Aufgrund zahlreicher Anfragen ist der CfP für die im Oktober 2017 in London stattfindende Entwickler- und Data-Scientist-Konferenz zu den Themen Machine Learning und künstliche Intelligenz nun noch bis Ostern geöffnet.
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Statt die Sprachsynthese von Text mehrstufig zu verarbeiten, hat Google mit Tacotron ein Modell vorgestellt, das direkt aus Text eine Sprachausgabe erzeugt. In ersten Tests schneide das Modell sehr vielversprechend ab. (Google, Applikationen)
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Roboterhersteller Festo hat sich bei seinem biometrischen Greifarm an den Tentakeln eines Tintenfisches orientiert. In der Fertigung soll er flexibel einsetzbar sein.
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Erstmal gibt es nur 50 MBit/s, alle drei Mobilfunkbetreiber haben das Netz unter München mit LTE ausgestattet. Die Arbeiten konnten früher abgeschlossen werden. Ein Upgrade auf 150 MBit/s ist geplant. (Long Term Evolution, Telekom)
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Mit einem feierlichen Appell soll am kommenden Mittwoch das Kommado Cyber- und Informationsraum als sechster militärischer Organisationsbereich seine Arbeit aufnehmen.
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Updatezwang und zerstörte Festplatten: Verärgerte Windows-10-Nutzer im US-Bundesstaat Illinois verklagen Microsoft auf Schadensersatz. Windows 10 habe während der kostenlosen Upgradezeit Schäden hinterlassen. (Windows 10, Microsoft)
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Telegram unterstützt jetzt VoIP-Anrufe. Das Update wird gerade in Westeuropa eingeführt, weitere Regionen sollen folgen. Für die Verschlüsselung haben sich die Entwickler etwas Besonderes einfallen lassen.
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Stuttgart hat als erster Bahnhof eine Bahnhofsbox mit Kühlfunktion erhalten. Kunden können Lebensmittel bestellen und diese gekühlt in der Bahnhofsbox lagern und jederzeit abholen. Damit will die Deutsche Bahn vom boomenden Onlinehandel profitieren. (Deutsche Bahn, Onlineshop)
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Früher als erwartet hat der Bezahlfernsehanbieter seine macOS-Software veröffentlicht. Der Funktionsumfang ist bei der PC-Variante stark eingeschränkt.
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Apple
Apple officially opened an App Accelerator — essentially an incubator for developers creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and the Apple Watch — in the Indian city of Bengaluru on Friday. The objective is simple: getting developers in a country where 97% of smartphones run Android to dip their toes in the Apple waters.
Indian developers can sign up for free at the Accelerator where experts known as Apple Technology Evangelists will brief about 500 developers each week on developing for Apple’s platforms. According to a press release, Apple will also work with developers on a one-on-one basis to offer detailed app analysis and feedback to enhance their apps on Apple’s various platforms. Apple CEO Tim Cook had first announced the Accelerator during his visit to India in May 2016.
Phil Schiller, Apple’s Vice President of Worldwide Marketing who is in India for the launch, told Indian technology news blog Gadgets360 that Apple wants to “accelerate the quality and innovation of the apps that are being created [in India]” and to “bring some of our unique Apple expertise close to developers who are making their great software.”
It’s easy to see why that might be crucial for Apple. Thanks to Android’s dominance in emerging markets like India, developers in these countries often develop their apps for Android first, and, in some cases, Android only. More importantly, engaging with local developers would allow Apple to understand the needs of the Indian market and help tailor future versions of its operating systems to its needs, said analysts who spoke to BuzzFeed News.
“India is home to more than a million software developers, so Apple naturally wants to get as many of them as possible hooked to the Apple ecosystem,” Neil Shah, Research Director of Devices and Ecosystems at market analysis agency Counterpoint, told BuzzFeed News. “Not losing this vast talent pool to other players like Google and Facebook is essential for them.”
Shah also points out setting up a centre like this also allows the company to win brownie points with the Indian government, with which it has been grappling for months to be allowed to set up Apple Stores in India. The country’s stringent laws require certain kinds of foreign companies to source components locally before they can set up a retail presence within India, something that Apple has been resisting. “Setting up an App Accelerator in the country would help Apple show its commitment to contributing to the Indian economy by generating software jobs,” said Shah.
Apple is collaboration partners at launch are Practo, a $600 million health-tech startup based in Bengaluru, and game developer Reliance Games. But some iOS developers in India told BuzzFeed News that they wish Apple had reached out to smaller developers in the country rather than wealthy startups with dedicated Apple development teams.
“I think companies with small teams — between 5 and 40 people — are the ones that would really benefit from Apple’s Accelerator,” said Shashwat Pradhan, founder of Emberify, which makes an iOS life-logging app called Instant. “Having hands-on guidance from Apple would be great for indie developers like us who can’t really afford to go to WWDC (Apple’s annual conference for developers) in California every year.”
Quelle: <a href="Apple Just Opened A Centre In India To Help Indian Developers Make Better Apps“>BuzzFeed
