Litera sets new standard for legal AI adoption
Saturday, January 10, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
Litera announced a record-breaking year for AI adoption among law firms and corporate legal customers worldwide. Litera One, the AI drafting portfolio native to Microsoft 365, its newer agentic assistant Lito, and AI workflow platform Kira saw monthly active users surge tenfold since spring 2025 and thousands of new agentic skills completed, validating the company&...
National App Day 2025: Industry leaders weigh in on app economy
Friday, December 12, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
With National App Day now behind us (December 11th), it’s a timely opportunity to reflect on the role applications continue to play in today’s workplace. Leaders from OutSystems, Xerox, and Appfire share their perspectives on how apps are shaping modern work - and what organizations can expect as app-driven productivity moves into its next chapter.
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SMU researchers show AI creates realistic game characters
Thursday, October 16, 2025 by Richard Harris
When Jake Klinkert was growing up, his father suggested that since he loved video games, he should consider making them. That simple encouragement left a lasting impression. Klinkert embraced the idea and pursued it academically, ultimately earning a Master of Interactive Technology in Digital Game Development from SMU Guildhall. His early passion for interactive media ...
Omniverse robotics tools launched by NVIDIA
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 by Richard Harris
NVIDIA recently announced new NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and NVIDIA Cosmos world foundation models (WFMs) that accelerate the development and deployment of robotics solutions.
Powered by new NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers and NVIDIA DGX Cloud, the libraries and models let developers anywhere develop physically accurate digital twins, capture and reconstruct the real wo...
How composable architecture and AI are changing platform development
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 by Richard Harris
Businesses are under constant pressure to stay competitive and adapt to new technological trends. One approach gaining traction is composable architecture. When combined with AI, composable architecture offers the flexibility to build scalable, efficient systems that can evolve as market demands change. The aim goes beyond efficiency - it’s about building systems ...
How Nightdive Studios is future-proofing the video game past
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 by Austin Harris
Video games are a form of art, and their preservation is in trusted hands at Atari’s Nightdive Studios, regarded as the premier game remastering studio in the industry. System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition recently launched on Xbox Series X|S, reviving a seminal sci-fi horror classic for a new generation. For Nightdive Studios, however, this release ...
From SNL to software
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 by Richard Harris
John Krewson is the founder and CEO of Sketch Development Services, a St. Louis-based consultancy known for helping companies simplify the complex process of delivering software. With a background that spans software development, project management, and leadership, plus a surprising past in entertainment, including a brief appearance on Saturday Night Live, Krewson...
Jack Dorsey unveils Sun Day
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 by Austin Harris
Jack Dorsey, known globally as the co-founder of Twitter and CEO of Block, has been on a creative tear lately, launching back-to-back experimental apps. The latest addition to his portfolio is Sun Day, a simple yet intriguing app aimed at helping users track their sun exposure, monitor UV levels, and estimate vitamin D synthesis, all from their smartphones.
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2025 Artifact Management Report
Thursday, July 10, 2025 by Richard Harris
The 2025 Artifact Management Report arrives at a moment of profound change for software development teams worldwide. As organizations grapple with unprecedented security challenges, rapid AI adoption, and complex software supply chains, this year’s findings expose the critical gaps and evolving expectations surrounding artifact management. With software now the ba...
Vibe Coding: Revolution or risk
Monday, May 5, 2025 by Richard Harris
A new buzzword has entered the software development lexicon: "AI Vibe Coding." Popularized in early 2025 by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, vibe coding refers to a coding approach where developers essentially "go with the flow" of AI code suggestions, providing only loose guidance or high-level vibes of what they want. In theory, you describe the feat...
Labor shortages solved through automation
Monday, March 31, 2025 by Austin Harris
From restaurants and hotels to assisted living facilities and amusement parks, businesses across the services sector are having trouble finding, and retaining, entry-level workers, says RobotLAB CEO Elad Inbar.
"For better or for worse, our current services sector labor shortage seems here to stay. Fortunately, there is a new way to alleviate this shortage in th...
