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In Conversation With Avdi Grimm Avdi Grimm is in town(Bangalore) for RUBYCONF India 2018. Earlier today Atul Jha had a chance to sit with and talk about state of Ruby and other programming languages Links RubyConf India Avdi's Blog - Virtuouscode Twitter - @avdi

Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS, Expanding its Kubernetes and Containers Leadership CoreOS Bet Links Red Hat to Acquire CoreOS, Expanding its Kubernetes and Containers Leadership

CES 2018 Observations on Technologies & Products appeard in CES 2018 Five themes that emerge out of CES 2018 ( Quantum Computing, IoT Orchestration, Transpotation(Urban mobility),VR, Robotics) Links CES 2018

Open Source 2017 What are some of the Open source technologies that grabbed healdlines in 2017 ? Docker Swarm VS Kubernetes. Can we say Kubernetes is inching ahead? How cloud service providers like Azure trying to adopt & adjust? AI Everywhere Good, Bad, Evil ? Indian IT Industry laid off 56,000 in 2017, This may just be a start. Hybrid crowd platform for talent spotting - Wipro new outsouring model? Challanges for a fresh CS Graduate Links 56,000 layoffs and counting: India’s IT bloodbath this year may just be the start Wipro now builds a Hybrid Crowd for talent-spotting

AWS re:INVENT 2017 - IoT Links AWS IoT Core AWS Greengrass AWS IoT Device Management AWS IoT Device Defender – Secure Your IoT Fleet AWS IoT Analytics: Delivering IoT Analytics AWS Greengrass ML Inference Amazon FreeRTOS AWS IoT 1-Click

AWS re:INVENT 2017 - ML and DeepLens Links AWS DeepLens – Deep learning enabled video camera for developers - AWS AWS DeepLens – Get Hands-On Experience with Deep Learning With Our New Video Camera | Amazon Web Services Amazon SageMaker – Accelerating Machine Learning | Amazon Web Services Amazon Transcribe – Automatic Speech Recognition - AWS

Google For India 2017 Links Google For India 2017 Introducing Android Oreo (Go edition) with the release of Android 8.1 Google Missed Out on China. Can It Flourish in India?

Developer Trends 2017 Links Developer Survey Results 2017

India News Roundup Leaky Browsers Food Delivery Business Trends Flipkart Android ambitions Language as service Links UC Browser has mysteriously disappeared from the Google Play Store Zomato launches subscription-based 'Zomato Gold' in India Flipkart Billion Capture+ review: A budget smartphone with mid-tier specs Language as service India’s Upcoming Indic Language Mandate For Mobile Devices - An Overview - Reverie Language Technologies OnePlus includes Qualcomm engineering app in phones, exposes root backdoor Alibaba Mobile Business group’s UC Ads launched in India ViewLift Powers Hoichoi, the Online Streaming Destination for the Best in Bengali Content

Serverless Compute Serverless Architectures How did we reach here ? How IaaS, PaaS, BaaS, API & Containers evolved into Serverless Serverless Platforms Links Serverless Architectures AWS Lambda - Serverless Compute Examples of How to Use AWS Lambda Cloud Functions - Serverless Environment to Build and Connect Cloud Services | Google Cloud Platform Apache OpenWhisk Functions

Social Media Influence Senate Open Hearing: Social Media Influence in the 2016 U.S. Elections Disinformation. Amplification, Fake News & ropaganda Bots, Troll Farm & Targeted Advertising Eight Revealing Moments From the Second Day Links Senate Open Hearing US senators warn of 'fake news' threat from Russia and urge tech giants to act Eight Revealing Moments From the Second Day of Russia Hearings Senators blast Facebook at hearing over fake ads: Here’s what the ads looked like Facebook's next fake news headache: messaging Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi says 'fake news helping terrorists' How fake news is widening social rifts in India We need uniform guidelines, regulation and policy regarding fabricated content

KRACK Attack - Security and Privacy Trends 2017 WPA2 vulnerable to key reinstallation attacks Security and Privacy Trends Whats happening in AR & VR World IOTroop Botnet of IoT devices What’s happening with tokenization - Google Advanced Protection Program Web literacy, Security & privacy tools Protection of data from ISP Webtools Links WPA2 Key reinstallation attacks KRACK Attack These are the router makers that have patched KRACK WPA2 Wi-Fi flaws Tokenization Security Keys: Practical Cryptographic Second Factors for the Modern Web

Amazon unveils Alexa powered devices Links Echo Spot Echo Look Echo Show Alexa Echo 2nd Generation Echo Plus Echo Dot Echo Dot Buttons Fire TV with 4K Ultra HD

Made By Google 2017 Wrap-Up Links Made By Google 2017

Observations on the six finalists of Disrupt SF 2017 ( Augmedics, colormass, Future Family, Matic, Onēva and Pi.) Links Pi Colormass Future Family Oneva eggXYt Augmedics

Observations on the Products Announced at Apple September special event

A developer perspective of Android 8.0 Oreo

Defcon / BlackHat 2017 Stories from worlds largest hacker conferences Defcon & Black Hat 2017

