Summary: This week we follow up on Apple's drop of affiliate commissions with Kim Ahlberg. We also follow up on Mac App Store vs direct purchasing after Handbrake was hacked with malware. We also followup on Apple in the Classroom. We discuss Uber launching a Toronto branch of their self-driving car research group. Tim's talks about his recent training session on clean architecture with Jorge Ortiz. Jaime introduces the Amazon Echo Show and the updated Visual Studio for Mac. Picks: Fira Code font, Yelp Local Graph, "Clarity, Cohesion, Coupling, Complexity". <strong>Episode 143 Show Links:</strong> <ul class="links"> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kimahlberg/status/862043826239660032" target="_blank">Kim Ahlberg's Tweets on Apple Affiliate Commissions </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macstories.net/news/apple-clarifies-that-affiliate-program-changes-affect-in-app-purchases-only/" target="_blank">Apple Clarifies That Affiliate Program Changes Affect In-App Purchases Only</a></li> <li><a href="https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x1D.html" target="_blank">HandBrake Hacked!</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/08/apple-nears-800-billion-market-cap/" target="_blank">Apple Reaches $800 Billion Valuation On Path to Becoming World's First Trillion Dollar Company</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.speirs.org/blog/2017/3/28/whats-new-in-apple-classroom-20" target="_blank">What's new in Apple Classroom 2.0</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-ipad-vs-google-chromebook-education-schools-2017-3" target="_blank">Excerpt - "Some online joked that Apple should call it the iPad "education edition," partially because it's priced at $70 less than the iPad Air 2 it replaced"</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/uber-launching-toronto-branch-of-self-driving-car-research-group-1.4104330" target="_blank">Uber launching Toronto branch of self-driving car research group</a></li> <li><a href="https://8thlight.com/blog/uncle-bob/2012/08/13/the-clean-architecture.html" target="_blank">The Clean Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/5/9/15590978/amazon-echo-show-touchscreen-price-release-date" target="_blank">Amazon officially unveils touchscreen Echo Show</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2017/5/9/15592686/alexa-voice-calling-messaging-features-announced-amazon-echo" target="_blank">Amazon is adding voice calling and messaging to Echo devices and the Alexa app</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/26/amazon-echo-look/" target="_blank">Amazon Echo Look is a voice-controlled camera for fashion tips</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15604404/hp-microsoft-cortana-speaker-hardware" target="_blank">HP is also building its own Cortana speaker</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-mac/" target="_blank">What’s New in Visual Studio for Mac</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/content/?keywords=%23CanadaTechTalent&origin=GLOBAL_SEARCH_HEADER" target="_blank">Canada battles US for tech talent</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz1cEO01LLc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygène</a></li> </ul> <strong>Episode 143 Picks:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://visualstudioextensions.vlasovstudio.com/2017/05/01/improve-code-readability-with-programming-ligatures-in-fira-code-font/" target="_blank">Pick: Fira Code font</a></li> <li><a href="https://engineeringblog.yelp.com/2017/05/introducing-yelps-local-graph.html" target="_blank">Pick: Yelp Local Graph</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.skilled.io/u/swiftsummit/the-four-cs" target="_blank">Pick: Clarity, Cohesion, Coupling, Complexity</a></li> </ul>