Cybersecurity in 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 by Richard Harris
Timothy Hollebeek shares his insights on the key cybersecurity trends shaping 2025, focusing on the evolving landscape of digital trust and identity. As quantum computing and AI continue to advance, they bring both groundbreaking innovations and new cybersecurity risks. The introduction of Google’s Willow chip signals a new era of quantum technology, accelerating ...
AI developer tools and build cycles in 2025
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 by Austin Harris
Devang Shah, Vice President and Practice Leader for Cloud Technologies at WinWire Technologies Inc., offers his insights into the transformative shifts expected in software development by 2025. In this article, he shares his predictions on emerging trends such as AI integration, DevOps evolution, and the rise of low-code platforms, highlighting the skills developers wil...
Software security in 2025 - Four encouraging trends
Thursday, December 26, 2024 by Austin Harris
The good news is that over the last few years software development organizations have embraced their role in ensuring the security of their applications in the face of ever-increasing threats to their organizations. The bad news is that they are struggling with how to protect code without overburdening developers, slowing down releases, and generally hindering innovatio...
Game of the year predictions for 2024
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 by Richard Harris
A new study has predicted that Astro Bot will be the winner of this year’s Game of the Year award.
Experts at the gaming site Clash.gg analyzed data from Metacritic to determine the shortlisted games with the highest critic and user ratings. This data then determined the final ranking.
The Game Award for Game of the Year is a highly a...
Dynamic 3D visuals are transforming brand identity
Monday, November 11, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
In the ever-evolving world of branding, companies are increasingly turning to innovative technologies to redefine their brand identity. One such company, QuestOne, has successfully reimagined its brand through the use of dynamic 3D visuals. The centerpiece of this transformation is the "Hydrogen Circle," a bold, modular 3D visual that embodies their vision for...
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...
AI browser Opera One is now available on iOS
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 by Richard Harris
Opera is releasing Opera One for iOS. The AI-powered flagship browser for iPhone features the aesthetics of the award-winning Opera One desktop browser along with a full screen mobile interface and simplified user commands.
"Our research shows mobile phone users are six times more likely to be happy than not, after switching away from their system's def...
API Manager from WSO2 advances developer productivity
Monday, May 6, 2024 by Richard Harris
Software developers face growing demands to deliver innovative new digital experiences faster, but those experiences are often based on a complex web of data, processes, services and APIs that need to be woven together. WSO2 is helping developers to streamline their efforts and increase productivity with the introduction of new capabilities for WSO2 API Manager, WSO2 AP...
Top data predictions for 2024 from Alluxio
Thursday, February 8, 2024 by Richard Harris
Alluxio’s Founder and CEO Haoyuan (H.Y.) Li forecasts major developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud, data and analytics, devops and storage in 2024. Data strategies will continue to require solutions that enable enterprises to manage complex data across diverse sources, optimize performance, scale in hybrid/multi-cloud environments, and operate efficie...
Vision Pro app count up to 196 apps
Monday, January 29, 2024 by Richard Harris
New data from Appfigures suggests that Apple's Vision Pro mixed reality headset is facing a lukewarm response from app developers. As of the latest update, the Vision Pro's app store boasts just over 150 apps specifically designed for the device, a small fraction compared to the vast app store catalog of 1.8 million apps.
It's important to clarify that th...
WaveMaker Autocode aims to end development team grunt work
Wednesday, December 27, 2023 by Richard Harris
WaveMaker has been named Major Contender by the global research firm Everest, in its Low-code Application Development Platforms PEAK Matrix Assessment 2023. This validates the strategic investment by WaveMaker in upgrading its technology platform to meet the needs of customers who want to leverage the latest web and mobile technologies along with AI to rapidly mode...
Hybrid casual mobile games will get hotter in 2024 says Mintegral
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 by Richard Harris
In the evolving mobile gaming landscape, the hottest trend is hybrid-casual games, where downloads grew by 13% and revenues reached $1.4 billion in 2022.
Hybrid-casual fills a need between hyper-casual games, usually free-to-play games with simple gaming mechanisms, and mid-core games, which customers purchase to play and are rewarded with intricate gameplay and ...
