š„Sparknewsš„: Boost Your Productivity with AI Tools!
It's been an eventful few weeks in the financial world impacting many startups and companies with concerns and worries. We hope you're doing well and haven't been impacted by these events. Despite the chaos, we're committed to bringing you the latest tech news and updates from Sparkmate.Ā ! š¦¾
Hereās what weāve put together for your weekly Spark News:
Notionās new mobile appĀ
Appwrite: An intuitive BaaSĀ
Tech news: Microsoft and Google launch new AI tools
News from the team
š NEWS FROM OUR MATESNotion has gone mobile Ā»
ā”Our partner Notion, the ultimate productivity tool, has gone mobile with a sleek app that brings its versatile and customizable organization features to your fingertips. With the ability to create custom pages and databases, users can tailor the app to their unique needs and workflows. Whether you're managing a team project, tracking personal goals, or keeping a daily journal, Notion has you covered. And with its wide range of templates, you can get access and edit your work from anywhere, anytime..
ā”Here's what you can do with Notion Mobile:š¤
1# Collaborate seamlessly with shared editing features, without distracting active bubbles or cursors.
2# Play around with widgets : Android users can enjoy three customizable widgets for quick and convenient navigation.
Notion's seamless sync with desktop and customizable pages make it the perfect tool for remote work or working on-the-go. As a Sparkmate advocate you can access an exclusive deal from Notion on our Vault. Check it out here š
š¤øāāļø PRODUCT WE LOVEAppwrite: An intuitive BaaSĀ
Appwrite is a cloud-based platform for web and mobile app building, with real-time database, authentication, storage, and serverless functions. It's API-focused, has a serverless architecture, an intuitive interface, is open-source, scalable, well-documented, and has many integrations. Which means that you donāt have to worry about managing servers or infrastructure. This can save time and resources and allow you to focus on building your application.š¤Ŗ
Here is what caught our eye:
1#Easy to use:Ā
Itās designed to be easy to use, with a simple, intuitive interface and a range of pre-built features and integrations. This can make it faster and easier to build and deploy applications.
2#Open-source:Ā
Itās a free open-source project to use and modify with access to the source code. This can be beneficial if you want to customize the platform or contribute to the project.
3#Scalability:Ā
Itās designed to scale automatically to handle increased traffic, so you donāt have to worry about managing infrastructure as your application grows.
4#Comprehensive documentation:Ā
It has comprehensive documentation and a large developer community, which can make it easier to get started and find answers to questions.
5#Wide range of integrations:
Ā Appwrite offers a wide range of integrations with other technologies and services, making it easy to build on top of and extend.
š¢ TOP TECH NEWSAnnouncement of hot AI tools
Artificial intelligence continues to be a hot topic in the tech world, with big players like Microsoft and Google at the forefront of new developments. Last week, both companies announced exciting new AI-assisted software.
Google introduced their latest AI powered features to Google Workspace, taking the process of writing to another level, while developers and business can try new APIs and products that make it easy, safe and scalable to start building with Googleās best AI models through Google Cloud and a new prototyping environment called MakerSuite.Ā
Microsoft announced Copilot for work which is an AI powered processing engine that is integrated into Microsoft 365. It works alongside you to unleash creativity, unlock productivity and uplevel skills. Microsoft also announced Business Chat which works across LLM, Microsoft 365 apps, and your data (calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings and contacts). It will be able to do things youāve never been able to do before such as taking commands and carry out actions.
We are moving towards a new evolution of how we interact with computing which fundamentally will change the way we work. Are you excited or are you worried? ;)
š„ WHATāS ON @ SPARKMATEThe Sparkmate family is growing!š š
We are thrilled to introduce our newest team member at Sparkmate based out of our Hong Kong hub: Ā Adrien Carpentier! Originally from Paris and having lived in New Delhi and Tokyo, Adrien brings a diverse range of experiences and perspectives to our team. As a skilled coder and enthusiast pythonista, he specializes in APIs, Data Science, NLP, and generative art. When he's not coding, Adrien enjoys photography, still videos, and sharing his love of electronic music and techno on his Spotify profile. We are excited to have Adrien onboard
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