Newsletter - October 2017

Edition #10 | October, 2017 ARCHIVE | SUBSCRIBE Cloud Firestore Public Beta Cloud Firestore is a NoSQL document database that simplifies storing, syncing, and querying data for your mobile and web apps at global scale. Its client libraries give you live synchronization and offline support, while its security features and integrations with the Firebase and Google Cloud platforms accelerate building truly serverless apps. Learn More Featured Videos Introducing Cloud Firestore        7 Steps of Machine Learning A.I. Experiments: Teachable Machine Upcoming Events The Firebase Dev Summit kicks off tomorrow, October 31st! All sessions will be livestreamed on the website so tune in to hear the exciting announcements first-hand. Save the Date GDG DevFest Season : through Nov 30, globally. AMP Roadshow : Nov & Dec, several locations.   Google Developer Days India : Dec 1-2, Bengaluru. Android The 2017 Google Play Indie Games Contest in Europe is now open for submissions. Enter for the chance to win prizes and help your game get noticed. Congratulations to the new Android Excellence apps and games for Fall 2017. Follow Google Play Apps & Games on LinkedIn for tips, trends, and industry thoughts on how to grow a successful business on Android and Play. Sign up to join the Android Wear Beta Program . Firebase Store, sync and query your app data - at global scale - using the new Cloud Firestore database . Web Recap the best moments from the Chrome Dev Summit which took place earlier this month in San Francisco. Check out new AMP page templates for e-commerce and content publishing on the redesigned AMPstart.com .   V8, the JavaScript engine used in Google Chrome and Node.js, now has its own Twitter account. Follow @v8js  for the latest updates from the world of JavaScript engines!   Misc The new Google Assistant templates let you build an app by simply filling out a spreadsheet (that’s right: no code or server configurations required ), and apps are now available to Google Assistant users in French , German , Japanese , and Korean , in addition to English. To further support your efforts in building great apps for the Google Assistant, we’ve also created a developer community program that offers a $200 monthly Google Cloud credit and more. If you’re based in the US, apply by November 30 to the Udacity Scholarship Challenge which includes project reviews, mentorship, community support, and the chance to qualify for a full Nanodegree scholarship in Android or Web development. API.AI is now called  Dialogflow ! Learn about the new name, and two new features to help you build your conversational experiences : in-line code editor to write fulfillment logic directly in the console, and multi-lingual agent support to add additional languages to your agents. We introduced our second generation family of consumer hardware products , all Made by Google , and all of which support the Google Assistant. We’ve added another Daydream-ready phone to our family - Welcome LG V30! Check out the latest hand-picked #ARCore creations from the developer community and share your own. Introducing new tips on how to optimize for the right in-app action in your AdWords Universal App Campaigns. New to AdWords? Get a coupon to try it out. Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA