If you’ve ever forgotten a USB cable and need a way to transfer data to your Android phone from your PC (or vice versa), Software Data Cable is a free app for Android that turns your phone into a networked storage device you can browse from your computer, no cables attached. More »
Dropbox updated its desktop clients yesterday with new photo features, including one that can give you up to 5GB of space and today the Android app has followed suit with a new beta that automatically uploads photos after you take them. More »
Android: Syncly keeps watch over your Android’s SD card, automatically uploading new photos to Dropbox as soon as you take them — so you don’t need to do anything to keep everything synced to the cloud. We’ve talked about how to roll your own instant photo upload for Android before, and while apps like DropSnap are great, Syncly puts them all to shame. More »
The latest update to our favourite password-storing and syncing tool LastPass allows you to import and export your Wi-Fi passwords and store them as a secure note in the software. Normally your Wi-Fi passwords are only stored on your computer, but if you want to sync them between machines, or be able to look them up from any internet-connected device, you’ll now be able to do that. More »
Storing files in Dropbox is great, but if you need to make quick edits when you’re on the go it’s not the best tool. TextDropApp is a simple solution that allows you to create or edit plain text files directly in your browser. More »
Syncing an iPhone with iTunes is about as seamless as it gets, while Andorid users are often left with a much clunkier experience — or at least having to figure out what desktop music player best fits their syncing needs. Here’s how our favourite music players stack up against one another in Android-syncing prowess. More »
Mac: Want to store short notes in the Mac OS X menubar? Synced across multiple computers? With search capabilities? That’s what Scrawl can do for you. More »
While the iPhone syncs with Safari and Internet Explorer, it can’t grab bookmarks from Chrome or Firefox out of the box, and most versions of Android can’t sync bookmarks with any browser. Here are a few ways to get your desktop bookmarks on your smartphone without any hassle. More »
Apple’s iCloud is the company’s third attempt at keeping Macs and iDevices in sync via the cloud. But does it really work any better than MobileMe or .Mac? We want to know your experiences with iCloud so far, and what you’ve done to make the service more tolerable if things haven’t been working so well. More »
Plugging in your phone to sync a mass of photos is a pain, and manually uploading each of them to Dropbox is far from idea. Here’s how to automatically upload each photo you take to Dropbox, immediately after you take it. More »
