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The best Android apps for business in 2024
Trying to find the right app for any given area on Android is a lot like trying to order dinner at a restaurant with way too many options on the menu. How can you possibly find the right choice in such a crowded lineup? With the Google Play Store now boasting...
Adobe, Figma pull the plug on $20 billion merger
Adobe and collaborative interface design tool provider Figma will not complete their planned $20 billion merger, as pressure from US and European regulators made the deal’s path to completion too treacherous.The companies, in a joint statement issued Monday, said that...
What’s coming up from Apple in 2024?
We all expect new iPhones, iPads, Macs, the Vision Pro, and many other Apple hardware introductions with improvements and tweaks across the range, but what are the Apple trends and strategies we’ll discuss in 2024?Business with a bullet “It’s a computer. It’s a...
Q&A: Sedgwick exec lays out ‘the baby steps to genAI adoption’
Sedgwick, a third-party insurance claims management provider operating in 80 countries, receives about 1.7 million pages of digital claims-related documents a day. The documents then go through an arduous vetting process by examiners who must decide whether they're...
For December, an exceptionally light Patch Tuesday
Over the past year, we've seen Microsoft make radical improvements in its browser stability and significant positive changes to its Windows update communication and telemetry strategies. And this month's Patch Tuesday release brings with it an incredibly light set of...
New EU rules mean every tech firm will want to impress Mother Earth
While it will be affected, Apple might mind less than others that the European Union has agreed to new rules to regulate corporate supply chains — in part, because the company is already moving in a similar direction.That’s not to say it doesn’t have, hasn’t had, and...
Andreessen Horowitz will pay politicians to deregulate AI and crypto
Prominent venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)’s co-founder, Ben Horowitz, has announced that the company would start lobbying in the US to ensure that the growth of new technologies, including AI and crypto, is not obstructed by regulations and...
Why do companies do holiday layoffs?
What do Twilio, Spotify, and Bending Spoons have in common? They're all tech companies that laid off employees right before the holidays. Simultaneously, many of those people were going into debt to pay for their holiday gifts.To read this article in full, please...
Salesforce and Apple are ready for enterprise AR
Salesforce has introduced support for two key Apple solutions in a move that highlights the future of Apple's augmented reality (AR) headset, the Vision Pro, in the enterprise.What is Salesforce offering? Available now, Salesforce has integrated Apple Business...
Adobe anticipates ‘significant penalty’ for complex cancellation practices
Adobe is expecting to pay a significant penalty to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle an investigation into its service cancellation practices, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).“We believe our practices comply...
Managing rapid-fire Windows updates
Speaking to a financial analyst at Citigroup’s Global Technology Conference in September, Intel’s chief financial officer David Zinsner caused a bit of a stir when he hinted at a future release of Windows, quite possibly Windows 12, coming in 2024. Zinsner’s...
Internet traffic soars in 2023, with generative AI a standout trend: Report
This year saw a 25% rise in global internet traffic, reflecting an increasing reliance on online services, according to a new report by cloud performance and security company Cloudflare.In its annual Year in Review reports, Cloudflare offers an overview of online...