Box.net Shakes Hands With iPad’s App Store

March 30, 2012 by Yonah · Comments Off
Filed under: Announcements & Events, File-Sharing Programs, Networks & Services

File-sharing service Box.net, founded by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith in 2005, has recently developed an application for iPad and iPhone to let you share, view, and edit your content.

The new application blends in with several third-party mobile tools that help you manage file on your mobile device. Among them we find Quickoffice, Adobe EchoSign, Nuance PaperPort Notes, and PDF expert. As such, you can use Box’s file-sharing application in parallel with these useful tools.

“We think this is the first time there’s a mobile cloud for the enterprise that you can implement across your business instantly,” said Box’s CEO Aaron Levie.

To seamlessly integrate with this kind of environment, a partner application – for example Adobe EchoSign – must tap into an application program interface (API) exposed by Box.

“Now the execution of documents all happens within the Box environment,” Mangesh Bhandaraar (senior product manager at Adobe Systems) said.
It has been Levie’s goal to bring competition in a market ruled by huge brands like Microsoft and Oracle, and, as it seems, he managed to pull it off.

“We don’t have a large enterprise sales force,” Alan Masarek (QuickOffice’s CEO) told Wired.

“This is a new sales channel for us, which is wonderful.”

One of Box’s most interesting features is that it offers 50GB free storage on a regular account, unlike other competitors who, for a free account, offer no more than 10 GB.

Tags: Apple, Box.net, file-sharing, iphone

RapidShare Rolls Out iPhone App

January 26, 2012 by Yonah · Comments Off
Filed under: Announcements & Events, Digital Media, Mobile Phones, P2P technology, File-Sharing Programs, Networks & Services

Earlier this week RapidShare has made available for all mobile filesharers out there its iPhone app. With it users will be able to manage their files on the go and have access to a number of multimedia features including the possibility to have directly displayed and played within the app music, images and videos .

The announcement made by RapidShare CEO, Alexandra Zwingli, reads: „The iPhone app expands our supply of services onto the mobile sector. This app is only one further step in our process of continuously improving our service in the best interests of our customers.”

From the press release:

“An integrated file-manager as well as playlists and bookmarks help to manage data easily and fast. Furthermore, uploaded or saved data can be sent out from the application to e-mail contacts.

RapidShare offers two application versions: Customers with a RapidPro account receive a free version, users without a RapidPro account will be charged 3,99 €.”

For those who think they’ll install the app and download everything they want, the AppStore description might be clarifying enough:

” With this app your documents, pictures, videos and music files are always online accessible. Manage
your files quickly and easily. Send, play and/or display all common file formats directly on your mobile device.”

Next month the company will also launch a mobile application for the iPad.

Tags: AppStore, file sharing applications, iphone, RapidShare

New Social Music Network Solution For iPhone Enthusiasts: SoundShare

November 9, 2011 by Yonah · Comments Off
Filed under: Announcements & Events, Downloads, File-Sharing Programs, Networks & Services, Movies, MP3, Digital Audio & Games

Music is part of our everyday life, as Steve Jobs once said. This is the main reason he launched the iPod for the first time, thus pushing the boundaries of how we listen to music forward.

SoundShare continues his legacy by providing a new Social Music Network for iPhones.

“SoundShare app allows you to share your music experience with your friends just by listening to your songs,” the developer said.

“With a built-in Player, you can listen and share every song while using Safari or any other app. SoundShare also has its own Social Network, so you don’t have to worry about posting on Facebook/Twitter every song you listen, though, if you want, you’re just one tap away.”

The application’s features are similar to Twitter’s – in the sense that you’re provided with newsfeeds of people you want to follow. If you find yourself stuck on listening the same playlist over and over again all you have to do is to “spy” on other people’s preferences and pick your favorite tunes.

Just like any respectable social network, SoundShare allows you to post comments, rate songs and even show your favorite tunes on other social networking portals.

The app has a built-in music player which you can run in the background while using other applications. To download it, just install the latest version of iTunes and look-up SoundShare.

Enjoy!

Tags: Apple, digital music, iphone, social networking

Ziddu.com Rolls Out File-Sharing App

September 8, 2011 by Yonah · Comments Off
Filed under: Announcements & Events, File-Sharing Programs, Networks & Services

Ziddu.com has announced the launching of a file-sharing app for Android phones. Ziddu is a full Free file hosting system which offers services like free web Hosting, image hosting & free web space. The service provides facility to send e-greeting cards and file sharing.

The new app allows users access files instantly at any time. They are able now to to upload images, videos, send e-mails and also access various official documents at one go.

“People can upload photos, videos or recorded audio files from outdoors and can email to their friends from the mobile itself,” Mr P Srinivasu, Director of Ziddu.com said.

The most notable part is that iPhone and Android phone users can use this app free of charge.

The capacity for download is 5MB, 1.3 MB for iPhone users and 1.3 MB for Android users. Ziddu also offers additional facilities like the Astrology app and the Cafe Bharat App, the latter one is a student networking site.

Ziddu.com is an arm of Social Media India Ltd owned by IT solutions firm Northgate Technologies.

Tags: Android, file sharing service, file-sharing, iphone

Turn Your Computer into a File Sharing Cloud with ZumoCast

September 12, 2010 by Yonah · Comments Off
Filed under: Announcements & Events, Digital Media, Mobile Phones, P2P technology, File-Sharing Programs, Networks & Services

When it comes to watching a movie you have downloaded on your computer on your iPad or iPhone, one might be surprised at the poor options at hand. If you seek solutions from Apple, as normal, given that this is the company that produces the software and hardware for the aforementioned devices, you’re in for a disappointment – they come at high prices or they prove not nearly as fast as you would want them to be.

Fortunately, there are alternatives. ZumoCast is one of them. A new file-sharing (or should we say self-sharing service) that helps you create a personal file-sharing cloud.

How it works

Basically, the program makes a central cloud out of your computer allowing you to access it from anywhere (as long as you are connected to the internet).

ZumoCast is offered free of charge and when you download it, you get to select which folders on your hard drive you’d like to share with your Apple mobile devices. The great part is that you can add videos, documents or even your iTunes library in these folders. When you load the ZumoCast iPhone or iPad app, you will be offered full access to these selected files on your computer.

What sets ZumoCast apart from other services is the ability to stream video and music from your computer to your iPhone and iPad in an easy and convenient way.

From the site:
“Enjoy your entire collection of videos and music on the iPhone, iPad, and any browser; without the need to upload or sync.”