Federico Viticci

10878 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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Fox News Reviews The Apple TV→

Fox News Reviews The Apple TV

So here’s how it works. Let’s say I’m out watching an episode of Star Trek on my iPad. When I walk in my front door I can continue watching that same episode on my ginormous HDTV with the flick of a finger, and vice versa. How handy is that?

Apple told me the company has opened this feature to third-party developers, and  that’s where my imagination runs wild. Think of the possibilities! Imagine the apps you could be flicking back and forth across all of your iDevices: NPR, Netflix, YouTube, MLB, Hulu, Internet Radio, Pandora, the list goes on. AirPlay could be the most important Apple announcement in years.

Here’s to hoping for a great Apple TV commercial featuring AirPlay.

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Found Footage: iPad Street Musician

Of all the things one could ever do with an iPad, this girl thought being an Apple-powered street musician could turn out to be a good idea. So she went out there, turn her iPad on and started playing the hell out of a sitar in Seline HD.

No need to tell you that this is just great and you have to check out the video below. Read more

Two New iPhones and Unknown New Device Spotted in iOS 4.1 for Apple TV

The iOS 4.1 firmware for the new Apple TV is turning out to be quite a source of surprises. After the new Remote icon and external storage support, 9to5mac found out that 2 new iPhones and a brand new device are referenced in the firmware’s USBDeviceConfiguration .plist file.

We know that the iPhone 4 has always been known as iPhone 3,1, but we’re seeing iPhone 3,2 and 3,3 here. White iPhone? Verizon iPhone? Redesigned-antenna version? Steve Jobs knows. A 20547 unknown device is also referenced. Yes, you can start speculating now. Read more

PlainText: It’s Like Text Edit for iOS, Plus Sync

There’s no shortage of writing apps on the iPad. With the release of Writer by IA last week (which seems to be doing great in the App Store) and the likes of Simplenote and Elements before it, there are enough applications to satisfy any kind of user. PlainText is the latest app from well-known developer Jesse Grosjean of HogBay Software (developer of Writeroom and Taskpaper) that allows you to write in a clutter-free paper-like environment while syncing everything to Dropbox. Plus, it’s free in the App Store. Read more

Wired’s 5 Reasons the Media Covers Apple So Much→

Wired’s 5 Reasons the Media Covers Apple So Much

In the past year, headlines about Apple took up 15.1 percent of tech news coverage, while articles about Google constituted about 11.4 percent, and a meager 3 percent were about software giant Microsoft, according to the Pew Research Center study.

Guilty as charged.

Here at Wired.com we confess that we write about Apple more than any other company. Cuff us. But first, hear our reasons why we opt to cover the big A more than its rivals.

“Apple delivers” is enough.

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