Federico Viticci

10791 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.
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The MultiTasking War: ProSwitcher Goes Public Beta, Multifl0w Update Imminent

We all knew this was gonna happen. The day Ryan Petrich announced he was working on a new application to manage backgrounded apps on the iPhone, everyone thought of Multifl0w, and how ProSwitcher (this is the name of the new app by Petrich) could become the new, best multitasking application from Cydia. And here we are today, with ProSwitcher in public beta and a multifl0w update on its way. I’ve been trying ProSwitcher for a few hours now, and I’ve already ditched Multifl0w for it.

Find out why.

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Mozilla Sees Firefox Mobile “Killing” App Stores

From Electronista:

“Mozilla mobile VP Jay Sullivan in an interview Thursday made the aggressive claim that Firefox Mobile will put an end to app stores like the iPhone’s App Store or BlackBerry App World. As the smartphone web browser will share much of the desktop Firefox’s engine and render both complex HTML and JavaScript, the senior employee anticipates many developers opting to write web apps instead of producing native code”

Sure. I think Jay hasn’t realized developers don’t actually make money from the App Store. The problem is not Firefox mobile killings the App Store, the problem are developers ditching the App Store in favor of Mobile Safari.

That’s what we should talk about.

Interview with the GoSquared Team

As a part of the MacStories Apps Tree event (where you’ll find a huge giveaway worth $10.000 of 450 Mac and iPhone apps licenses), I had the chance to interview the team of GoSquared. GoSquared provides the amazing tool called LiveStats (which I use on daily base) that enables you to watch your website’s traffic flow in real time. I heard they were also working on new stuff, so I decided to send them some questions and they’ve been so kind to reply with long and interesting responses, for one of the best interviews I’ve had in a long time.

This is the 5th of many interviews and guest posts I’ll publish on MacStories during this week.

Enjoy!

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Iconic Design

As a part of the MacStories Apps Tree event (where you’ll find a huge giveaway worth $10.000 of 450 Mac and iPhone apps licenses), I thought it would be interesting to hear the voice of Mac designers and developers about the steps that go into desigining and developing an application for Mac OS X. Or an application’s icon.

This is a guest post by Anthony Piraino, designer at the Iconfactory.

Have a good read.

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The Ultimate Introduction to Applescript, Part 2: Scripting Concepts and Samples

Applescript, that amazing resource many Mac users ignore because they think it’s too complex. Guys, Applescript is an amazing tool to get things done automatically, though I recognize many of you just don’t want to get started because you don’t have the right motivation, or you just don’t know enough about it. I wrote a post which collected the best examples of Applescript but still, there wasn’t a real introduction.

That’s why I asked my friend Jesse from iScript Netcast to get started on a posts series about Applescript. This is the second part of the series, be sure to read the first part “The Ultimate Introduction to Applescript” if you missed it. You can also get in touch with iScript Netcast on Twitter here.

Enjoy!

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Choosy: Choosing the Right Browser for You Since 2008

Though a few months ago I wrote a huge roundup about the ultimate list of browsers for Mac which featured more than 40 of them, there are actually 4 main browers: Safari, Firefox, Opera and Chrome. The rest is either made of variations / beta versions or just shit. That said, if you’re a designer or a developer it’s very likely that you need to test the websites you’re creating under different rendering engines. But what a pain can be to manually open overtime a different link in a different browser? A huge pain.

Here’s where Choosy comes in.

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