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Yesterday, Vice President Pence visited Kennedy Space Center. He was given a detailed tour¹ of the spaceport and updates on its on-going evolution into a multi-user facility.

At the heart of that evolution is NASA’s relationship with private companies, including SpaceX and Boeing. Both are part of the Commercial Crew program, which will fly American astronauts to the International Space Station aboard non-NASA vehicles.

Pence spoke about this program in a lengthy speech that took place in addition to his tour. “In conjunction with our commercial partners we’ll continue to make space travel safer, cheaper, and more accessible than ever before,” he said.

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Replacing the battery in a Retina MacBook Pro is no easy task, but the folks at iFixIt are looking to change that. This kit looks great, and if I were still opening up Macs on a regular basis, I think I’d pick one up.

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There are a bunch of milestones to celebrate this week: Juno’s been at Jupiter for a year, I built his LEGO Saturn V and Pathfinder landed on Mars 20 years ago.

My thanks to our sponsor:

• Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!

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Serenity Caldwell has a long background in helping people with their Apple products. She started out as a Creative at Apple retail, teaching classes and training individuals on how to use the software that came on their devices. After writing at Macworld, she now works as the Managing Editor at iMore.

Before I was a professional podcaster, I had a career in IT. Like Serenity, that started at my local Apple Store, but behind the Genius Bar.

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On this week’s Ungeniused, things got dark:

Christmas Eve 1945 brought tragedy to the home of the Sodder family. A fire leveled their home, and four children disappeared, with little evidence left that they perished in the flames.

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This week on Connected:

Will the next iPhone eschew TouchID for facial scanning? Is Stephen keeping his Echo Show? Can Ticci explain CoreML in a way that normal humans can understand?

My thanks to our sponsors this week:

• Mack Weldon: Smart underwear for smart guys. Get 20% off with the code CONNECTED.
• Hover: Domain names for your ideas. Get 10% off your first purchase.
• Igloo: A digital workplace platform Free for up to 10 people.

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Apple spared no expense writing the introduction for this article:

macOS Sierra comes with many built-in or downloadable typefaces.

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John Oliver spent some time looking at Sinclair Broadcast Group, the company that is buying up a huge number of local TV news stations around the country. It is a fascinating — and scary — look behind the scenes of media. The views this company holds and and forces into the homes of their viewers are horrifying.

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This week on Download:

Ten years ago, the original iPhone went on sale, launching the smartphone market as we know it today. More recently, the EU fined Google 2.4 billion euros in an antitrust case, and the Amazon Echo Show has shipped to customers.

My thanks to our sponsor:

• Freshbooks: Online invoicing made easy.

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Almost every word I publish on 512 Pixels goes through MarsEdit. I’m excited to see this beta:

Because the update contains many new features that my patient users have been waiting to get their hands on, I want to give folks the option of trying it out early. I think the beta release is very stable, but you’ll have to forgive a few rough edges while I finish things up.

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Day One boss Paul Mayne:

Day One is evolving. We’re transitioning to a more stable subscription business model to ensure this app and these services always stick around.

This week we’re releasing the Day One Premium subscription service. It includes the ability to create more than ten journals and access all future premium features.

Day One has been on my iPhone’s home screen for years. It’s a fantastic journaling app for iOS and macOS. Version 2 was a paid upgrade, bringing a new design to the app, as well as a revamped sync service.

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I missed this week’s Connected, but enjoyed listening to it last night:

The Prompt Curse strikes again! Find out what has been struck down, as Myke and Federico discuss the current state of iOS 11, Ticci’s keyboard woes, reviews of the Echo Show, and ARKit.

My thanks to our sponsors this week:

• Pingdom: Start monitoring your websites and servers today. Use offer CONNECTED to get 20% off.
• Away: Travel smarter with the suitcase that charges your phone. Get $20 off with the code ‘connected’.
• Igloo: A digital workplace platform Free for up to 10 people.

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