Jump to the tl;dr below for just the updates and links.

This week on The Developer Show, I’m at the YouTube Space LA, interrupting Developer Advocates (Todd Kerpelman, Ian Lake, Rich Hyndman) with my selfie stick and your “#AskDevShow” questions.

Episode 012 — February 4th, 2016

tl;dr

Just the updates and links

Machine Learning on Udacity

  • TensorFlow makes it possible to add Machine Learning to your app without the phd. And you can now learn all about it with this new Udacity course!

Android

  • It’s one of the most downloaded DJ apps in the world. After launching on Android, the platform became the largest contributor of business growth, with 50% of total revenue and more than 70% of new downloads coming from their Android users. Find out more with this video.

Cross-platform development

  • It’s now gotten a lot easier to share an app’s non-UI code between iPhone, iPad applications and Android and web versions of the same app using this new Google-authored, open-source compiler. Check out the blog post for more.

Monetization

  • Our good friends over at App Annie have launched their 2015 retrospective, looking at the key trends from last year — including app monetization
  • Learn the pros and cons of different app monetization models, how to choose the one that’s right for you, and considerations for implementation with this new guide from the AdMob team. Another in their no nonsense series for developers.

Training

  • We recently passed 1 million students on the courses we built in partnership with Udacity. It’s a great time to join them in learning how to use technology to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.

Firebase

  • You can now use Promises with the Firebase JavaScript SDK. Check the blog post for more.