Apple shifts position on AI and aquires Darwin AI
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
Apple Inc. is strategically advancing its position in the artificial intelligence (AI) domain, signifying a pivotal shift in the company's approach to integrating AI into its core operations and product ecosystem. The recent innovations and acquisitions underscore the Cupertino-based tech giant’s focus on bringing AI to its offerings while prioritizing user pr...
GDC 2024 conclusion
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 by Richard Harris
This year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC), the event serving professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, has officially come to a close after hosting nearly 30,000 registered attendees for five full days of inspiring sessions and networking opportunities with peers and leaders in the games industry. GDC will be returning to the Moscone ...
Gaming app insights report from AppLovin and Adjust
Monday, April 1, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
Adjust released The Gaming App Insights Report, a first-of-its-kind resource for studios, developers, and mobile marketers, pairing global mobile gaming app data with expert insights from AppLovin and its in-house creative agency SparkLabs. Notable growth in gaming app installs and in-app revenue in 2023 continued into 2024 reveals a resurgence across many subverticals ...
AI skills training predictions from OReilly Media
Friday, March 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
In the year since OpenAI launched GPT-4, there's been no shortage of predictions about its impact on the workforce. An easy reply to all this fear is AI is not going to replace humans, but humans with AI are going to replace humans without AI. While this statement is true, this attitude also blames the victim: if you lose your job, it’s your own faul...
AI integration challenges software developers
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
The promise and perils of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been dominating the headlines with everyone from software developers to students working on ways to integrate it into their daily processes. This burgeoning interest in AI is borne out by the fifth annual Reveal 2024 Top Software Development Challenges survey, which found that the biggest software development ch...
Low code app development in 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
Recently, low-code no-code app development tools have bridged a lot of gaps and enabled developers to overcome challenges that used to be complex or even unattainable. Some of the key areas these developer tools have made impacts in include automating code, natural language processing, image and video recognition capabilities, predictive analyti...
Gecko edge computing from Akamai takes to cloud computing
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
Akamai Technologies, the cloud company has unveiled plans to embed cloud computing capabilities into its massive edge network. Akamai’s Generalized Edge Compute (Gecko) advances Akamai’s strategy to be the cloud computing platform for companies that want to deliver better experiences by running workloads closer to users, devices, and sources of data.
Akam...
F5 NGINX One SaaS early access opens
Thursday, February 15, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
At AppWorld, we are introducing and opening "early access" for NGINX One: a global SaaS offering for deploying, securing, monitoring, scaling, and managing all NGINX instances (whether they are on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge), and all from a single management interface. It supports all our data plane components - NGINX Plus, NGINX Open Source, NGIN...
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...
JBoss EAP 8 released from Red Hat
Thursday, February 8, 2024 by Richard Harris
Red Hat, Inc., the provider of open source solutions, announced the general availability of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (JBoss EAP) 8. JBoss EAP 8 delivers security enhancements, improved cloud workflow tools, and compatibility with Jakarta EE 10, contributing to streamlined application modernization for customers and continued support for enterprise J...
Secure software development insights from The Linux Foundation
Monday, February 5, 2024 by Richard Harris
The Linux Foundation published a new report, Maintainer Perspectives on Open Source Software Security, based on a survey of OSS maintainers and core contributors, to understand perspectives on OSS security and the uptake and adoption of security best practices by maintainers, core contributors, end users, and other members of the OSS ecosystem.
Maintainer Perspective...
Cloud radio access networks industry growth projections
Thursday, February 1, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
The global cloud radio access network market is projected to grow at a staggering 22.9% value CAGR, reaching US$ 43.2 Billion, following an assessment period ranging from 2022-2032. As per a newly published report on this industry by Fact.MR, a valuation of US$ 5.5 Billion has been anticipated during FY 2022. Furthermore, the market is expected to yield a dollar opportu...
GenAI corporate landscape transformations
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
The latest studies from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and MIT Technology Review shed light on a pivotal moment in the corporate world, characterized by the swift rise of Generative AI (GenAI) and its profound impact on business operations, filmmaking, and beyond.
GenAI: Transforming the corporate landscape
According to BCG’s comprehensive survey of over 1,40...
