Newly created projects have many outdated dependencies

[dcgudeman]

The number of dependencies out of date seems a bit excessive. Could these be updated and tested?

yarn outdated v1.6.0
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Package                    Current         Wanted          Latest  Package Type    URL
amazon-cognito-identity-js 1.31.0          1.31.0          2.0.6   dependencies    http://aws.amazon.com/cognito
aws-amplify                0.2.15          0.2.15          0.4.1   dependencies    https://github.com/aws/aws-amplify#readme
aws-sdk                    2.177.0         2.177.0         2.245.1 dependencies    https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-js
babel-jest                 20.0.3          20.0.3          22.4.4  devDependencies https://github.com/facebook/jest#readme
babel-preset-react-native  2.1.0           2.1.0           4.0.0   devDependencies https://github.com/facebook/react-native/tree/master/babel-preset/README.md
buffer                     5.0.7           5.1.0           5.1.0   dependencies    https://github.com/feross/buffer
eslint                     4.4.1           4.19.1          4.19.1  devDependencies https://eslint.org
eslint-config-airbnb       15.1.0          15.1.0          16.1.0  devDependencies https://github.com/airbnb/javascript
eslint-plugin-import       2.7.0           2.12.0          2.12.0  devDependencies https://github.com/benmosher/eslint-plugin-import
eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y     6.0.2           6.0.3           6.0.3   devDependencies https://github.com/evcohen/eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y#readme
eslint-plugin-react        7.2.1           7.8.2           7.8.2   devDependencies https://github.com/yannickcr/eslint-plugin-react
flow-bin                   0.52.0          0.52.0          0.72.0  devDependencies https://github.com/flowtype/flow-bin#readme
jest                       20.0.4          20.0.4          22.4.4  devDependencies http://facebook.github.io/jest/
prop-types                 15.6.0          15.6.1          15.6.1  dependencies    https://facebook.github.io/react/
react                      16.0.0-alpha.12 16.0.0-alpha.12 16.3.2  dependencies    https://reactjs.org/
react-devtools             2.5.0           2.5.2           3.2.3   dependencies    https://github.com/facebook/react-devtools.git
react-native               0.47.1          0.47.1          0.55.4  dependencies    https://github.com/facebook/react-native#readme
react-native-elements      0.15.0          0.15.0          0.19.1  dependencies    https://github.com/react-native-training/react-native-elements#readme
react-native-vector-icons  4.3.0           4.6.0           4.6.0   dependencies    https://github.com/oblador/react-native-vector-icons
react-navigation           1.0.0-beta.12   1.0.0-beta.12   2.0.1   dependencies    https://github.com/react-navigation/react-navigation#readme
react-test-renderer        16.0.0-alpha.12 16.0.0-alpha.12 16.3.2  devDependencies https://reactjs.org/
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