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1558 posts on MacStories since July 2011

Articles by the MacStories team. Founded by Federico Viticci in April 2009, MacStories attracts millions of readers every month thanks to in-depth, personal, and informed coverage that offers a balanced mix of Apple news, app reviews, and opinion.

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Our thanks to Inoreader for sponsoring MacStories this week.


  1. Intelligence reports will be released on Inoreader’s mobile apps later this year. ↩︎

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