IoT: ThingSpeak

Hello ThingSpeak | Coding4Fun Blog | Channel 9:

"ThingSpeak is a platform providing various services exclusively targeted for building IoT applications. It offers the capabilities of real-time data collection, visualizing the collected data in the form of charts, ability to create plugins and apps for collaborating with web services, social network and other APIs."

ML: Recommendation Engine by Azure Machine Learning and Azure Mobile Services

How to Build a Recommendation Engine using Azure Machine Learning and Azure Mobile Services | DevRadio | Channel 9
"Jesus Aguilar will show you how to build a recommendation engine for your web site using Azure Machine Learning and Azure Mobile Services."


Build a Recommendation System for your Blog or Web Site using Azure Machine Learning and Azure Mobile Services (blog)

ML, Google: Large Scale Machine Learning

static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en/us/people/jeff/CIKM-keynote-Nov2014.pdf
Large Scale Deep Learning, by Jeff Dean

RecSys 2014 Keynote by Jeff Dean: Large Scale Machine Learning for Predictive Tasks, Pt. 1 - YouTube



RecSys 2014 Keynote by Jeff Dean Large Scale Machine Learning for Predictive Tasks Pt 2 - YouTube

BLU Windows Phones

U.S. manufacturer BLU enters the Windows Phone market:
"Microsoft has removed the licensing fees for Windows Phone 8.1, and at the same time, has lifted hardware requirements except for the use of a Qualcomm processor. Microsoft also launched a portal site recently, designed for wannabe low-cost Windows Phone producers."

Blu, Prestigio and Yezz: Who are these companies designing Windows Phones? — Tech News and Analysis @ gigaom

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Finally, Microsoft realized that the competitor is Android, not iPhone.

-$10 Toshiba Windows 8.1 tablet

Microsoft rings in 12 days of holiday deals with $79 Toshiba tablet - CNET:

"7-inch HD 768x 1,280 touchscreen, a quad-core Intel Atom Z3735G processor, 1GB of memory and 16GB worth of internal storage... (with)
A one-year subscription to Office 365 Personal alone would cost you $70 a year. Second, Microsoft includes a 16GB MicroSD card valued at $20."

So effective price is -$10 :-)