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

Apple removes one iOS developer's copycat games

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 6th 2012 11:00AM)

Image: Shutterstock A few days ago, I caught a tweet from Paul Haddad (of Tapbots), showing a screen full of obvious copycat apps from one developer. Of course, anyone who has spent appreciable time on the App Store knows there are plenty of copycats out there. Not all of them are small shops, ...

iBackFlip Somersault available for preorder; watch creator explain improvements

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Feb 3rd 2012 7:30PM)

I met up with the guys behind iBackflip while at Macworld, and was impressed with their passion for design. Their first iBackflip was a pretty straightforward flip-down arm sling for the iPad. Using Velcro, it offered a basic black design and minimal extras. The new iBackflip Somersault, now ...

See beautiful time lapse images with Magic Window on your Mac, iPad or iPhone

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 28th 2012 5:00PM)

Magic Window was one of the first apps on the App Store when the store launched. It is a simple idea, but wonderfully executed and now available for the Mac as well as iOS. Magic Window is time-lapse photography -- for iOS it serves as a relaxing "picture window" and on the Mac it can play on your ...

Macworld | iWorld Best of Show liveblog

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 27th 2012 5:58PM)

I'm live at the Best of Show awards, where Macworld has chosen the best products from the show (hence the name). Sorry about the lack of images, you'd basically see washed out photos of a projected image. Be sure to check out the links to each product. 3:07 Just now getting started! Up first, ...

Launch Center demo by creator David Barnard

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 26th 2012 2:45PM)

Last night David Barnard of App Cubby swung by our makeshift studio in San Francisco to show off Launch Center, which had only been live on the App Store for a few hours. If you're wondering what Launch Center does, this video will explain it. Basically it's a shortcut app which allows you to save ...

Sign up for an interview with TUAW at Macworld iWorld 2012

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 21st 2012 9:30PM)

Do you have an awesome app, accessory or hardware product you'd like to demo for the TUAW audience? We'd love to see it. While we're going to focus on what's on the Macworld iWorld floor during the event, we'd like to take the opportunity to talk to anyone at the event for later publication. In ...

Discount on 360|MacDev and a chance to win a free pass

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 20th 2012 10:00PM)

Last year's 360|MacDev was filled with good food and great company, plus sessions with some of the best developers in the world. The annual event in Denver is one of the must-attend Mac developer conferences out there if you want to learn from the best. This year's conference is almost upon us, but ...

The iDevice cases of CES

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 20th 2012 1:00PM)

If you review cases I have to feel bad for you. With so many to choose from, it must be like reviewing bags of sugar. By now there are also only so many ways to skin an iPhone, so the cases you see tend to be decorative, protective or novelty. That's about it. And we saw hundreds of cases at ...

Padlette, for those times you need a giant rubber band on your iPad

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 14th 2012 5:00PM)

The Padlette solves one problem: How do you strap your iPad to your hand quickly using a big rubber band? Insofar as that one problem is concerned, the Padlette (patent pending) does a great job. You stretch the loops around the corners of your iPad and you're able to slip your hand in between, ...

A giant pulsing blacklight for your iPhone or iPod

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 14th 2012 4:00PM)

This has been out for a while, but in the same booth where Engadget found the Watch Your Bag crapgadget there's a giant blacklight dock that will pulse to the beat. Oh, and it has speakers. You can opt to leave the black light on if you want (no sync to music), or have it strobe. Naturally ...