This week Jaime follows up on Google IO – Android Instant Apps & FireBase, as well as Google Play services. We delve into Firebase’s new platform. Tim also follows up on discussions with Ryan MacLeod developer of Blackbox (SPOILER: 24:30 – 27:00). We discuss Apple’s future plans with rumored Siri SDK and a voice-enabled home device as well as Vocal IQ. We look at Apple technologies and make predictions of what Apple will introduce at WWDC16. We also look at the upcoming 5G technologies. Picks: Xcode search, Blockhead, Mekorama (we CollectionView and ScrollView in the after show)
Yes, I incorrectly stated the power charger requirement for iPads. It requires a 10 volt charger.
“Instant gratification takes too long.” – Carrie Fisher

from the Toronto Star – May 23, 2016
Siri Icon illustration by Sam Beckett
Episode 93 Show Notes:
- Android Instant-Apps
- Buzzfeed
- Android – Platform Versions
- FireBase – New Web Site
- A Look at the New Firebase: A Powerful Google Platform
- How I got 10,000 five star reviews in 4 weeks
- BlackboxPuzzles
- Ryan McLeod
- Report: Apple planning Siri SDK for WWDC as it builds Amazon Echo/Google Home hardware competitor
- Apple’s Secret AI Technology: Meet Vocal IQ the self learning technology that is a part of Siri2.
- Amazon Echo
- Jibo Robot
- WWDC16
- Swift vs Objective-C dynamism
- Inessential by Brent Simmons (look for articles in late May 2016)
- Ready Player One
- 5G Networks will do so much more than stream cat videos
- Canada’s major telecoms set to leap into 5G technology
- PlugBug World
- http://www.thingcharger.com
- MartinMagni.com
- Monument Valley
- WWDC 11 – Advanced ScrollView Techniques
Episode 93 Picks:
- 0000 0001 – Xcode search
- 0000 0010 – Blockhead
- Mekorama
- App Annie
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