What if every car, dishwasher, and light switch was connected to the internet? 

If you're building an IoT (Internet of Things)-based gadget, one thing you might want to know about is when USB devices are attached to or removed from your platform. 

Graph extensions in SQL Server 2017 will facilitate users in linking different pieces of connected data to help gather powerful insights and increase operational agility. Graphs are well suited for applications where relationships are important, such as fraud detection, risk management, social networks, recommendation engines, predictive analysis, dependence analysis, and IoT applications. In this session we will demonstrate how you can use SQL Graph extensions to build your application using graph data. 

Canonical Releases Ubuntu Core 20 for Iot Devices and Embedded Systems.  

.NET Core, the reinvention of the Microsoft .NET Framework as an open source, cross-platform development choice, is a key focus of the upcoming features planned for the Visual Studio IDE.

In conjunction with .NET Standard -- a spec detailing what .NET APIs should be available on all .NET implementations -- .NET Core retains compatibility with .NET Framework, Xamarin and Mono while letting developers use Windows, macOS or Linux machines to code for mobile, cloud and embedded/IoT projects.

While still primarily driven by Microsoft dev teams, .NET Core is hosted on a GitHub repository and is supported by the .NET Foundation, an independent organization created by Microsoft three years ago to improve its open source development and collaboration.

Peeking at the Visual Studio Roadmap (updated last week) reveals .NET Core figures prominently in upcoming functionality for the IDE, both in the near-term and long:  

2015 has been a monumental year for Cloud Technology and SaaS in particular. So much has happened, and so much has been discussed, and capturing the very best was not an easy task. Still, I managed to gather what I believe are the top 20 of 2015, from mistakes every SaaS vendor needs to avoid, to insights about the future of Microsoft.  

public class Car {}
public class SportsCar : Car
{
   public string Color { get; set; }
}

public static void Run<T>(T car) where T : Car
{
   if (car is SportsCar sportsCar)
   {
   }

   switch (car)
   {
      case SportsCar sCar:
      break;
   }
}

 An expression of type "T" cannot be handled by a pattern of type "SportsCar"

public static void Run<T>(T car) where T : Car
{
   if ((object)car is SportsCar sportsCar)
   {
   }

   switch ((object)car)
   {
      case SportsCar sCar:
      break;
   }
}