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Open links in the background – iBrowse

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I just released an update for iBrowse which does two things.

  1. Brings it up to date with iOS5
  2. Brings the feature I have wanted for ages – you can now open links in a background tab

I use this when I’m browsing a news site. I go to news.bbc.co.uk, and I can now click and hold on a link, then select ‘open in background tab’. That story starts loading, and I pick a few other stories to load in the background.

Now I switch to coverflow view and swipe to one of the stories (which has probably already loaded by now).

It’s only $1, and there is a free version to try!

iBrowse is available as ever at the App Store.
 

Off Remote – Now with messages…

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When I released Off Remote, I thought people would use it to turn off their media centre computers, and their home-office computer without having to get out of bed or leaving the sofa.

I’m sure it is used for that – but I found from my emails that people also use it to switch off their kids’ computers.

The new release makes Off Remote even better for this. You can now send a short message to the computer before you shut it down

‘It’s past your bedtime – save your work before I turn off your computer!’

You can also disable the ‘countdown’ message that used to appear as the computer was about to shut down. This gives you the upper hand if your kids were used to just clicking the ‘cancel’ button.

Of course – with great power comes great responsibility! Use with care…

Off Remote is available as ever at the App Store.

If you’d like to give Off Remote a try, you can get it right here:

 

 

New App : Monitor your kid’s computer use

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My new app Watchover just went live.

Watchover lets you monitor what your kids are doing on their computers. It takes a screenshot every minute which you can browse from your iPhone iPad or iTouch.

You can also see what applications have been open, and when the computer has been running.

Just like watching your kids in the park, Watchover lets you keep an eye on them from a distance. So while the children are in their bedrooms, you can connect from your iPhone, iPod or iPad and view what they’ve been doing for the last few days – or see what is on their screens right now.

Watchover is available now in the appstore, and I’d love to hear your feedback.

VLC Streamer updated

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Hi Folks,

Apple just approved a fairly major update to VLC Streamer.

Key improvements are:

* You can now copy converted movies to your device easily (so you can watch them on the plane or when you are away from your computer)
* Improved code for keeping the streaming connection (should reduce buffering)
* Supports playing movies in the background over airplay

Get the update, or give it a try at the Appstore…

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Turn your computer off with a timer…

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I just released version 3 of Off Remote.
The major new feature is that you can now send timed commands, so you can send a command telling your computer to turn off in 1 hour – or to go to sleep in 45 mins, or to log off, hibernate or restart.

I use it to turn off my media PC after playing video, and to set a timer on my computer when it is playing audio at night.

There are quite a few users who use it to check that their kids really have turned off their computers when they were supposed to!

You can get it at the app store now!

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New app: VLC Streamer

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Streaming by the power of VLC!

My new app just went live. It uses VLC to convert movies into the format needed to stream them to your iPhone, iPod or iPad.

It can handle most movie types, and can start streaming your movie within 10 seconds or so.

Now your whole movie collection is available on your iPod or iPad without syncing or converting.

The full version is $0.99

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Or the free version (with annoying ads) is available to let you try it out.

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VLC Remote 5.5 now with YouTube & Facebook

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Just got the email from Apple saying that they have approved 5.50 for iPhone/iPad.
You should be able to update it from the App Store now.

-Added ability to browse YouTube videos and play them on your computer
-Added ability to share what you are watching in Facebook, Twitter, etc..
-Added indicator to show which item in playlist is playing
-Fixed the subtitles autoload problem
-Fixed the problem with deleting skins

And you can now follow VLC Remote on Facebook…

Want to be a beta tester?

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I have a few new apps coming up, and improvements for the existing ones.

The next app in line is related to VLC Remote – and I’m looking for beta testers.

If you are keen to try new things and let me know what you think, what works and what could be improved – then you might want to be a beta tester. You’ll have to be willing to use buggy software and let me know in careful detail what steps you took to cause problems.

It isn’t for everybody – but if you’d like to help steer my apps, then it might be for you.

If I could, then I’d let anyone who was interested be a tester – however Apple severely limits the number of testers I can have.

This means I’ll have to be picky. I tend to release lots of test versions in a row – so I’m keen to find people who will be able to test and respond quickly during the occasional flurries of testing.

I’ll also be looking for a variety of i-devices, and operating systems.

If you’d like to help then please send me:

1) what kind of i-devices you have, and what the uuid’s are for them (Google uuid if you don’t know what that is)
2) what operating system(s) you will be testing on
3) why you’ll be a great beta tester!

thank you!

iBrowse – Updated

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Hi,

iBrowse is my new browser. It just got even better.

You can now open a page, then switch to opening links in background tabs. This means you can do a search on Google and open multiple results at once, or go to the front page of a news site and open all the stories you want to read.

-Also included are 100% fullscreen browsing
-Turbo mode (just like fast web)
-Block images (also saves bandwidth)
-Private browsing
-and much more!

Have a look at the linked video to see it in action…

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