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Yourls.com - Your URLs on a personal startpage
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Stop typing in those same URLs over and over again. Create a simple startpage today and start saving time! Free and without any ads. Just works!

Online
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SpiderOak - Free, secure online backup
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SpiderOak provides an easy, secure and consolidated free online backup, storage, access, sharing & sync* tool for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian & Fedora).

Mac, iPhone, iPad, WindowsWindows 2000 or later, 128 MB RAM, 19 MB of free disk space , Android, Linux, Online

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BlueStacks

Freemium by BlueStacks.com |
Mac, Windows, Windows Metro, Android + Tablet

BlueStacks runs Android OS and apps on Windows PCs with instant switch between Android and Windows - no reboot is required. End consumers can now enjoy their favorite Android apps on Windows PCs. Android apps...

android-apps, android-emulator, android-on-pc
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TeamViewer

Free* by TeamViewer GmbH |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android, Linux, Online

TeamViewer lets you establish a connection to any PC or server within just a few seconds. You can remote control the PC of your partner as if you were sitting right in front of it. New features such as...

Network & Admin, OS & Utilities portable, remote-access, remote-desktop
+2 more desktop-sharing, remote-computer-control
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Shazam

Freemium by Shazam Entertainment |
iPhone, iPad, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60, Blackberry

Shazam gives instant satisfaction for when you want to know the name of that song playing on the radio. Just point your phone towards the music source to identify the track- you can also buy it instantly or...

Audio & Music music-discovery, music-recognition, identify-song
+2 more reverse-music-search, find-song
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Evernote

Freemium by Evernote Corporation |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Online
+3 more Windows Mobile, HP webOS, Blackberry

Evernote easily captures information in any environment on most devices and platforms, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, anywhere. There are 3 version groups of Evernote:...

Office & Productivity iphone retina, ipad retina, notes, note-taking, notepad, ocr
+2 more text-recognition, online-notes
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Hotspot Shield

Free* by AnchorFree |
Mac, iPhone, Windows, Android, Online

Public internet is great. However, open networks put your personal data at risk (even if you connect to a fee-based network). Hotspot Shield is the solution- it is a VPN (virtual private network) that keeps...

Security & Privacy vpn, connection, hulu-outside-us, online-anonymity
+2 more vpn-software, video-outside-us
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Dropbox

Freemium by Dropbox |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Android, Linux, Online
+2 more Blackberry, Kindle Fire

Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they'll be instantly available on any of your other computers that also have Dropbox installed. Because copies of your files are stored on Dropbox's secure servers, you can also...

Backup & Sync, File Sharing file-sharing, online-storage, online-backup
+9 more file-synchronization, file-backup, built-in-player, folder-sync, built-in-viewer, offline-access, online-harddrive, selective-sync, sync-lan
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Spotify

Freemium by Spotify |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online
+1 more Blackberry

Spotify is a commercial music streaming service providing content from a range of major and independent record labels. As of 2013, the service is available in 24 countries. A free trial period is activated...

Audio & Music music-player, music-streaming, share-on-facebook
+10 more integrated-search, social-application, internet-radio, music-discovery, create-playlist, share-music, listen-music, offline-support, last.fm-scrobbler, freemium
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AirDroid

Free |
Android

AirDroid is a fast, free app that lets you wirelessly manage & control your Android device from a web browser over-the-air.

File Sharing, Network & Admin remote-desktop, application-manager, transfer-files
+2 more desktop-sms, media-manager
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Viber

Free by Viber Media Inc. |
Mac, iPhone, Windows, Windows Phone, Android, Blackberry

Viber is a mobile application that lets you make free phone calls and send text messages to anyone who also has the application installed. You can call or text any Viber user, anywhere in the world, for...

Social voip, video-chat, text-messaging, group-chat
+7 more free-calls, send-free-sms, group-video-chat, phone-calls, voice-call, hd-graphics, free-phone-calls
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Skype

Freemium by Skype Limited |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online
+3 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, HP webOS

Skype is a proprietary software application that offers free Skype-to-Skype calls and low-cost local, national and international calls to both traditional land-line telephones and mobile phones. Additional...

Social portable Not original portable version: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/skype_portable, chat, voip, instant-messenger, video-chat
+4 more screen-sharing, video-conferencing, video-calls, group-video-chat
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Candy Crush Saga

Freemium by King.com Limited |
iPhone, iPad, Android, Online

Join Tiffi and Mr. Toffee in their epic adventure through a world full of candy. Switch and match your way through more than 100 levels in this delicious and addictive puzzle adventure.

Games puzzle-game, adventure-game, match-three-pieces
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ownCloud

Open Source by ownCloud team |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Linux, Online

ownCloud – web services under your control. Current features: file management, WebDAV access, share via public link, music streaming, users & groups, OpenID, LDAP In development:...

