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PhoneAble Syncs Your iPhone with Multiple iTunes Libraries [Downloads]

Windows: We've mentioned one way        easily grab data from two
to sync your iPhone with multiple       computers. Just sync your iPhone
computers, but if you'd rather not      with your main machine, install
download a hex editor just to           the app on your other computers,
manually hack your iTunes               and run through the steps it
libraries, free utility PhoneAble       provides. It will set your library
will do it all for you with just a      key on each computer to match the  

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Firefox Home Syncs Your Firefox Bookmarks, History, and More to Your iPhone [Downloads]

iPhone/iPod Touch: Firefox Home         the App Store on your iPhone and
brings easy syncing of your             search for "Firefox Home" or
Firefox bookmarks, browser history,     install it directly from iTunes.
and open tabs to your iPhone so         Launch Firefox Home on your iPhone.
even when you're away from your         You'll be prompted to enter your
desk your favorite and current          Firefox Sync account info. Enter
links are close at hand.                your username, password and Secret 

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AppBrain Upgrade Installs Android Apps Instantly From the Web [Downloads]

Android: Google previewed over-the-     apps connect you through your
air app installing at its I/O           Google credentials without ever
conference, but you can get that        actually seeing your password.
functionality in your Android           AppBrain could stand to have a bit
phone right now. Install AppBrain       more information on their privacy
and its Fast Web Installer, and         page about app installing security,
clicking "Install" on the web will      but they seem to be on the up-and- 

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Windows/Mac/Android: If you're          installed the mSpot software on.
looking for dead-simple tool for        Even without installed software
syncing your music across all the       you can always visit the web site
computers and devices you use,          from any computer you want to
mSpot fits the bill. It's a cloud-      access your collection from.
based music tool that makes             In addition to syncing your
managing your music collection          music—which it does          

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SYNCiTunes Synchronizes Songs in Any Music Folder with iTunes [Downloads]

Windows: If you use iTunes to load      files already in iTunes, and
up your iPod and other Apple            more—as seen in the
devices but otherwise aren't a fan      screenshot above. SYNCiTunes will
of it—especially the slow         also update tag changes made
and sometimes quirky                    outside of iTunes which is great
importing—SYNCiTunes imports      for those of us who don't like
and synchronizes music into iTunes,     doing any serious tag editing in   

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How to Enable Extension Syncing in Chrome (AKA: The Holy Grail of Browser Sync Is Here) [Syncing]

Long have we searched for an easy       shortcut. Choose "Properties" and
way to sync browser extensions          in the target box, add
across multiple machines, and for       —enable-sync-extensions to
Chrome users that day has finally       the end of the line (outside of
come. If you're running the Dev         the quotes). From now on, using
channel, here's how you can easily      that shortcut to launch Chrome
enable extension syncing.               will have extension syncing        

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Dazzboard Sync Your Videos, Photos, Music, and Even iTunes Library Across Devices [Synchronization]

If you've been looking for a            test machine between Windows 7 and
simple solution to syncing your         the HTC Hero Android-based phone
media across computers and              was a breeze. The Dazzboard auto-
multiple devices from a basic MP3       detected all the devices we
player to your Android phone,           plugged into it:
Dazzboard is an impressive and          iPods—phones, and portable
free syncing tool.                      media devices—without a      

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Extension Syncing Coming to Google Chrome [Google Chrome]

Google Chrome currently syncs your      nightly dev builds and stable
browser preferences, your               releases in the near future. The
bookmarks, and even your themes         current syncing tools and other
but extension syncing is notably        Chrome improvements debuted by
absent from the list. If a recent       making an appearance in Chromium
revision to the Chromium source         builds so fingers cross for
code is any indicator, however,         extension syncing being right      

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Firefox Sync to Incorporate Bookmark, Password, Preference, History, and Tab Sync Directly in Firefox [Downloads]

Firefox: Mozilla's previously           and complete with a few new
mentioned Weave project has been a      features such as availability in
great way to sync nearly                15 languages, a simpler setup, and
everything about your Firefox           one-click access to all your
setup between computers for awhile,     synced tabs. Plus, it's built to
despite its experimental label.         be the perfect companion to the
The add-on has finally graduated        upcoming, previously               

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DoubleTwist Adds Android Market Search [Updates]

Windows: Search is a feature            does provide the now-standard QR
that's been oddly missing from          barcodes for easy scan-and-install
Google's Android Market since its       searches. The search works fairly
inception, though it's due to           well, and sitting next to the
arrive—along with over-the-       Amazon MP3 Store and a powerful
air syncing—very soon. In         podcast search app, it makes
the meantime, doubleTwist               doubleTwist a powerful syncing     

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