Application software

Computing software designed to carry out a specific task

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2025 Oracle plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 26% compared to the 2015 base year.
February 2025 Scheduled launch of four additional satellites for NOAA-sponsored wildfire detection, which will be the first ACME satellites with on-board AI processing for quicker information transfer.
January 2025 President Donald Trump announced Stargate, a joint venture by Oracle, OpenAI, SoftBank, and MGX to invest $500 billion over four years in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US.
2024 Continued growth with revenue increasing to $52,961 million and net income of $10,467 million, with workforce at 159,000 employees.
September 2024 Oracle announced significant investments in Cerner's core clinical operations, including tens of thousands of engineering hours and millions of dollars, and released the Oracle Clinical Digital Assistant, a generative AI system for creating consultation documentation and proposing medical orders.
July 2024 Oracle settled the class action lawsuit by paying $115 million to customers and agreeing to cease user tracking practices.
June 2024 Announced a $1 billion investment in Spain to enhance artificial intelligence and cloud computing, creating a new cloud region in Madrid in partnership with Telefónica.
April 2024 Announced plans to move world headquarters from Austin to a new complex in Nashville, Tennessee.
March 2024 South Africa's Special Investigating Unit discovered conflicts of interest, irregular processes, and non-compliance in Oracle's contract, and announced plans to petition for blacklisting Oracle, cancelling the contract, and recovering paid funds.
March 2024 Launched a 'meteorological wedding planning service' in the United States and Canada, offering personalized meteorological consultation for wedding planning.
March 8 2024 Biden announced he would sign a bipartisan bill banning TikTok in the United States if ByteDance does not divest from the company.
February 2024 MyRadar enhanced 'RouteCast' feature with video and 3D display options via CarPlay and Android Auto for paying subscribers.
February 7 2024 MyRadar gained compatibility with Android Auto, allowing display on car interfaces.
January 2024 MyRadar partnered with Total Traffic and Weather Network (TTWN) to provide traffic data overlayed with weather graphics for US users.
January 18 2024 Huawei announced the Developer Preview transition for its new native developer kit, rolling out to registered developers.
January 8 2024 MyRadar became compatible with Apple's CarPlay, enabling navigation features.
2023 Significant growth with revenue reaching $49,954 million, employee count expanding to 164,000, and stock price rising to $104.69.
2023 Oracle ranked 80th in the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest companies.
2023 Oracle was contracted by the Heritage Foundation to create a database of potential conservative employees for staffing a Republican administration through Project 2025, aimed at preparing for a potential Republican presidency in 2025.
September 8 2023 ACME secured additional crowdfunding to expand its workforce from 35 to 100 employees by the end of 2024.
August 18 2023 Phase two of the NOAA grant was approved, providing funding to launch a pair of CubeSat satellites for high-definition infrared imagery.
August 4 2023 At HDC, Huawei revealed the next iteration of HarmonyOS with a bundled native HMS Core framework, focusing on privacy, on-device AI, and ecosystem integration.
February 2023 Announced a $1.5 billion investment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including opening a data centre in Riyadh.
February 27 2023 Biden changed his stance on TikTok, echoing Trump's 2020 concerns by ordering federal agencies to remove TikTok from all federal devices within thirty days, with federal contractors required to do the same within ninety days.
2022 Umang Gupta, former vice president and general manager, passes away.
2022 Oracle was awarded a $9 billion cloud computing contract from the United States Department of Defense, shared with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.
2022 Company workforce increased to 143,000 employees, with revenue growing to $42,440 million.
October 2022 ACME received a research grant from NOAA to improve wildfire detection and air quality measurement technology using satellites and aerial drones.
September 2022 Oracle settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by agreeing to pay $23 million to resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations involving its subsidiaries in India, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.
September 30 2022 Number of apps integrated with HMS Core grew to 220,000, demonstrating continued expansion of the Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem
August 2022 A class action lawsuit was filed against Oracle by Lieff Cabraser, alleging deliberate surveillance of users by tracking personal information without consent.
July 2022 Oracle completed the Cerner acquisition after receiving final approval from European regulators, officially bringing Cerner into Oracle Health and Oracle Life Sciences.
July 2022 Discussions between Oracle and Joe Gibbs Racing for a potential sponsorship were reported to have fallen through.
June 8 2022 Completed the acquisition of Cerner for US$28.3 billion in cash.
May 2022 With improved HORIS imagery, MyRadar expanded its monitoring capabilities to include algae blooms, coral reefs, illegal fishing, and wildfires.
May 2 2022 PocketQube satellites entered the atmosphere via a Rocket Lab Electron launch from New Zealand, with the purpose of testing and validating existing satellites in orbit.
2021 Oracle achieved a peak net income of $13,746 million, with stock price reaching $83.85 and employee count at 132,000.
2021 Oracle began sponsoring the Red Bull Racing Formula One team.
December 2021 Rec Room Inc. raises $145 million in another funding round, increasing the studio's valuation to $3.5 billion.
December 20 2021 Oracle announced an agreement to acquire Cerner Corporation for approximately $28.3 billion, creating a dedicated Industry Business Unit within the company and marking Oracle's largest acquisition.
September 27 2021 LeTV hosted a smartphone business communication meeting in Beijing, showcasing the LeTV S1, which became the first third-party smartphone to include Huawei Mobile Services.
July 15 2021 Huawei expanded HMS with HarmonyOS support through HMS Core 6.0, enabling app development across various device types including smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and car machines.
June 2021 HMS Core 6.0 was launched with extended services support. The HMS ecosystem reached 4 million registered developers and 134,000 integrated apps
March 2021 Rec Room Inc. announces a $100 million funding round, achieving unicorn status with a valuation of $1.25 billion.
February 10 2021 The Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden administration would back off from banning TikTok and shelve the sale indefinitely, with the U.S. Commerce Department reviewing Trump's claims about the platform.
2020 Oracle became the third-largest software company in the world by revenue and market capitalization.
2020 MyRadar added a feature to track orbital objects, including the International Space Station.
December 2020 Announced the relocation of world headquarters from Redwood Shores to Austin, Texas.
December 2020 Rec Room Inc. announces an additional $20 million in funding.

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