Nico Vermeir gave a presentation on SignalR and Windows Phone 8. SignalR is an ASP.NET library that enables real-time client-server communication. It uses technologies like HTML5 WebSockets to provide two-way communication between a server and various client platforms including Windows Phone 8, Windows 8, Silverlight 5 and jQuery. SignalR is used in applications like Jabbr and Shootr to enable features like notifications, chat and multiplayer gaming through continuous data connections. The presentation included a demo and discussion of use cases for SignalR.