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Announcing Apps for µTorrent Developers Challenge and SDK

by smorris on July 12, 2010 in Announcements with 16 Comments

Apps for µTorrent is something that we are really passionate about. For us, it is a natural and important evolution of µTorrent. It is a way for users to create a personalized experience by adding Apps that offer new features and services that are important to them – without compromising the lightness that they have come to love with µTorrent.

Another important component of Apps for µTorrent is the developer community. Apps that inspire new and innovative uses of µTorrent – built by developers – are an important part of our vision. With that said, we are happy to announce the first ever Developers Challenge. Starting today developers worldwide are encouraged to create Apps that will highlight new use cases and redefine how µTorrent is being used.

The contest will run from Monday, July 12, 2010 until Friday, August 13, 2010. (The contest rules and overview can be found here.) For the purposes of the Developers Challenge, Apps will be judged on the following criteria:

- Originality and innovation – new and creative applied uses of µTorrent and the BitTorrent protocol
- Quality of product, visual and user experience – application design that showcases great interaction and visual design
- Product or service appeal – the appeal your application has to the overall µTorrent community
- Technical expertise – how well the product functions based on its overall usage description

We have already had a number of organizations integrate with us and create Apps for µTorrent including VODO, TuneUp, Outspark, Clearbits, Raptr and BitDefender. Check them out – they may serve as a source of inspiration.

Today, we are also announcing the general availability of Apps for BitTorrent SDK, a software development kit (SDK) designed to allow developers a simple way to incorporate content and services into a simple user experience that integrates seamlessly with µTorrent. The SDK also includes a collection of tools, libraries and documentation to make the process of creating, authoring and testing apps as easy as possible. The ecosystem will be completely open, so anyone will be able to create and distribute an App.

We look forward to your feedback on our SDK as well as all the exciting App submissions!

Resources:

- Get the SDK
- Apps Online Forum
- Learn more and enter the challenge

- Simon -

µTorrent 3.0 alpha and More Apps!

by smorris on July 9, 2010 in Announcements with 9 Comments

Recently, we rolled out µTorrent 3.0 alpha, which merged together the Falcon 2.1 and the Apps being introduced in our Griffin project into a single build. (To read the full list of upgrades, check out our forum.) So, what does that all mean? Now in one client users can enjoy:

- µTorrent Web allows you to enjoy ultra-secure remote web access through a simple web service where you can manage your torrent clients from anywhere on the Internet via a web browser on a PC or an iPhone.
- BitTorrent streaming provides you with more of a point-click-watch experience by allowing you to start watching content before the download has completed.
- Apps for µTorrent provides web-based extensions, which gives you the option to add a wide array of new functionality and services via Apps without compromising the renowned lightness of the µTorrent client.

We are also very excited to be releasing some additional Apps that are now available for download from within the client. As before, all Apps are completely optional, so you can choose to add only the ones you like in order to keep your client as lightweight as possible. The new Apps now available for download include:

- TuneUp is a plug-in for iTunes and Windows Media Player that helps clean up your mislabeled songs in your playlist – this version includes special BitTorrent support too.
- Outspark offers free massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG).
- µBrowse is a search tool that allows you to easily locate downloaded files from within your client.
- ClearBits distributes high quality, Creative-Commons-licensed digital media, datasets, and artwork for Content Creators.
- Tetronimoes is our version of a popular geometric shape game to pass the time while you are waiting for your downloads to complete.

Apps for µTorrent is something that we continue to work on internally. Stay tuned for more announcements around Apps.

- Simon -