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in Apple products. The vulnerabilities affect a wide range of Apple software, including iOS versions prior to 18, iPadOS versions prior to 18, macOS Sonoma versions prior to 14.7, macOS Ventura versions prior to 13.7, and the upcoming macOS Sequoia versions prior to ...
2024 NFT Report reveals if NFTs are dead
Friday, September 27, 2024 by Austin Harris
In a recent report published by NFT Evening, the authors delve into the current state of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and pose a thought-provoking question: Are NFTs dead in 2024? This exploration reflects the complexities of the evolving digital asset landscape and raises critical considerations for creators, investors, and enthusiasts alike.
2024 NFT Report by NFT Ev...
Copilot in Excel with Python announced by Microsoft
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
The next wave of Microsoft 365 Copilot is being launched, uniting web, work, and Pages as a new design system for knowledge work.
First, Copilot Pages is introduced as a dynamic, persistent canvas designed for multiplayer AI collaboration, marking the first new digital artifact for the AI age.
Second, enhancements to Copilot in the Microsoft 365 apps are being rap...
AI social media management assistant Hookle
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
Hookle, the AI-powered social media assistant, has introduced a comprehensive AI-driven social media app designed to simplify and democratize marketing for micro businesses. The app manages a micro business's entire social media process, utilizing AI at every step - from easy account setup and content creation to posting and performance analysis - all in one place, ...
Mobile app ad revenue continues to soar
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 by Austin Harris
Income from advertisements continues to fuel the mobile app industry. According to the numbers presented by NoKyc.com, ads are expected to contribute almost 66% of the entire revenue for mobile apps in 2024. Furthermore, the share of revenue from ads is expected to grow even more in the coming years.
Apps expected to make $344.11 billion from mobile app ads in 2...
Mobile App Development Market report findings
Friday, September 20, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
Allied Market Research recently published a report, titled, "Mobile App Development Market by Platform (IOS, Android and Windows), by Store Type (Google Store, Apple Store and Others), and Application (BFSI, Gaming, Retail, Airline, Media & Entertainment, Education, Transport, Hotels & Restaurants and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Foreca...
Apple iPhone sales declining
Monday, September 16, 2024 by Austin Harris
After taking first place in the smartphone market in the last quarter of 2023, Apple's iPhone sales have declined, leading to a significant revenue drop in the first half of the year.
According to data presented by Stocklytics.com, Apple's iPhone sales revenue dropped by $2.7 billion year-over-year, totaling $85.2 billion in H1 2024.
Following a strong per...
Mobile games are main income for developers
Monday, September 16, 2024 by Richard Harris
Mobile games continue to be the primary source of income for mobile app developers. According to the numbers presented by NoKyc.com, mobile games are expected to account for 52.2% of all downloads in both major app stores in 2024.
Mobile users are expected to download 150.4 billion games in 2024
Mobile phone users are more likely to download games than a...
iOS 18 developers need to know this
Friday, September 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
First things first, let's talk about what's new in iOS 18. Apple has packed this release with a plethora of features that will make your apps more powerful, efficient, and user-friendly. Here are some of the highlights:
iOS 18 developers need to know: The essentials
1. Enhanced Privacy Features: Apple continues its crusade for user privacy with new to...
Telegram app grows in popularity
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 by Christian Hargrave
Ever since it launched in August 2013, Telegram has been an exceptionally popular social media platform and messaging app, thanks to its utility and focus on privacy.
Telegram's strong growth continued well into 2024. Finbold’s research found that, between April 10 and July 22, the platform added more than 485,000 monthly active users (MoU) every day.
Th...
Apps that use icons gain users
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 by Austin Harris
New research from SplitMetrics has found that apps that optimize icons can land up to 25% more users. The findings are part of a new report, ASO Benchmarks & Mobile Trends Report 2024, which analysed close to 200 apps and over 3500 A/B tests across Google Play and the Apple App Store.
Apps that use icons gain users
The study found that the average mobile ...
Quantum World Congress 2024 to take place next month
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 by Richard Harris
The third annual Quantum World Congress will take place from Monday, September 9th to Wednesday, September 11th, 2024, at Capital One Hall in Greater Washington. Quantum World Congress (QWC) is a premier global conference, exposition, and networking event that unites quantum technology visionaries, policymakers, researchers, business and investment leaders, educators, a...
Building modern business applications with Visual LANSA
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 by Austin Harris
Visual LANSA is a platform for enterprise application development, continuously evolving to address complex requirements. Offering powerful PWAs, responsive UIs, and advanced analytics integrations, it enables users to build, innovate, and adapt with increased speed and efficiency.
