Victor Agreda, Jr.

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Victor's introduction to technology was the Apple ][ his dad bought in late 1978. Since then he's used Amiga's, Commodore's, Tandy's, even a PC and a Mac or two. Victor's background includes 3d animation and filmmaking, a bit of web development and programming. He taught multimedia and game design for 5 years at a technical college. His favorite artifact: a cassette tape with Applesoft BASIC on it, copyright 1979, by Microsoft.

Victor Agreda, Jr.'s Latest Posts

Origin Stories: The now-unavailable Fun Folds app

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 1st 2013 6:00PM)

Unfortunately Fun Folds is no longer available on the store, but I interviewed the creator in 2012 at WWDC. Of course, considering it was based on a bit of pop culture, do we expect those apps to last anyway? Occasionally I'll download the random meme app of the week, but in the end most of ...

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Thanking the Academy: Five Apps for the 2013 Oscars

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 23rd 2013 1:00PM)

If you're eagerly awaiting the 85th Academy Awards airing this Sunday on ABC, you may find one of these five apps useful before and during the show -- and all of them are free. Good luck to the nominees! Oscars The official app for the event. It's pretty much a US-only affair, and isn't ...

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Origin Stories: Earthlapse

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 22nd 2013 4:30PM)

Earthlapse, like Living Earth HD from last week, is a way to view the planet Earth on your iPad or iPhone. Earthlapse is from the creator of Magic Window, and is based on time lapse photography. The creation of Earthlapse is a lesson in minimalism and focus, as developer Josh Michaels explains in ...

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Next for iPhone seeks to easily log and track your spending, expenses

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 21st 2013 8:00PM)

I feel like we're starting to see another boom in well-designed apps that do cool things easily. Next (US$1.99) is in that category, as the app's interface is clean, intuitive and responsive. That's good, because the app is designed to reduce the friction needed to log expenses -- something ...

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Caturday: Lola lounges

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 16th 2013 1:00PM)

Reader Phong Le sends us a pic of Lola, seen here lounging on an Apple keyboard. Cats love aluminum as much as Jony Ive, it seems. Full size image here. ...

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Origin Stories: Living Earth HD

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 15th 2013 3:30PM)

I have a fascination with weather and our Earth's climate, so Living Earth HD -- which simulates a live view of our planet based on real data -- is a lovely find. You can overlay weather and clock info on the gorgeous renderings of Earth, and look at real phenomena based on satellite images. ...

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Origin Stories: Joel Grasmeyer, Construction Cost Estimator

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 8th 2013 9:00PM)

I met up with Joel a while ago and we struck up a conversation about estimating construction costs because my father-in-law had been a contractor. He had what looked like a great app for estimating these costs, and it's now available for iPhone, iPad and Mac. In this Origin Stories I talk to ...

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Daily Deals for February 7, 2013

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 7th 2013 10:30AM)

It's time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked selections that include some sweet deals on iOS and OS X software (all prices are USD). Mac Software and Hardware StackSocial: Macgo Blu-ray Player for Mac ...

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Untethered iOS 6.x jailbreak evasi0n now available

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 4th 2013 12:45PM)

The Evad3rs Jailbreak Team has made the evasi0n jailbreak available, and it is capable of jailbreaking the iPhone 5, 4, 4S, 3GS, iPad mini, all full size iPads, and 3rd, 4th and 5th-generation iPod touches running iOS 6.0 and 6.1. The jailbreak is untethered, meaning you won't have to connect to ...

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MMT offers a mobile monitor for your Mac or iPad

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 1st 2013 8:00PM)

This is the first Macworld for MMT, Mobile Monitor Technologies, and the company is offering a slightly different twist on portable USB monitors. Each is wrapped in brushed aluminum, and each has a nice build quality with what appears to be an outstanding screen. But there's a model with a ...

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