Newsletter - December 2017

Edition #12 | December, 2017 ARCHIVE | SUBSCRIBE   The December edition is hitting your inbox a bit earlier than usual in the month so you don’t miss a thing before the holiday season. Happy holidays, and we’ll see you in 2018 for more! Featured Videos Improving Retention for Android Apps   A/B Test Like a Pro with Firebase   New developer YouTube Series: “Build Out”     Android Get your game noticed by industry experts and players by entering your game in the first-ever Google Play Indie Games Festival in Latin America (by Dec 20th) or the Google Play Indie Games Contest in Europe (by Dec 31st). Firebase Scaling your Realtime Database just got a lot easier with multi-database support in your Firebase projects. Web Allow your users to sign up on your website with a single tap and keep them signed in automatically when they return to your site on any device or browser. New Forrester research finds positive ROI among websites using AMP , including 20% increase in sales conversions for e-commerce merchants. Misc Catch-up on the sessions from Google Developer Days India if you weren’t able to follow the event in real-time earlier this month. Congratulations to the winners of the Actions on Google Developer Challenge ! Introducing AIY Vision Kit , a compact cardboard kit that lets you add object recognition and facial emotion detection to your Raspberry Pi-based projects. Build a device that sees people, pets, objects, and emotions and can respond accordingly — like play music when someone comes home or sound the alarm when your sibling enters your room. GDGs around the world have been busy hosting ~400 DevFest events  in 73 countries! Find other events your local GDG chapter is hosting soon - these are a great opportunity to meet fellow developers in your community who share your passion. The fifth class of Launchpad Accelerator is about to begin! As part of the six-month program, portfolio startups receive equity-free support, two weeks of all-expenses-paid training at Google headquarters in California, personalized mentorship from Google and Silicon Valley experts, credits for Google products, and more. Last month, Launchpad hosted its second-annual Female Founders Summit bringing together over 250 leaders in technology to help expand and support the community of women-led startups. Find and attend events like this one taking place at the Launchpad Space in San Francisco .  Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 USA