uplink.to

Drop this routine in a convenient location in your Xcode project to add uplink.to/ URL shortening to your application.

-(NSString*)shortenURL:(NSString*)url
{
  CFStringRef legalStr = CFSTR("!@#$%^&()<>?{},;'[]");
  NSString *escUrl = (NSString*)CFURLCreateStringByAddingPercentEscapes(kCFAllocatorDefault,
 (CFStringRef)url, NULL, legalStr, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
  NSString *apiEndpoint = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://uplink.to/uplinkto.php?longurl=%@",escUrl];
  NSError* error;
  NSString* shortURL = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:apiEndpoint]
 encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&error];
  if (shortURL)
   return shortURL;
  else
   return [error localizedDescription];
}

http://appshopper.com/photography/videouplink-lite

It’s pretty primitive right now but it does give you desktop drag and drop URL shortening independently of your browser. Just drag the favicon at the left of the browser URL bar onto the window. It will be added to your clipboard also. Enjoy.

VideoUpLink 1.3 for Mac OS 10.5 adds iPhone WiFi uploading support

VideoUpLink 1.3 for Mac OS now accepts uploads over WiFi from VideoUpLink for iPhone. Anytime VideoUpLink is running on your Mac, the computer name will show as a destination on VideoUpLink for iPhone. Tapping the computer name on the iPhone screen initiates the upload. A new preference has been added to make VideoUpLink a desktop startup item, so videos can be uploaded at anytime without having to manually launch the application

iTunes link

#videouplink for #iPhone will be the perfect companion to #imovie #hd for #iphone

Adds URL shortening to the help page. Download

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Here is the press release announcing the submission of VideoUpLink to the App Store!