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Set Up Your Own Personal Storage Cloud With BitTorrent Sync

One of BitTorrent’s latest little tricks, a sorta-kinda-but-not-really cloud storage service, just grew up into a real app today. Bit Torrent Sync and all of its shared folder goodness just launched into Alpha today, and you can go check it out for yourself.


Facebook Testing Automatic Photo Sync For iOS

Having rolled out an auto-upload function for some Android users in September, Facebook is now testing the same photo-syncing system for iOS users too.


Facebook Testing Automatic Photo Sync For Android

Facebook is testing a new photo sync system which automatically uploads photos taken on Android handsets to the web.


‘Power Nap’ In Mac OS X Mountain Lion Syncs Your Computer While It Sleeps

Apple just announced a new feature to Mac OS X Mountain Lion called Power Nap. It syncs your computer’s email, keeps track of calendars, syncs to Time Capsule, and downloads App Store and system software updates — all while your computer’s asleep.


Skifta Launches Engine To Sync Content Across Devices

Music fans, and everyone else with a smartphone in their pockets for that matter, face a big problem: We have lots of stuff on different machines, and we want it to be on other machines. Oh, and we don’t want to get an engineering degree in order for that to happen.


What If Syncing A Smartphone Was As Simple As A Tap?

Tired of the near-impossible hassle of figuring out how to sideload web content onto his ereader, designer Ishac Bertran conceived of a UI design — inspired by spatially aware objects, such as Sifteo cubes — which would allow him to easily transfer content to devices.


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

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.”


Winamp For Android Updates, Syncs With Macs Wirelessly

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.


Citizen’s Satellite Wave Syncs Itself To The Heavens

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.


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

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.


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