Xamarin += Charles Petzold

Yet Another Podcast #128: The Legendary Charles Petzold | Jesse Liberty:
Xamarin (.NET tools for iOS and Android) is gaining popularity, and now with Charles Petzold on board it will certainly have excellent documentation! In particular Xamarin Forms make a credible  portable mobile GUI platform.

• Charles Petzold’s site
• Xamarin
• Xamarin Forms
• White Paper on Xamarin
• Show Me The Xaml
• Petzold Book Blog - New Book — New Chapter in Life
• Xamarin Acquires Petzold | Xamarin Blog

IoT: Red Hat, security and messaging

Here's How Red Hat Entered the Massive Internet of Things Market Without Even Trying (GE, RHT):

"Red Hat, we need a slimmed-down version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to go on our products, because we can't have our refrigerator or our TV all of a sudden getting hacked and spouting spam or people turning on the cameras,' etc.

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So Red Hat was basically pushed into the Internet of Things, by having robust security and messaging systems..."

IoT: Microsoft's startups accelerator

Meet the 10 startups in Microsoft's new Internet of Things and home automation accelerator - GeekWire:

"a closer look at the 10 companies Microsoft has picked to participate in the program, which begins this fall in Redmond."

IoT: another infographics

What is the Internet of Things? (Infographic) @ What's The Big Data?