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HTC Figured Out A Way To Make HTC Phones Sync With iTunes

5:45AM November 11, 2011 | Casey Chan

Apparently, the latest version of HTC Sync will let the HTC Rhyme and HTC Sensation XL sync with iTunes. What? Yep. According to Taiwan News, the HTC Sync app will “automatically detect iTunes (or Windows Media Player) to copy media files such as music, pictures and contacts to their phones.” More »

Software

Winamp For Android Updates, Syncs With Macs Wirelessly

5:00AM October 27, 2011 | Alan Henry

Android: Previously mentioned Winamp for Android has just unveiled a number of updates, including a new Winamp for Mac Sync beta app that extends wireless music and video sync to Mac users, access to Spinner’s MP3 of the day from your Android phone, and a new premium version of the app with extended features. More »

Gadgets

Citizen’s Satellite Wave Syncs Itself To The Heavens

3:20AM October 18, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Watches that sync themselves to atomic time broadcasts only remain accurate as long as you’re within range of one of those radio signals. So Citizen is upgrading their Eco-Drive line to instead rely on the omnipresent time broadcasts of GPS satellites. More »

Software

iOS 5 Synchronisation Speed Tests: Wi-Fi Syncing Worth It?

9:20AM October 15, 2011 | Whitson Gordon

One of the big new features in iOS 5 is liberation from your sync cable. Now, you can sync your music, movies and apps all over Wi-Fi — albeit a bit slower than over USB. How much slower? We put it to the test to find out whether it was still fast enough to be worth your time. More »

Software

Android Appalooza Storage: Dropbox

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10:00AM October 14, 2011 | Alex Kidman

The Android Dropbox client does a little bit of everything, and everything that it does, it does very well indeed. It’s an indispensable tool whether you need access to documents, photos or just want to access your video files. More »

Software

iCloud’s Photo Syncing Is Terrible (And Creepy)

6:21AM October 13, 2011 | Sam Biddle

iCloud’s out today! And a lot of computing lives just got easier, assuming you could get all the requisite software to download and install. But one thing isn’t cloudily fun: Photo Stream. It’s a mess. More »

Gadgets

50 Cent Will Make Dr Dre Proud With These Headphones

2:00PM October 2, 2011 | Kwame Opam

It’s been ages since I’ve mentioned Dre and 50 Cent in the same breath, but 50′s new SYNC headphones remind me that he was once one of his proteges. These cans are pretty much his answer to the Beats by Dre headphones. More »

Software

Offline Gmail, Google Calendar And Docs? Yes Please!

3:32AM September 1, 2011 | Brent Rose

Gmail. Damn near everyone you know uses it, and now they (and you) can use it offline. Sound the trumpets! And if that’s not enough, offline Google Calendar and Docs will be rolling out within the week. This pleases me. More »

Gaming

Secret Sauce Linking Xbox 360 Games And Windows Phone Is A QR Code

5:00AM August 23, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

At a Seattle event, Microsoft demonstrated a way for Xbox 360 games like Kinectimals to share information with a Windows Phone handset. The connection uses a QR code that can be scanned both by the handset and the Kinect. More »

Online

Instadrop Automatically Syncs Your Instagram Photos To Dropbox

6:00AM July 16, 2011 | Casey Chan

One of the great things about Instagram? It autosaves your Instagram photos to the cloud. The bad thing? They’re only saved to Instagram. Enter Instadrop. Instadrop backs up your Instagram photos to Dropbox. Genius and absolutely must have. More »