217: iOS Automation with Federico Viticci

Federico Viticci of MacStories joins us to talk about the state of automation with the new enhancements of iOS 8.

Thanks to MPU listener Hay Oborn for assistance with the shownotes this week!

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Federico Viticci

Links for this episode:

• Federico Viticci (@viticci) | Twitter
  
• MacStories (@macstoriesnet) | Twitter
  
• MacStories
  
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• App Store: Paste+ | Clipboard Action Widget
  
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• Paste+ | Avanio Labs
  
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• Pocket
  
• Pinner for Pinboard on the App Store on iTunes
  
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• Awesome Screenshot Captures Webpages As Screenshots with an iOS 8 Extension – MacStories
  
• App Store: Awesome Screenshot for Safari
  
• Skitch | Evernote
  
• PDF Converter by Readdle
  
• iBooks on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Smile Blog: TextExpander Snippet Expansion Comes to Every App in iOS 8
  
• SwiftKey - Smart prediction technology for easier mobile typing
  
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