Abstract: A method for promoting social network sharing of a content item is disclosed. The method includes providing, by a processing device of a content sharing platform based on actions of a user, a user interface (UI) component to the user to share a content item of the content sharing platform on social networks, wherein the UI component to be provided in a UI presenting the content item and allowing the user to share the content item on the social networks, identifying, based on actions of the user, presentation characteristics to present the UI component to the user, wherein the presentation characteristics comprise a location of the UI component in the UI, and selecting, based on a history of the user with each of the social networks, one or more of the social networks to include in the UI component, wherein the selecting is initiated without input from the user.

Abstract: A method for conserving resources in a distributed system includes receiving an event-criteria list from a resource controller. The event-criteria list includes one or more events watched by the resource controller and the resource controller controls at least one target resource and is configured to respond to events from the event-criteria list that occur. The method also includes determining whether the resource controller is idle. When the resource controller is idle, the method includes terminating the resource controller, determining whether any event from the event-criteria list occurs after terminating the resource controller, and, when at least one event from the event-criteria list occurs after terminating the resource controller, recreating the resource controller.

Abstract: A text query from a user may be received. Playlists associated with the text query may be identified. A relevance score may be calculated for each of the playlists based at least in part on a relevance of the corresponding playlist to the text query. Furthermore, content items may be identified where each of the content items is included in at least one of the playlists. For each of the identified content items, one or more playlists that includes the corresponding content item may be identified. A score for each of the content items may be calculated based on the relevance score for each of the playlists that includes the corresponding content item. Furthermore, a new playlist may be generated for the user based on the scores for each of the content items.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing app store search results. An example method includes responsive to a first search query directed to an app store: revising the first search query to produce a second search query different from the first search query; obtaining, from an Internet search engine, second search results responsive to the second search query; analyzing the second search results to identify apps available on the app store that are relevant to the second search query; obtaining, from the app store, first search results responsive to the first search query that identify apps available in the app store; and modifying the first search results based on analyzing the second search results.

Abstract: A method includes a processor of an electronic device receiving first input signals from a first sensor in response to user contact at a first edge of the device and second input signals from a second sensor in response to user contact at a second edge of the electronic device. The first and second sensors are covered by a housing of the device. The processor determines an external context of the device based on analysis of the first input signals and the second input signals. The determined external context indicates at least a position of the device relative to a user or an orientation of the device relative to a user. Responsive to determining the external context, the electronic device executes a particular user input action.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining a clustering of images into a plurality of semantic categories. In one aspect, a method comprises: training a categorization neural network, comprising, at each of a plurality of iterations: processing an image depicting an object using the categorization neural network to generate (i) a current prediction for whether the image depicts an object or a background region, and (ii) a current embedding of the image; determining a plurality of current cluster centers based on the current values of the categorization neural network parameters, wherein each cluster center represents a respective semantic category; and determining a gradient of an objective function that includes a classification loss and a clustering loss, wherein the clustering loss depends on a similarity between the current embedding of the image and the current cluster centers.

Abstract: Systems and methods using one or more processors of a user electronic device for receiving user interactions and sending data related to those user interactions to another device. This may include receiving input comprising an interaction with the user device, identifying an application installed on the user device to which the interaction is directed to, and sending data over a network comprising an indication of a model of the user device, an identifier of the application, and an indication of the interaction. Sending the data may initiate one of a video playback, a tutorial, a demonstration, or a simulation, based on the data, on a device different than the user device. In some arrangements, the interaction is directed to a process running on the user device instead of an application.