Audio & Music, Backup & Sync, File Management, File Sharing share-files, file-management, synchronization
+12 more music-streaming, cloud-storage, web-application, webdav, file-synchronization, web-app, cloud-backup, webdav-sync, preview-images, preview-video, data-sync, cloud-editing
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Feedly

Free by DevHD |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online
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Feedly is a browser addon and mobile app that weaves the content from the RSS feeds of your favorite websites into a fun magazine-like experience and provides seamless integration with social networks. ...

News & Books, Web Browsers plugin / add-on As browser addon for Firefox and Google Chrome, news, rss-feed-reader
+10 more share-on-facebook, feed-reader, share-on-twitter, facebook-integration, browser-addon, twitter-integration, firefox-extension, chrome-extension, google-reader-import, follow-blogs
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Google Reader

Free by Google |
Android + Tablet, Online

Google Reader is a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline. Have trouble keeping up with the sites you visit? Read them in one place with Google Reader, where keeping up...

News & Books discontinued Google Reader will not be available after July 1, 2013. Until then you can export your feeds with Google Takeout: https://www.google.com/takeout/, web-based, rss-feed-reader, feed-reader
+4 more news-reader, atom, news-aggregator, opml-import
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Grooveshark

Freemium by Escape Media Group |
iPhone, Android, Online, Symbian S60, HP webOS, Blackberry

Grooveshark is a free, internationally-available music streaming service and song recommendation engine. It allows users to search for, stream, and upload music, free of charge.

Audio & Music jailbreak, streaming, music-streaming, internet-radio
+1 more free-music
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VLC media player

Open Source by VideoLAN |
Mac, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux, Haiku

VLC media player is an lightweight, open-source multimedia player that supports nearly all digital audio and video formats (e.g. H.264 ,MKV, TS (but not from Technisat DigiCorder), MPEG-2, mp3, AVI, MPEG-4,...

Audio & Music, Video & Movies portable http://portableapps.com/de/apps/music_video/vlc_portable, streaming, media-player, internet-radio
+8 more podcast, avi, ogg, mp4, codec, mkv, ffmpeg, converting
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Total Commander

Commercial by Christian Ghisler |
Windows, Windows Mobile, Android

Total Commander is a shareware Orthodox File Manager (OFM) for Windows. The price is EUR 32. Some features include a built-in FTP client, file compare, archive file navigation, and a multi-rename tool with...

File Management portable Installers for regular and U3 USB drives: http://www.ghisler.com/usbinst.htm, ftp, file-manager, ftp-client, dual-pane
+6 more find-files, copy-files, file-explorer, compress-files, file-viewer, file-attributes
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WhatsApp

Commercial by WhatsApp Inc. |
iPhone, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60, Blackberry

WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messaging app which allows you to exchange messages with your friends and contacts without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is cross platform and is currently...

Social chat, messenger, smartphone-messaging
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FL Studio

Commercial by Image Line |
iPhone, Windows, Android

FL Studio lets you create music by selecting which beats to use and at what type. You can also make multiple beats and then put them together. Also, you may open up one of your songs you may have and...

Audio & Music plugin / add-on usable as VSTi/Rewire/DXi Plugin, music-production, music-composer
+4 more mix-music, audio-production, beats, mp3-maker
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inSSIDer

Open Source by OSS team under lead of MetaGeek, LLC |
Mac, Windows, Android, Linux

inSSIDer is a free Wi-Fi network scanner for Windows (including Windows 7 and 64bit editions). A cross-platform version is in the works and a Linux version is currently in alpha stage. inSSIDer lists...

Network & Admin network-scanner, wifi-scanner
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XBMC Media Center

Open Source by Team XBMC |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Linux

XBMC is a free and open source media player and entertainment center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, XBox, and iOS. XBMC is designed to be the perfect companion to a home theater PC- it supports an almost...

Audio & Music, Video & Movies jailbreak Jailbroken iDevices only, music-player, media-player, movies
+8 more video-player, music-library, television, media-library, mediacenter, movie-library, airplay, video-library
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Kik

Free by Kik Interactive |
iPhone, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60, Blackberry

Get Kik Messenger for free and enjoy unlimited texting to all Kik users worldwide, no matter what type of smartphone they're into. That's the insanely fast, unifying power of Kik.

Social iphone retina, messenger, smartphone-messaging
+1 more text-client
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Plex

Freemium by Plex |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Linux

Plex bridges the gap between your computerand your home theater, doing so with a visually appealing user interface that provides instant access to your media. Plex can play a wide range of video, audio and...

Video & Movies streaming, media-player, mediacenter, xbmc
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AutoCAD

Commercial by Autodesk |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Online

AutoCAD is a CAD application for 2D and 3D design and drafting for high-end professionals. It is the industry leader in the CAD software and its DWG file format has been widely adopted. AutoCAD offers an...

Photos & Graphics modeling, cad, engineering, architecture, drafting
+2 more dwg, dxf
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SoundHound

Freemium by SoundHound Inc. |
iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone, Android, Symbian S60

SoundHound offers instant music search and discovery. It can name a song playing from a speaker in as little as four seconds - and even works if you sing or hum! Get lyrics and top songs for all of your...

Audio & Music lyrics, music-discovery, music-recognition
+1 more identify-song