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Sync Mobile Apps with the Cloud via Change Tracking API

Davide MauriApril 10, 2020Apr 10, 202004/10/20

Change Tracking API + JSON will make your dev life and mobile application data sync so easy you won’t believe it’s Azure SQL.

Announcing the Xamarin + Azure Functions Challenge!

Christos MatskasSeptember 24, 2019Sep 24, 201909/24/19

A new developer coding challenge has emerged. Do you have what it takes to build and run a simple Xamarin app that uses Azure Functions to run tasks in the cloud? Choose to enter and you'll find yourself in a draw for some really cool prizes. Read the blog for details - your challenge awaits.

Upgrade Your App with Sentiment Analysis

Brandon MinnickOctober 4, 2018Oct 4, 201810/4/18

Azure's Text Analytics Service makes it easy to add sentiment analysis to our cross-platform apps. Let's see how with this to implement it in a Xamarin app!

Using Object Detection from inside your Xamarin app

Jim BennettSeptember 6, 2018Sep 6, 201809/6/18

Microsoft Cognitive Services provide a great way to get started with AI without being a machine learning or data science expert. A common favorite of cognitive services is the Custom Vision Service. The first version of this service allowed you to easily build an image classifier model that you could access either via a REST API (with an SDK available for Xamarin apps), or by downloading a model that can be run on your device using either CoreML, TensorFlow or WindowsML (we looked at using TensorFlow in an Android app in an earlier blog post).

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