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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Oct. 3, 2021

GeekWire

If you’re intimidated by the prospect of giving a speech, going through a job interview or doing a wedding toast, a Seattle startup called Yoodli might have just the thing: an AI-enabled software platform that analyzes your delivery and gives you tips for improvement — in a non-judgmental way. … Read More. … Read More.

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OnePlus Watch review: big, basic, and boring

The Verge

All of those have software platforms that integrate with other apps and services, so you can download apps or watchfaces to the watch itself, just like you might with a phone. runs its own proprietary software, based on a real-time operating system. OnePlus Watch software.

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2015 Predictions: Enterprise Software Heats Up and the Office Landscape Changes Dramatically

CTOvision

Webapps are increasing in their complexity, in part, because they require closer and closer access to the operating system – for better presence, access to peripherals, and better performance. Most of the screen real estate will be for reading, with a huddle of controls in the lower left.

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Understanding Cloud Computing for Your Business

CTOvision

Furthermore, Software as a Service (SaaS) models allow companies to distribute their teams, focus on results, and simplify licensing and software upgrade issues. Platform as a Service provides more functionality, sacrificing the ability to configure every detail for a functioning operating system and containers to execute software in.

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Amazon gives developers access to Alexa device home screens, aiming to revitalize market for skills

GeekWire

Amazon will offer independent software developers a slice of the most important real estate on Alexa devices, giving users the option to see and interact with content from third-party Alexa skills on their home screens for the first time. Amazon Photo). Alexa debuted on Amazon’s first Echo speaker in 2014.

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How much longer can Google own the internet?

Vox

In mobile operating systems, Google’s Android has about 70 percent worldwide (in the United States, Android is just 40 percent , and Apple’s iOS has almost all of the rest). Google wouldn’t provide its own numbers, but in search engines, it’s estimated to have about 90 percent of the global market. Competitors say it locks them out.

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12 tips for achieving IT agility in the digital era

CIO Business Intelligence

Reining in application sprawl has also been valuable at Snow Software. Oftentimes, companies and teams will invest in applications with similar purposes,” says Snow Software CIO Alastair Pooley. “By Global commercial real estate firm Avision Young has grown by acquisition — and amassed a large and dispersed tech stack along the way.

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