Abstract: This document describes systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for determining media items to insert in a media stream. A first media client can play a primary media stream that is multicast to various media clients including the first media client and other media clients. The first media client identifies a start of a primary programming timeslot in the primary media stream, and in response, obtains and stores a secondary media item. After storing the secondary media item at the first media client, the first media client detects an insertion signal in the primary media stream that indicates a secondary programming timeslot is about to begin in the primary media stream. The first media client can then play the secondary media item in place of the primary media stream during the secondary programming timeslot.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including a housing defining a top surface, a bottom surface, and first and second side surfaces. Also included is a first rail extending from the first side surface and a second rail extending from the second surface such that when the first and second rails are slidably engaged with a third surface. A blower device is included that is axially disposed between the top and bottom surface, wherein a first end of the housing defines a first plenum outlet, the top surface defines a plenum inlet, the bottom surface defines a second plenum outlet that is positioned on a second side of the blower device and that fluidly couples the first plenum chamber to the second plenum chamber. Further, the second plenum chamber is formed by the first and second rails, the bottom surface and the third surface has a third plenum outlet.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for resolving ambiguity in received voice queries. An original voice query is received following one or more earlier voice queries, wherein the original voice query includes a pronoun or phrase. In one implementation, a plurality of acoustic parameters is identified for one or more words in the original voice query. A concept represented by the pronoun is identified based on the plurality of acoustic parameters, wherein the concept is associated with a particular query of the one or more earlier queries. The concept is associated with the pronoun. Alternatively, a concept may be associated with a phrase by using grammatical analysis of the query to relate the phrase to a concept derived from a prior query.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for restricted accounts on a mobile platform. A request to create a restricted account may be received. The restricted account may be a user account with a restriction. Credentials for the restricted account may be received. A restriction for the restricted account may be received. The restriction may include an access restriction or a lifetime restriction. An access restriction may prevent an application from accessing the restricted account and a lifetime restriction may limit the lifetime of the restricted account. The restricted account may be stored with the credentials and the restriction. A request may be received for a list of user accounts from an application. The restricted account may be determined to include an access restriction that prevents the application from accessing the restricted account. The list of user accounts may be sent to the application and without an identifier for the restricted account.

Abstract: A database server receives a request from a client application for performing a data transaction on persistent data storage. The request is sent to a set of replication servers. An acknowledgement for the request is received from each replication server, including a start sequence number and an end sequence number for data that is stored in local cache of the replication server, and a latest committed sequence number for data that was written to the persistent data storage by the replication server. A maximum value of latest committed sequence numbers received from the set of replication servers is determined. For each replication server, it is examined whether there is a gap between the start sequence number for data stored in local cache and the maximum value of the latest committed sequence numbers. Based on the examining, it is determined whether there is an occurrence of loss of data.

Abstract: Systems and Methods disclosed herein relate to providing a message to an application programming interface (API). The message includes a request for data from a data model, a submission of data to the data model, or both; and a host selection between: a representational state transfer (REST) host and a subscription-based application programming interface (API) host, wherein the REST host receives REST-based messages and the subscription-based API host receives messages in accordance with a standard of the subscription-based API host; wherein the request for data, the submission of data, or both are configured to create, delete, modify, or any combination thereof data related to a smart-device environment structure, a thermostat, a hazard detector, or any combination thereof stored in a data model accessible by the API.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for performing multi-task learning. In one method a system obtains a respective set of training data for each of multiple machine learning tasks. For each of the machine learning tasks, the system configures a respective teacher machine learning model to perform the machine learning task by training the teacher machine learning model on the training data. The system trains a single student machine learning model to perform the multiple machine learning tasks using (i) the configured teacher machine learning models, and (ii) the obtained training data.

Abstract: A parallel convolutional neural network is provided. The CNN is implemented by a plurality of convolutional neural networks each on a respective processing node. Each CNN has a plurality of layers. A subset of the layers are interconnected between processing nodes such that activations are fed forward across nodes. The remaining subset is not so interconnected.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for including information in an invitation from a first to connect with a second user that identifies a context regarding how the first user found the second user. A system can include a request component configured to receive, at a first network source, information identifying a second user that a first user has selected to send an invitation to connect with at the first network source, a context component configured to determine a context regarding selection of the second user by the first user, including where the first user found the information identifying the second user, and a generation component configured to generate an invitation that invites the second user to connect with the first user at the first network source. The invitation comprises first user identification information and context information identifying the context regarding the selection of the second user by the first user.

Abstract: An apparatus is described that include a line buffer unit composed of a plurality of a line buffer interface units. Each line buffer interface unit is to handle one or more requests by a respective producer to store a respective line group in a memory and handle one or more requests by a respective consumer to fetch and provide the respective line group from memory. The line buffer unit has programmable storage space whose information establishes line group size so that different line group sizes for different image sizes are storable in memory.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended content based on social cues are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, a method for presenting recommended content is provided comprising: receiving a query associated with a user; generating a list of relevant media content items based on the query; selecting items for presentation to the user based on social relevance scores based on social connections of the user that have consumed a relevant item and contextual relevance scores for each item; causing the selected items to be presented to the user; and indicating that a particular item was consumed by a particular social connection.