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The ML Kit, a software development kit (SDK) for app developers on iOS & Android that allows them to integrate into their apps a number of pre-built Google-provided machine learning models.
Reports: InfoWorld, Android Police, TechCrunch
There were many announcements at this developers’ conference but we think the most notable 1 was FB’s announcement of a dating service like Tinder to its main mobile app. Where did this come from?
Reports: Wired, BBC News, New York Magazine, CNBC, Silicon Valley Business Journal
On, off, on, off, that’s what’s been happening on the voice calling feature of WhatsApp for iOS. You can make voice calls through WhatsApp from an Apple device but so far, it requires a jailbroken phone. Soon, that may be a thing of the past, as WhatsApp plans to officially introduce voice calling on its iOS app. Cofounder Brian Acton announced this at the Facebook’s F8 developers conference in Los Angeles, USA.
Reports: Forbes, Mashable, Bitbag, Express.co.uk, Venturebeat
With over 2,500 developers in attendance, Mark Zuckerberg highlighted 3 themes of F8 this year in his keynote address – putting people 1st, giving people more options to connect through the Facebook family of apps, & previewing the future of sharing.