Revisiting state of IoT & Home Automation space in 2017 Links Zigbee standards HomeKit Weave is a communications platform for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. SmartThings can teach your home a few new tricks and make life a little bit easier Apple Frees Up Its Smart Home Platform To Kickstart Development HomeKit Developer C-Life 5 reasons why your next light bulb should be a smart bulb

2017 Cord Cutting Links Sourav Ganguly Backs Curated Video Platform Flickstree Dekkho Spuul iFlix Justwatch

2017 Internet Trends 2017 Links

Thoughts on WWDC 2017 Keynote Links

What to expect at WWDC 2017 Links WWDC 2017

A brief discussion on Code Conference 2017 Links Code Conference 2017 Essential Phone Ambient OS™ USAfacts.org

A brief discussion on Microsoft Build 2017 Links Microsoft Build 2017

Google I/O 2017 - AI-first A brief discussion on Google I/O 2017 Links Google I/O 2017 - AI-first

MicrosoftEDU May Event A brief discussion on MicrosoftEDU, Minecraft,Mixed Reality glasses Links Learn Whats Next MicrosoftEDU Introducing Surface Laptop, powered by Windows 10 S What is Windows 10 S and how is it different from regular Windows 10? Microsoft takes on Chrome OS with new Windows 10 S classroom collaboration with Office 365 Code Builder for Minecraft: Education Edition LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 What is Windows Mixed Reality?

YC W17 Demo Day A brief discussion on Y Combinator’s 24th Demo Day, where some of the interesting companies accelerator showcased to the investors. Links Demo Day Fitbit for cows Tools for Creating VR game experieces Ask Real Doctors Your Health Questions Breaking the cycle of illiteracy by empowering parents Tell us what service you want Drone Delivery Super cheap, super fast wifi at a bakery and chai wallah near you Bus Passes on Your Phone Token Transit Ask the Doctor Back An Open Standard for Bionics & Prosthetics On-demand Workforce For Human tasks

MWC 2017 MWC 2017 Highlights Cord cutters Netflix Smart Algorithms tweaking encoding Netflix Original content iPic theaters Line is developing a digital assistant to take on Alexa Snapdragon 835’s Absence Links Netflix’s new AI tweaks each scene individually to make video look good even on slow internet Netflix Inks Deal With 15-Theater Chain iPic Entertainment for Original Movies, Angling for Oscar Line is developing a digital assistant to take on Alexa

Skinny Bundle Changing trends in media Cord cutters Planet of the Apps Original content & binge watching Skinny Bundle Blurring lines between communication & content Links Netflix Is Killing It—Big Time—After Pouring Cash Into Original Shows Planet of the Apps Youtube Skinny Bundle Meet Caavo

IoT DIY Kits What are some of the IoT DIY kits available in Market ? Interesting projects using DIY Kits Difference between Standalone IoT kits, Cloud connected Kits, Plug & Play Kits What’s happening to Google Brillo & Weave ? Industrial automation is possibly ahead of consumer adoption of IoT? Links Standalone Kits Gemalto - The Cinterion Concept Board mbed Cellular Kit Adafruit Fona Eyeing a Self-Driving Future, Ford Drops $1B on an AI Startup Cloud Enabled IoT kits Gemalto - Konekt Line Particle (was Spark) Electron Qualcomm Internet of Everything Google Cloud IoT platform Plug & Play Kits Gemalto - Little Bits Cubelets Mesh AWS IoT Button

Transportation as a Service(TaaS) Future of commute. How transportation as service(TaaS) is different from ride shares. Impacts of TaaS on consumer, auto industry and government. Role of Self driving cars in TaaS. How TaaS will change the future of auto industry & transportation business. What auto industry is learning from mobile revolution. Links TaaS-A-mazon: Transportation as a Service Automobile-as-a-Service: How Will Your Car Serve You? The Numbers Don’t Lie: Self-Driving Cars Are Getting Good Eyeing a Self-Driving Future, Ford Drops $1B on an AI Startup

Universal Basic Income (UBI) About basic income The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respond Automation will make universal basic income a social necessity - but it needs its own founding principles If Robots and AI Steal Our Jobs, a Universal Basic Income Could Help A Plan in Case Robots Take the Jobs: Give Everyone a Paycheck France’s socialist presidential candidate is calling for a universal basic income, robot tax, and legal weed India Considers Fighting Poverty With a Universal Basic Income Indian government survey says universal basic income could combat poverty The Important Part Of India's Economic Survey - Universal Basic Income Why Arun Jaitley gave universal basic income a miss in Union Budget 2017 Economic Survey 2016-17

Drones A newbie's guide to UAVs The Most Exciting Consumer Drone News From CES 2017 The best drone you can buy How Drones Came to Your Local Farm

