Federico Viticci

10788 posts on MacStories since April 2009

Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.


Snippet, Swatch, PunchClock Winners Announced

Thanks everyone who entered the Fuel Collective giveaways. We’re getting near to the end of this Fuel Collective special week, so don’t miss the huge bundle giveaway we’ve launched today.

Here are the winners:

Swatch: Thomly

Snippet: brant

PunchClock: leon

You’ll receive the licenses in your inbox in a matter of a few hours. Stay tuned for other giveaways coming this week.

You can follow the official MacStories Twitter account as @macstoriesnet or Federico as @viticci.


Gmail Updated for the iPad

ReadWriteWeb

“Built on the year-old HTML5 Gmail web app for the iPhone, the Gmail for iPad sports a double column display and looks great with whole threads unfurled. “Tablets like the iPad give us even more room to innovate,” the Gmail team said today.”

Looks great.


Why You Shouldn’t Read The “Why You Shouldn’t Buy An iPad” Posts (Now)

Some people just don’t get it.

Gina Trapani (founding editor of Lifehacker) has posted a new entry on Fastcompany’ blog called “Why You Shouldn’t Buy an iPad (Yet)”, giving us some arguable points about why we should skip the current iPad generation (let’s simply call it iPad 1st gen) and wait for better, less buggy, cheaper device next year.

I’ve never understood this way of thinking, and never will.

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Dragon Dictation Now Optimized for iPad

Dragon Dictation, the popular (and great) text to speech utility for iPhone, has just been updated to an iPad compatible (universal) version. The iPad version obviously takes advantage of the new screen, but it’s basically a raw port of the iPhone one. Available for free here, check out the screenshots after the break.

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