Loop app from Microsoft keeps projects in sync across Microsoft 365

Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next.  At its Ignite 2021 conference today, Microsoft announced Loop, a new app that combines a “flexible canvas” with components that sync across Microsoft 365 services to help teams communicate and work remotely together. Built on Microsoft’s Fluid […]

Gun Raiders Jumps From App Lab To Oculus Quest Store

Free-to-play VR shooter, Gun Raiders, is graduating from App Lab to the full Oculus Quest and Rift stores later this fall. Developer Gun Raiders Entertainment confirmed the multiplayer title will make the jump to the official Facebook stores later this year, though a final date hasn’t yet been announced. It originally launched on App Lab […]

Sumo Logic launches app performance-monitoring features

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Sumo Logic today announced new capabilities in its observability platform aimed at addressing the trend toward digital transformation in the enterprise. The features, which are designed to help DevOps teams identify and resolve customer-impacting issues faster, can reduce app downtime while optimizing overall […]

DoubleVerify: Mobile app video fraud exploded 50% in the last year

Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. Advertising fraud on mobile applications exploded 50% in the last year, according to a new report from media measurement and data company DoubleVerify. The figures are one of several eye-opening statistics about the current state of media quality […]

Cross-browser app testing platform LambdaTest raises $16M

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Web app testing platform LambdaTest today announced it has raised $16 million in a series B round of funding led by Sequoia Capital. Founded out of India in 2017, the LambdaTest platform enables its users to run automated or manual tests for their web apps across […]

NLP Cloud helps app developers add language processing

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. NLP tools and services are taking off, but developers often struggle with the hurdle of getting NLP models into production. NLP Cloud is a new AI startup focused on lowering the barriers for developers trying to create apps for sorting […]

Amazon eases voice app development with Alexa Conversations

Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Last July, Amazon announced the beta launch of Alexa Conversations, a deep learning-based way to help developers create more natural-feeling apps for Alexa with fewer lines of code. Today marks the general availability of Conversations in U.S. English, which Amazon […]

Oculus App Lab Livestream: Second Wave Of Releases Live!

Oculus App Lab has now been available for a few weeks and yet more VR games and apps have launched on the platform. So what’s new? Join us today at 8:30am PT/4:30pm GMT to find out! App Lab is Facebook’s new way of letting developers release content on Quest without passing Store requirements or sideloading. […]

Carmack: App Lab Isn't 'Guaranteed Path' To Quest Store

Facebook found a curious middle ground for Oculus Quest curation this week with the launch of App Lab, but the feature doesn’t secure developers a ‘guaranteed path’ to the main Oculus Store. So says John Carmack, who tweeted about the launch of App Lab earlier this week. App Lab is a means for developers to […]

Oculus App Lab Livestream: Next Quest Games Live!

What’s Facebook’s new Quest distribution platform all about? Find out as we dive into our Oculus App Lab livestream today at 8:30am PT/4:30pm GMT! Launched yesterday, App Lab is a sort of halfway house between the official Oculus Store and sideloading content onto your headset. It allows developers to distribute and even sell experimental or […]