Apps that share your personal data the most
Friday, January 26, 2024 by Richard Harris
A new study has revealed which popular apps collect and share the most personal data with third parties.
SQL Server Consulting studied and analyzed the most downloaded apps on the Google Play Store to see which apps are giving away the most personal information.
Top apps most likely to share your personal data according to SQL Server Consulting
Rank...
GDCA 2024 nominees and honorable mentions revealed
Friday, January 26, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
The finalists for the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers, have been revealed. The winners in all categories will be honored at the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) ceremony, which takes place at the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC) on Wednesday, March 20, and is he...
Super App will emerge in the US soon says YuLife
Thursday, January 25, 2024 by Richard Harris
Reflecting on the evolution of mobile apps, many pinpoint the launch of the iPhone in 2007, or the debut of the App Store in 2008, as pivotal moments. However, I think back to 2004, the year Facebook emerged and subsequently dominated the app landscape for two decades. Today, Meta's big three - WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook - are among the top five most popular ...
Most popular digital gaming store in US is Amazon says Statista
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
A recent survey from data company Statista claims that Amazon is the most popular digital gaming store among United States gamers. The survey was conducted among 5,111 individuals who play video games and have spent money on digital purchases. The survey, which allowed multiple answers, asked the respondents "Where have you spent money online on digital video games...
AppDirect Capital Program receives 100M in funding
Thursday, January 11, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
AppDirect announced it has secured 100M US in funding from global investment group CDPQ. This new investment will support innovative financing options for technology advisors through the AppDirect Capital Invest program, allowing them to access flexible capital to transform and scale their business. Building upon the initial USD 80 million financing ...
Future of digital communications according to Sendbird
Wednesday, December 20, 2023 by Richard Harris
Over the last year, human-to-machine interactions skyrocketed almost overnight with the launch of ChatGPT. These interactions were as intelligent and personal as ever, and the hype cycle for generative AI, large language models, and next-generation chatbots has stayed in hyperdrive.
Today, we’re experiencing the biggest paradigm shift since the Internet Dot.com...
ASPM 2024 report from Cycode
Friday, December 15, 2023 by Richard Harris
Cycode announced the release of its inaugural State of ASPM 2024 report. The research found that AppSec chaos reigns, with 78% of CISOs responding that today’s AppSec attack surfaces are unmanageable and 90% of responders confirmed relationships between their security and development teams need to improve. Surprisingly, 77% of CISOs believe software supply ch...
Private cloud adoption to increase in 2024 says SoftIron
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 by Richard Harris
Andrew Moloney, Chief Strategy Officer at SoftIron pulled together the leadership team with decades of combined expertise to debate the evolution of IT in the year to come and beyond. Here are SoftIron's top predictions:
1. Cloud strategy moves from "fashionable to rational"
Moving from an era when proposing a full-scale migration to the public cloud...
Everlodge integrates AI into its blockchain real estate marketplace
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger
Excitement has been rekindled in the crypto market after the Fed hinted at a potential interest rate drop. Bitcoin has capitalized on this, surging past $40,000 to set its sights on $44,000.
Polygon (MATIC) is another crypto that has gained momentum in the last few days. Because of this, a top crypto analyst has predicted a potential price surge for MATIC.
Amidst ...
Digital trust and security predictions from DigiCert
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 by Richard Harris
Mike Nelson, along with a team of experts at DigiCert looks back at the past year's security developments and makes some bold predictions of technology, identity, and digital trust. Here are DigiCert's top predictions:
Prediction 1: Senior executives will become more knowledgeable about post-quantum cryptography, and companies will accelerate their investment...
App developer trends for 2024 according to Kochava
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 by Richard Harris
Ethan Lewis is the CTO of Kochava, the real-time data solutions company for omnichannel attribution and measurement, and Vaunt, an open-source community engagement tool that helps organizations grow their developer communities. He discusses the rapid growth of the app industry and what’s next for application developers.
What’s next for software developers...