Bots Chat Bots & Ai Digit - How it works Chatbot Tracker: Banks & Credit Card Bots Mastercard Makes Commerce More Conversational With Launch of Chatbots for Banks and Merchants X.ai The smart bots are coming and this one is brilliant Ozlo AI assistant is the new underdog filling the void left by Viv Augmented Reality - Meet Meta | Meta Company CI Touched Augmented Reality with Meta 2 TuSens Raises $20M Investment for 'Inside-out' AR/VR Tracking EyeSight demos VR gesture control using standard phone hardware eyeSight's VR Gesture Controls Use Phone Cameras | Androidheadlines.com

CES 2017 What's Alexa up to at CES? Amazon Echo

Voice User Interface - Lex and Polly Google Home Amazon Echo Watson Conversation Amazon Lex Amazon Polly

Cashless Economy India should become world's first cashless country UPI can be critical component for cashless initiatives Is India headed towards becoming a cashless economy? National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Unified Payments Interface (UPI) Cashless society: A huge threat to our freedom

Fake News Facebook and the election How the Internet Is Loosening Our Grip on the Truth Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake News Sites Did Facebook Really Tolerate Fake News to Appease Conservatives? Facebook, in Cross Hairs After Election, Is Said to Question Its Influence Facebook alone didnt create trump click economy/ Here’s How Facebook Actually Won Trump the Presidency How Teens In The Balkans Are Duping Trump Supporters With Fake News

India Tech News Round up MichaelMoore Predits Tump Win in July IoT Center of Excellence opens in Bangalore Z Nation Lab has launched an incubation and accelerator programme in Mumbai Earlier Feb Loaded with seed fund, Kalaari plans a ‘convertible’ ride HCL, Microsoft start IoT incubation centre Reliance Big Entertainment forays into mobile video with Chillx You Tube For Kids India

Made By Google Made By Google A personal Google, just for you Introducing Pixel, our new phone made by Google Google Home VR to everyone Google Wifi Chromecast with 4K

Disrupt SF 2016 Disrupt SF 2016 Agenda Startup Battlefield Six finalists Disrupt SF 2016 Startup Battlefield EverlyWell brings lab tests home, personalized health data online Carbon Health wants to put medical data in one place for patients and their many doctors Highlights from Disrupt SF 2016

Apple Fall Event - Sep 2016 Apple Special Event, September. Keynote iWork updates Apple Watch New Series 2 Series 1 with faster CPU Apple watch edition Mix & Match Interactive Gallery Co Branding Nike+ Co Branding Hermès iPhone 7 - All New Material iPhone 7 - Hardware Specification Difference between iPhone 7 vs iPhone plus camera Difference between iPhone 7 vs iPhone plus camera iOS 10 Apple A10 Fusion Dfference Between iPhone 7 Vs iPhone 7 Plus Plus

India Tech News Round up - July 2016 Kindle Used Books Store Kindle Scout Kindle Unlimited Kindle Direct Publishing Amazon signs up Excel Entertainment to ensure enough takers for Prime service in India Flipkart content programme to take on Amazon Prime School Location Mapping Free ‘.bharat’ domain name with ‘.in’ purchase GST bill passed: Here are the winners and losers Fortune India Beta IBM unveils MobileFirst for iOS Garage in India

Cloud Foundry Summit 2016! Cloud Foundry Summit 2016! Program Phots keynote and session recordings

India Tech News Round up - June 2016 Google, TRAFI & others may get real-time info from BMTC All you need to know about BMTC's Intelligent Transport System BMTC App Xerox launches transportation aggregation app in Bengaluru Go Bengaluru Applink IRCTC's new mobile app makes flight booking simpler Trai launches mobile app to take on pesky call, SMS complaints Trai App ESPN Launches Local Multi-sport Digital Products for India and the Subcontinent in collaboration with SPN Cabinet approves setting up of India Post Payments Bank Bharat Bill Payment System RBI panel to study FinTech business in India State Bank of India sets up $30 mn fund to back fin-tech startups Matrimonial sites must verify users with valid IDs: Govt Ericsson Mobility Mary Meeker Internet Trends 2016

Thoughts on WWDC16 Keynote WWDC16 Apple Previews iOS 10, the Biggest iOS Release Ever watchOS tvOS macOS Sierra Swift Playgrounds

Pre WWDC 2016 Apple News and Updates App Store Search-Ads What’s New in Subscriptions WWDC16 WWDC16 Schedule CodeConf 2016

Computex 2016 Taipei Computex 2016 Taipei ARM's new CPU and GPU will power mobile VR in 2017 HOLOFIT computer Swissnexindia - Birdly The Ultimate Dream of Flying Birdly and HTC Vive let you fly like a bird over Manhattan Snapdragon wear 2100 SOC Windows Hello Companion Device Framework Broadwell-E

I/O: Building the next evolution of Google Google I / O Keynote Allo & Duo Quick protocol Android Instant Apps FireBase Home Android Wear 2.0 Google supercharges machine learning tasks with TPU custom chip

I/O 2016 Android N Vulkan api #NameAndroidN DayDream Home Android Wear 2.0 Xiomi Mi box - 4k ready setup box