News Archive for 07/07/23

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Desktop access on iPhone

07/23, 2:30pm

SoonR brings desktop access to iPhone

SoonR today announced the SoonR mobile AJAX-enabled interface that allows iPhone users to access files as well as applications and mail on a Mac or PC. The software supports viewing more than 40 document types in a simple slide show-style interface that lets users page through files like spreadsheets and presentations rendered specifically for the iPhone's screen. SoonR has adapted its full mobile AJAX interface to scale fonts and pictures for easy access via fingertips, and makes proper adjustments to maintain usability when users switch from portrait to landscape mode. SoonR users can also initiate a Skype call from an iPhone and use a PC or Mac to bridge the call, using a SkypeOut call to bring the mobile phone into the Skype conference that originated on the desktop computer. SoonR is available as a digital download and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later with a Web-enabled mobile phone and data service.

AllHipHop.com & iTunes

07/23, 2:15pm

AllHipHop relaunches in tandem with iTunes

The long-standing AllHipHop.com has undergone a major relaunch, thanks in part to dealings with Apple. The focus of the relaunch is on "urban lifestyle" -- through additions such as audio streams and messageboards -- but the site has also added the E-Store, which features music from both Amazon and the iTunes Store. The latter should offer upcoming podcasts, as well as a special promotion lasting through to the end of July, in which 250,000 codes will be given away for a free mixtape. Currently, it is unknown if there are plans to link the E-Store website directly to tracks on iTunes.