Open source AI chatbot privacy issues addressed by Sendbird
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 by Richard Harris
Last month Sendbird became the first communications API platform to integrate Llama2, Meta’s open source LLM. By adding support for Llama2, on top of existing ChatGPT and PaLM-2 integrations, Sendbird became the first platform of its kind to offer organizations greater flexibility for their integration of generative AI chatbots. By doing so, companies can choose t...
Visual regression tool Sauce Visual streamlines UI testing
Thursday, November 30, 2023 by Richard Harris
Sauce Labs, a provider of continuous testing software and quality assurance solutions, announced Sauce Visual, adding native visual regression capabilities to its robust testing platform. Sauce Visual helps QA teams and software engineers catch more bugs with less code, simplify test creation and maintenance, and run visual and functional tests in parallel. In lab ...
Top 50 AI tools according to Writerbudddy report
Monday, November 27, 2023 by Richard Harris
AI has been an omnipresent theme over the past year, pushing boundaries and redefining several industries in a short space of time. An astounding number of over 24 billion visits were generated from September 2022 to August 2023 by just the top 50 AI tools, with an average monthly growth of 236.3 million visits. Out of this massive number, ChatGPT alone accounted for 14...
API security risks report exposes Netflix and Wordpress
Monday, November 27, 2023 by Richard Harris
Wallarm, the end-to-end API and app security company, announced the release of its Q3-2023 Wallarm API ThreatStats report. The quarterly report details the surge in threats centered around APIs and uncovers critical vulnerabilities, like injections and API data leaks, that have recently impacted leading firms, including Netflix, VMware, and SAP.
The new report i...
Bitcoin preferred over gold as an investment says deVere Group
Monday, November 13, 2023 by Freeman Lightner
More than three-quarters of under-40s would rather Bitcoin than gold in their investment mix, reveals a new survey by one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management, and fintech organizations.
The deVere Group poll shows that 77% of clients aged under 40 would opt for cryptocurrency over the precious metal in their portfolios to bui...
NFTs sales hit all time low for 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023 by Richard Harris
Monthly sales for Ethereum (ETH) and Polygon (MATIC) NFTs on OpenSea have fallen consecutively in the past few months.
NuggetRush (NUGX) prepares to launch a highly anticipated play-to-earn mining game that will allow swapping of NFTs for real gold.
Despite recent market bullishness, NFT sales have declined further in the past few weeks. Ethereum and Polygon ...
Telerik and Kendo UI R3 updates from Progress
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 by Richard Harris
Progress the provider of application development and infrastructure software, recently announced the R3 2023 release of Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI, the
most powerful .NET and JavaScript UI libraries and tools for application development. From modernizing legacy projects to building new applications, this new release equips developers with the tool...
Top BAYC NFTs are up for sale at a major price drop
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 by Freeman Lightner
The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), a collection of NFTs found on the Ethereum blockchain, boast some of the most expensive NFTs ever sold. However, with the recent news of NFTs continuing to decline, how much are they valued at now?
The most expensive BAYC NFTs are up for sale: experts reveal how much their price has dropped
Experts at CryptoGambling.tv analyzed Ope...
Deploy AI apps in less than 10 clicks with the Klu platform
Friday, October 27, 2023 by Richard Harris
Klu, the large language model (LLM) application platform for building, evaluating and optimizing AI applications, has raised a $1.7 million pre-seed funding round led by Firstminute Capital.
Scouts from top venture capital firms including a16z, Sequoia Capital, Craft Ventures, and Atomico also participated alongside angel investors from Superhuman, IBM, Productboard,...
Improve software quality and release speed with Katalon
Thursday, October 26, 2023 by Richard Harris
Katalon, the quality management platform, and Deloitte Canada announced a new initiative to foster improvement in software quality and expedite software release velocity. Globally recognized for its leadership in quality engineering, Deloitte will work with Katalon to roll out strategic co-innovation initiatives to help mutual clients optimize their testing practices, l...
Forge beta launches to reward gamers for their achievments
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 by Freeman Lightner
Forge, the video game platform that connects and rewards gamers for their gaming achievements and ongoing play has opened to players in beta. The platform announced a $11 million seed funding round, led by Makers Fund, BITKRAFT Ventures, and Animoca Brands, with participation from Hashkey Capital, Polygon Ventures, Formless Capital, and Adaverse. Forge’s...
