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VLC Remote is now translated into 17 languages. All translations are by volunteers, so if something isn’t translated – or if you think you can do a better job then please head over to AppTranslate.com and provide your own translations. You can translate a single string – or add an entirely new language.
The remote now has a home-screen widget. This shows the current track and gives play/pause and previous/next track controls. Click here for info on how to install widgets
Apple changed the API in the lastest version of iTunes. That broke the ability of iTunes Remote to browse by artist, album or genre. 1.1 fixes that – and also adds new features. You can now use the Genius button for any playing track to start a new Genius playlist. You can also browse playlist
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
Using the keyboard gives a really great way to control volume and position with really fine-grained control. This is a great way in which VLC remote is now better on the Pre and Android than it is on the iPhone. I wanted a way to let you jump in big or small increments, so I
After I released VLC remote, a bunch of users asked me to add an ability for them to turn off the computer when they had finished watching shows. So, I built Off Remote. It lets you turn off your Windows or Mac computer from your iPhone. (Parents have also pointed out to me that it
I recently released a new version of the Off Helper. It runs as a service rather than an application, so this means it still works when the computer is logged out, or locked. Because it starts up differently, it will hopefully fix issues where the helper doesn’t automatically startup. You can get the new version
Shimon (he did the coding on this app) just released version 1.20 of aTAKEphONE, with support for OS 2.1 aTAKEphONE will change the way you use your phone to make calls – no more having to open the G1 keyboard to search for contacts, or fiddling with the tiny on-screen keyboard buttons, fast & easy
Update: VLC Remote is now a universal app. This means it works brilliantly on both iPad and iPhone. Hi Folks, VLC Remote now has an iPad version too. It has much the same functionality as the iPhone version – but makes use of the bigger screen and the different interaction approaches. It took quite a
If you want to turn computers off without popping up the timer on your computer (“About to sleep, this will happen in x seconds”) Just set the “delay” setting in the helper on your computer to 0 seconds. You’ll get no message, and the sleep/off/etc command will be sent immediately.
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