Summary: We start in on Apple's lightening of HomeKit requirements for manufacturers. We discuss iOS features that haven't been widely reported on. We look at the watchOS 4's frontmost app state and Joe Cieplinski's post on designing of the Touch Bar. Picks: CoreML Helpers, Objective-C Playgrounds, Realm Academy. <strong>Episode 156 Show Links:</strong> <ul class="links"> <li><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/04/apple_drops_homekit_chip_requirement/" target="_blank">Apple pulls massive HomeKit chip U-turn to keep up with Amazon Echo and Google Home</a></li> <li><a href="http://jordansmith.io/ios-11-sdk-features-that-didnt-make-the-headlines/" target="_blank">iOS 11 SDK Features that Didn't Make the Headlines</a></li> <li><a href="https://kristina.io/watchos-4-frontmost-app-state/" target="_blank">watchOS 4: Frontmost App State</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.livingcomputers.org/" target="_blank">Living Computer Museum</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pacificsciencecenter.org/" target="_blank">Pacific Science Museum</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Pop_Culture" target="_blank">Museum of Pop Culture (formerly Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame)</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.joecieplinski.com/blog/2017/07/18/designing-better-touch-bar-experiences/" target="_blank">Designing Better Touch Bar Experiences</a></li> <li><a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206995" target="_blank">Automatically unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch</a></li> <li><a href="https://360idev.com/" target="_blank">360iDev.com - 360iDev.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mackoandcauz?lang=en" target="_blank">Macko & Cauz Podcast (@MackoAndCauz) | Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-money" target="_blank">Planet Money : NPR</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/not-there-yet/id1235766960?mt=2&uo=4&at=10I662" target="_blank">Not There Yet by Terence C. Gannon on Apple Podcasts</a></li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Demoiselles_d%27Avignon" target="_blank">Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Wikipedia</a> — Les Demoiselles d'Avignon</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film)" target="_blank">Alien (film) - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/movies/15-changes-to-the-original-star-wars-trilogy-125345399182.html" target="_blank">15 Changes to the Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy That Still Make Us Crazy</a></li> </ul> <strong>Episode 156 Picks:</strong> <ul class="links"> <li><a href="https://github.com/hollance/CoreMLHelpers" target="_blank">Pick: CoreMLHelpers</a></li> <li><a href="https://academy.realm.io/" target="_blank">Pick: Realm Academy - Expert content from the mobile experts</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Playgrounds" target="_blank">Pick: GitHub - krzysztofzablocki/Playgrounds: Better playgrounds that work both for Objective-C and Swift</a></li> </ul>