AIGC marketing will increase in 2024 says Mobvista
Thursday, December 7, 2023 by Richard Harris
Embrace technological change: the great popularity of AIGC in recent years has brought great influence and change to the marketing industry. The application of AIGC can improve the efficiency, degree of personalization, and creativity enhancement of enterprise marketing. Utilizing these advanced technologies, companies can better meet customer needs and improve market c...
Mobile gaming cross platform Pley brings games to the web
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 by Richard Harris
Pley, the cross-platform solution that makes mobile games playable on the web, announced a partnership with Tilting Point to distribute its farming simulation game Homesteads: Dream Farm. Pley’s complete solution has enabled Tilting Point and game developer Enixan to port and distribute the title on Pley’s "native web" browser platform, e...
API management capabilities from Traefik Labs
Monday, November 13, 2023 by Richard Harris
Traefik Labs, the creator of Traefik Proxy, the ingress controller with more than 3 billion downloads, announced that they added new capabilities to Traefik Hub, the Kubernetes native and GitOps-driven Application Programming Interface (API) management solution. This latest update modernizes API runtime operations for platform teams that frequently encounter change...
Sustainable home design app from Powerhaus
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger
In a move towards sustainable housing, Powerhaus Engineering recently unveiled Australia's first energy-efficiency home design app at the 2023 Australian Architecture Conference. This revolutionary app will allow architects and designers to configure the energy rating of their building plans with real-time performance feedback, making sustainable design for new hous...
App server market size expected to reach 52B by 2030
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 by Richard Harris
The platform called an application server is typically used for cloud-based apps for mobile devices like tablets and smartphones. While allowing the right to access and the functionality of the corporate application, the application server serves as the host for the user's business logic.
The banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) industry are always d...
Agile software development is shaping the future of AI and ML
Monday, October 30, 2023 by Austin Harris
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) has become widespread for businesses across virtually every sector, and the rapid pace of adoption is showing no signs of relenting: research by McKinsey suggests that AI could enable automation of up to 70% of business activities between now and 2030.
According to Damian Winczewski, Head of Agile at S...
Houston ConnectSmart app celebrates 1 year anniversary
Thursday, October 26, 2023 by Austin Harris
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials announce how during its first year the Houston ConnectSmart app has made Houston more connected and less congested. Through the Houston ConnectSmart app, commuters receive tailored suggestions to improve their daily travel and have access to transportation tools and services that they cannot find anywhere else.
Sin...
State of Mobile Experience report from Embrace
Monday, July 31, 2023 by Richard Harris
Embrace released the State of Mobile Experience report detailing mobile end users' and builders' perspectives on performance issues and app experiences. The three-part study combines input from mobile engineers at industry-leading companies and app users and rich data from Embrace's mobile experience engineering platform. The insights reveal how ap...
AI changing how developers code and how companies hire developers
Monday, May 8, 2023 by Austin Harris
HackerRank released a new report on the state of AI-related coding skills and found that the nature of a developer's work is quickly evolving to keep up with advancements in Artificial Intelligence. As a result, how companies find, hire, and upskill developers must also change to match this emerging reality.
HackerRank surveyed more than 42,000 global developers ...
The expansion of open source software is coming this year
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 by Richard Harris
2022 was a year of mixed feedback, particularly for the software industry. Despite many macroeconomic warnings, cloud services continued to grow, and the open-source model was embraced.
Coming in 2023 for the Open Source World
2023 is looking positive for the expansion of open-source software. Here are a few trends that will impact our industry next year.
The J...
Metaverse real estate secured by Primedia Pty Ltd
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 by Richard Harris
Primedia Pty Ltd has made another forward-thinking leap. The powerhouse organization that owns Primedia Outdoor, Primedia Broadcasting, and award-winning news brand Eyewitness News, has now secured virtual real estate in Africarare, Africa’s first metaverse.
Officially announced at the inaugural PrimeX event in Johannesburg, Primedia will enter the metaverse, t...
Monetize mobile gaming with NFT marketplace Vessel
Friday, October 21, 2022 by Richard Harris
AppLovin announced its first NFT marketplace to launch in app stores through its subsidiary, OpenVessel Technologies, LLC. Vessel, which is currently live in Apple and Google Play app stores, enables mobile game developers to easily integrate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into games to drive engagement and revenue.
"Vessel represents the next evolution in mobi...
