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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Guest Starring:

Federico Viticci

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• Federico Viticci (@viticci) | Twitter
  
• MacStories (@macstoriesnet) | Twitter
  
• MacStories
  
• Connected #2: The Pasta and The Pizza and The Sauce - Relay FM
  
• Virtual - Relay FM
  
• Callback (computer programming) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• App Store: Wdgts - A Collection of Awesome Notification Center Widgets
  
• OmniFocus - The Omni Group
  
• The workspace for your life’s work | Evernote
  
• App Store: Paste+ | Clipboard Action Widget
  
• App Store: Lifesum – Lifestyle tracker & Calorie Counter
  
• Weather Underground: Radar, Forecasts, Satellite Maps, Severe Alerts, Weather Photos on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Apple removes Launcher app from App Store for ‘misuse’ of iOS 8’s widget capability | 9to5Mac
  
• Clips: iOS 8 Clipboard Manager
  
• Dispatch: TextExpander-enabled Email App for iPhone
  
• Audiobooks Online Digital Audiobook Store
  
• Paste+ | Avanio Labs
  
• Agenda+ | Avanio Labs
  
• Forecast+ | Avanio Labs
  
• Philips previews Hue lights widget in Notification Center with iOS 8 | 9to5Mac
  
• Hue Lightbulbs
  
• Workflow — Powerful Automation Made Simple
  
• Amazon.com: Philips Hue Products
  
• Hours for iOS 8 is here « Tapity
  
• About PCalc
  
• Instapaper Safari Extension
  
• 1Password 5 for iOS how-to: Enable the extension for Safari and third-party apps | Agile Blog
  
• Share extensions in iOS 8: Explained | iMore
  
• Chrome for iOS 8 Gets Support for Third-Party App Extensions
  
• Python for iOS - A Python interpreter and development environment for the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad
  
• Pocket
  
• Pinner for Pinboard on the App Store on iTunes
  
• Pinboard Resources
  
• 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
  
• TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time
  
• Workflow app may be the Automator of iOS - The Tech Heat
  
• Panic - Transmit - The ultimate Mac OS X FTP + SFTP + S3 app
  
• Documents by Readdle
  
• PDF Expert 5 by Readdle
  
• Drafts - Agile Tortoise
  
• Contrast | Launch Center Pro
  
• Contrast | Contact Center