Building modern business applications with Visual LANSA webinar
Discover the l...
Epic Games Store launched on mobile
Friday, September 6, 2024 by Richard Harris
The Epic Games Store is now available for download on iPhones in the European Union and on Android devices worldwide. The store is launching with Fortnite, Rocket League Sideswipe and the all-new Fall Guys for mobile, and we are working to enable all developers to launch their games and apps through the Epic Games Store in the future. We are also bringing our games to i...
Game technology report from Perforce reveals role of game engines
Thursday, September 5, 2024 by Austin Harris
Perforce Software, the DevOps company for global teams requiring speed, quality, security and governance at scale along the development lifecycle, announces the release of the 2024 State of Game Technology Report. This year's study, conducted in collaboration with JetBrains - a global software company specializing in the creation of intelligent, productivity-enhanci...
Coinbase is now available in Hawaii
Thursday, August 29, 2024 by Richard Harris
Residents of Hawaii can now buy, sell, and manage their crypto on Coinbase, the most trusted cryptocurrency exchange. Coinbase is pleased to offer a suite of crypto services in Hawaii following regulatory clarity in the state. Hawaii residents can get started in just a few minutes, and use the app to access hundreds of cryptocurrencies, set up recurring buys, earn rewar...
Stolen funds recovered by Binance
Thursday, August 29, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
Binance, the leading blockchain ecosystem behind the world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume, is proud to share that its security team has recovered or otherwise frozen over $73 million in user funds from external hacks as of July 31 this year. This surpasses the approximately $55 million secured throughout 2023.
Over $73M in stolen funds recovered by B...
API Summit 2024 speakers announced by Kong
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 by Richard Harris
Kong Inc., a developer of cloud API technologies, has announced the speaker line up and agenda for its seventh annual API Summit on September 11-12. The virtual event will feature speakers from companies like Siemens Energy, Ubisoft and Rabobank as well as representatives from financial services, banking, e-commerce, healthcare and other industry influencers leveraging ...
US cloud titans bet big on AI
Monday, August 26, 2024 by Richard Harris
Sales for the North American tech sector grew 7.2% year over year and EBITDA grew 15.1%. Trailing 12 months sales grew 4.5%, indicating growth is accelerating. The robust EBITDA growth demonstrates significant operating leverage gained from the "year of efficiency" in 2023 when companies managed their costs very tightly.
There's somewhat of a bifurcatio...
Arena Breakout Infinite early access launches on PC
Friday, August 23, 2024 by Austin Harris
Global game developer MoreFun Studios announced that Arena Breakout: Infinite (PC) is available now exclusively on the official website, arenabreakoutinfinite.com. Jump into the early access version of Arena Breakout: Infinite for free, no strings attached, and experience an immersive tactical extraction shooter in the war-torn region of Kamona.
Arena Breakout Infini...
Blockchain voting from Iranians Vote and Freedom Tool
Thursday, August 22, 2024 by Richard Harris
Rarimo is a privacy-first, zero-knowledge (ZK), protocol unlocking a new generation of social apps. In February, Rarimo launched Freedom Tool, an open-source software for citizen-run, anonymized elections and polls, which solves the long-standing technical challenge of enabling digital identity checks while also protecting citizens from tracking.
Iranians Vote ...
Online learning software market is expanding rapidly
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
The Global Online Learning Software and Platform Market was valued at USD 6801 Million in 2023 and is anticipated to reach USD 19090 Million by 2030, witnessing a CAGR of 15.7% during the forecast period 2024-2030.
Factors driving the growth of the online learning software and platform market:
The market for online learning platforms and software is expanding...
Top 10 apps used the most while driving
Monday, August 19, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
It’s easy to hop in the car, buckle up, start the engine, and hit the road. It’s just as easy to put your phone down and focus on driving.
But, according to a CMT survey of over 1,200 people, 73% of Americans don’t. In 2023, Americans spent 2 minutes and 6 seconds using their phones while driving.
The Scherer family knows the painful consequences...
How Cardano differs from other blockchain platforms
Friday, August 16, 2024 by Richard Harris
Pablo Antonio Bejarano, in a recent interview, highlighted Cardano's unique advantages as a blockchain platform. Known for its high decentralization, security, and scalability, Cardano is distinguished by its methodical, peer-reviewed approach and involvement from top industry experts, including Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson.
How Cardano differs from othe...
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