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12 thoughts for business after Apple’s iPhone 15 launch
While the move to USB-C might mean bigger businesses will end up with a host of older Lightning accessories and cables to drop into the landfill over the next year or two (take that, EU), Apple will still sell 150 million of the new iPhones over the next year,...
Gloves come off during day one of Google’s antitrust trial
The most significant tech antitrust trial of the 21st century thus far kicked off in US federal court Tuesday with the Department of Justice and 14 co-plaintiff states squaring off against the search engine giant. The DOJ accuses Google of unlawfully monopolizing the...
Adobe generative AI tool Firefly is now generally available
Adobe on Wednesday announced the commercial release of Firefly, a suite of generative AI models that are natively integrated throughout Adobe Creative Cloud apps, including Generative Fill and Generative Expand in Photoshop, and Generative Recolor in...
Will OpenAI’s enterprise chatbot put a big hurt on Microsoft?
Microsoft has a surprising and powerful new competitor in its attempt to dominate the generative AI market – OpenAI, the company behind Microsoft’s genAI products, in which Microsoft has invested $13 billion, and whose technology is the sole reason Microsoft has taken...
Google’s increasingly prickly Android perception problem
Ask most Android enthusiasts for their thoughts on the eternal "iPhone vs. Android" debate, and you're bound to hear some comically common conclusions: Android is more advanced and ambitious, both in its software and especially in its hardware (hello, folding...
Apple launches the iPhone 15 series, new Apple Watches — and talks up its green plans
So all the speculation was largely on target.At its big Tuesday event, not only did Apple unveil its new iPhone 15 and 15 Pro line-ups, but it stressed environmental bona fides and its efforts toward becoming carbon neutral by 2030. It also introduced the Apple Watch...
Google defends search business in biggest US antitrust case of the century so far
The largest antitrust action since the turn-of-the-century Microsoft case is headed to trial today, as the federal government and a group of state attorneys general challenge Google’s dominance in search.Google is specifically accused of creating a monopoly through...
IDC: Collaboration software spending growth slows; AI features to drive future increases
Global business spending on collaboration software — including videoconferencing apps, team chat, email, and more — reached $33.9 billion in 2022, according to a recent IDC report. It was the seventh consecutive year of double-digit growth, up 14.6% compared to the...
WWDC 2024: Is Apple on the road to Siri 2.0?
With Apple spending a lot of money on generative AI and machine learning models, is it time for us to start prepping for Siri 2.0? The Information says Apple has “significantly” increased spending on AI development focused on genAI capabilities within Siri. The report...
Onboarding remote employees doesn’t have to be hard
Last month, I noted that staffers work from home just fine. Yes, I know some companies, including Zoom, demand that employees return to the office after making their fortune with remote work. And Congressional Republicans want to turn back the clock with its SHOW UP...
HP exec: There’s no going back to the pre-pandemic workplace
While some companies in recent months have been rolling back remote-work policies, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has been reticent to set any in-office mandate — or even informal goals — for its workers.Various teams have in-office staff meetings, and employees who live close...
IBM’s software unit issues global return to office mandate
Employees in IBM's software division have become the latest tech workers to face a return-to-office mandate, in this case requiring them to be in the office for a minimum of three days a week, starting from today.Unlike other return to office mandates that have been...