The Developer Show — TL;DR 082
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TensorFlow Datasets and Estimators
The recent TensorFlow 1.3 release introduced datasets and estimators — two important features that you should try out. This post gives you all the details you need to do just that.
Infinite Deviation: Games
Google Play is committed to bringing new, diverse voices to gaming. Infinite Deviation: Games is a program that gives game designers from all backgrounds the chance to pitch an original mobile game concept and have it developed, published, and promoted in partnership with Google Play. Follow the link to submit your mobile game concepts by October 9th.
Cross-platform Firebase Sample App
Do you wish there were an open-sourced Firebase playbook app that you could use to see real-life use cases that also demonstrates the use of multiple Firebase products together? Well, wish no longer, FriendlyPix is here. Head on over to the post for the design doc, app links, and the GitHub link.
Open-source tools for GCP security
Spotify and Google Cloud recently worked together to develop innovative innovative security tools that help organizations protect GCP projects. They’re available in an open source community called Forseti Security; and they’re now open to all GCP users.
Managed SSL for Google App Engine
We’re excited to announce the beta release of managed SSL certificates at no charge for applications built on Google App Engine. This service automatically encrypts server-to-client communication which is an essential part of safeguarding sensitive information over the web. Getting started details are on the post.
New German GCP region
We’re also excited to announce that the first Google Cloud Platform region in Germany is now open for business. You can now choose the German region to build applications and store data.
AdWords dashboards
Having a consolidated, and comprehensive view of how your AdWords account is doing helps you spend less time creating reports, and more time identifying new opportunities. That’s why over the next several weeks, we’re rolling out dashboards: a single place in AdWords where you can bring together your most important reports and unearth insights about your business. Screenshots and details are on the post.
The Developer Show — TL;DR 081
The Developer Show is where you can stay up to date on all the latest Google Developer news, straight from the experts.
Have a question? Use #AskDevShow to let us know!
Web Share API
In Chrome 61 for Android, we’ve launched the navigator.share() method, which allows websites to invoke the native sharing capabilities of the host platform. It’s part of the simple Web Share API and allows you to easily trigger the native Android share dialog, passing either a URL or text to share. Code and screenshots are on the post.
Mobile Web Specialist Certification
We recently introduced the Mobile Web Specialist Certification to highlight developers who have in-demand skills as mobile web devs. Follow the link and get your digital badge today.
Zalando increases installs and revenue
Based in Berlin, Zalando is Europe’s leading online fashion platform. With more than 70% of its traffic now coming from mobile, the company has invested a lot in improving the quality of its app to provide a good user experience. Using features like A/B testing, the pre-launch report and the new release dashboard from the Google Play Console, Zalando saw a 6% increase in installs and a 15% increase in the users’ lifetime value. Click through to the post for the video with more details.
Shopping campaigns
The holiday season is right around the corner; so we’re rolling out new reporting to show how often your Shopping ad is in the top spot including product status reporting and absolute top impressions share. Get started with the post.
TensorBoard API
TensorBoard is a suite of visualizations for inspecting and understanding your TensorFlow models and runs. To allow the creation of new and useful visualizations, we recently made available a consistent set of APIs that allows you to add custom visualization plugins to TensorBoard. Our hope is that you use this API to extend TensorBoard and ensure that it covers a wider variety of use cases. Details, links, and screenshots are on the post.
Dedicated Interconnect
We recently announced, Dedicated Interconnect, which lets you establish a private network connection directly to Google Cloud Platform through one of our Dedicated Interconnect locations. Dedicated Interconnect also offers increased throughput and even a potential reduction in network costs. For more details and to get started, head on over to the post.
Compute Engine
A key feature of Google Compute Engine is managed instance groups, which allows you to manage collections of identical instances as a unit, to quickly deploy new VMs, and ensure they’re consistently configured. We recently announced a new managed instance group updater, to help you update your Compute Engine VMs programmatically and at scale. Details and screenshots are on the post.
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