What do developers think of open source, AI, machine learning, and net...

What do developers think of open source, AI, machine learning, and net... xda-developers Mar 22, 2018 10:10 PM • by Joe Fedewa What do developers think of open source, AI, machine learning, and net neutrality? A few of the big trends in technology these last few years have been AI and machine learning. The software is getting smarter and developers have access to some awesome tools. That doesn't mean all developers have embraced the trends. Digital Ocean, a U.S.-based cloud infrastructure provider, has released their quarterly report on developer trends. The report covers everything from AI to net neutrality to open source. AI and machine learning are popular but not widely used. The report found 74% of developers are not using AI or ML tools in their workflow, but 81% want to learn more about them. Google TensorFlow (17%) is the most popular choice among those who are using AI and machine learning. 46% of developers are most excited about advancements in automated machine learning. Net neutrality has been a big issue in the U.S. this year. 61% of devs worldwide believe the FCC made the wrong decision. The number jumps up to 83% when it's only U.S. developers. However, over half (54%) of them don't believe the repeal will affect their work and 37% did not take any action to stop the repeal. Open source is obviously an important thing here in the Android community, but what do devs as a whole think about it? Developers were asked what they thought was the biggest advantage of open source. 37% felt it increased the sense of community among developers. 30% said it improved code quality. They were then asked about the biggest roadblocks for open source adoption. 50% said vendors prefer to lock users into proprietary systems. 46% cited a lack of professional support. The full report has a lot of interesting information about developer interests. The survey was made up of nearly 6,000 developers ranging from age 18-65+ (most were in the 25-34 range). 90% of the participants were male and the majority work in the IT and Services field. Check out the full report linked below for more information. Source: Digital Ocean Android Advices Mar 21, 2018 7:27 PM • by Pavan Kumar B.C Sharp Aquos S3 Mini Smartphone Announced with FHD+ display & 6GB RAM Sharp has announced a new device in China called Aquos S3 Mini and we are not sure if the rumored Aquos S3 will be launched. This handset will come in Black, Blue, and Gold color variants and is priced at 1599 Yuan (Approx US$ 252) in China via Jd.com. Sharp has also included a fingerprint sensor on the rear to enhance the security levels. Apart from these, the front camera on this device comes with AI portrait selfies and also has face unlocking feature that can unlock the handset in just 0.1 seconds. Coming to the device, the Sharp Aquos S3 Mini sports a 5.5-inch (1080 x 2040 pixels) FHD+ LCD display with 2.5D  curved glass on top and with 550 nits brightness, 135% sRGB color coverage. Under the hood, there is an Octa-Core Snapdragon 630 14nm SoC coupled with 3GB of RAM and either Adreno 508 GPU / Adreno 512 GPU. The onboard storage is limited to 64GB which can be further extended up to a maximum of 128GB via microSD card slot which also be used to insert secondary SIM slot. The handset supports Hybrid Dual SIM card and also has other options like 4G VoLTE, GPS, A-GPS and few more. On the camera front, there is a 16MP rear-facing camera with LED flash, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture which will be accompanied with 20MP selfie camera with F/2.0 aperture size. It will come out of the box with Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system with Smile Ux on top and is also expected to get further updates. The Aquos S3 Mini measures 142.7 x 73 x 7.8 mm and weighs 140 grams. There is a 3020mAh battery on the back to power this handset that comes with USB Type-C port. Are you planning to get this device from Aquos? Comment in the section below if you have any queries on the same and stay tuned to Android Advices for more news and updates. This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). It is the potion result of 'Tech: Topic watch' from the dashboard 'Personal Dashboard', tab 'Tech > Android'. Unsubscribe © Netvibes 2005-2018 | Terms of service | Privacy Policy Find Netvibes also on: Facebook Twitter Google+ Flickr

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