Say you’ve got an Android phone in your pocket and a Linux computer on your desk. Ever wonder why you have to pick up your phone to see notifications, or use your PC keyboard to control media playback on your computer? KDE Connect is a utility that brings your Android phone’s notifications to your Linux […]
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Ubuntu One ups free cloud storage to 5GB, hits 1 million users
Ubuntu One provides cloud storage and synchronization to users and is tightly integrated with the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system. It allows users to store profile information and files online, and access them across different computers, operating systems, and mobile devices. Though it’s still fairly nascent, the service has enjoyed a good deal of success […]
Now you can sync a BlackBerry PlayBook with a Mac
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has been available for two months, but up until recently there was no way to synchronize the device with a Mac. Now Research in Motion has released BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac 2.1 and it finally adds support for the PlayBook. BlackBerry Desktop Manager lets you sync data between a computer […]
BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac to add PlayBook tablet support… this summer
If you run the BlackBerry Desktop Manager app on a Windows computer and plug in a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, you can use the software to sync your music, pictures, videos automatically. If you run the Mac version of the software… nothing happens when you plug in a PlayBook. That’s because Mac support won’t be available […]
Dell Stage software to let you sync data across Dell tablets, phones, PCs
Most major PC and phone makers that offer Android devices have come up with a suite of custom widgets, program launchers, and other utilities to give the operating system a custom feel. Dell’s no stranger to the custom UI space, offering what it calls its Stage UI on Android tablets such as the Dell Streak […]
BlackBerry PlayBook to launch without native messaging apps
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry platform is probably best known for the way it handles email and messaging. But at launch, the BlackBerry PlayBook 7 inch tablet won’t have a native email, BlackBerry Messenger, or Calendar app. Instead, it will rely on something called BlackBerry Bridge which synchronizes data for those apps with a BlackBerry phone […]
Xmarks bookmark syncing service: Not dead yet
Good news everybody… no really. A few months ago the folks behind the popular Xmarks bookmark synchronization service announced plans to close up shop. After several years building one of the best tools for synchronizing your browser bookmarks and passwords between computers, the company hadn’t really figured out a good way to make money — […]