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BlueStacks

Free* 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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Google+ Hangouts

Free by Google |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online

"Hangouts" are places used to facilitate group video chat (with a maximum of 10 people participating in a single Hangout at any point in time). US and Canada only currently (last verified...

Social video-chat, video-conferencing, group-video-chat
+1 more teleconference
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Evernote

Free* 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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Spotify

Free* 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, listen-music, share-music, offline-support, last-fm-scrobbler, freemium
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Skype

Free* 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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VLC media player

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

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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Plex

Free* 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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Flipboard

Free by Flipboard inc. |
iPhone, iPad, Android + Tablet

Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook and Twitter. See your social media in a magazine layout that is easy to scan and fun to...

News & Books, Social twitter, facebook, news-reader, tumblr, news-feed
+5 more instagram, flipping-book, magazine, flipbook, flipping-reader
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Google Play Store

Free by Google |
Android + Tablet, Online

Google Play (formerly the Android Market) is an online store by Google for Android devices. Browse and search for apps, books, and movie rentals from your web browser or Android device.

app-store, apps, applications, android-apps
+1 more marketplace
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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/, discontinued Shutting down July 1 2013. , web-based, rss-feed-reader, feed-reader
+3 more news-reader, atom, news-aggregator
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Feedly

Free by DevHD |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online

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. Feedly requires a...

News & Books, Web Browsers plugin / add-on As browser addon for Firefox and Google Chrome, news, share-on-facebook
+8 more rss-feed-reader, share-on-twitter, feed-reader, facebook-integration, twitter-integration, browser-addon, google-reader-sync, google-reader-client
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Foxfi

Free by FoxFi Software |
Android + Tablet

FoxFi enables WiFi or Bluetooth Hotspot on your Android phone - no tether plan or rooting required! This is a new Android app with great reviews in Android Market. Bluetooth mode works for all phones. WiFi...

Network & Admin wifi, hotspot, wifi-hotspot, wireless-hotspot
+1 more bluetooth-hotspot
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Minecraft

Commercial by Mojang AB |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online

Minecraft is a sandbox game that revolves around using building blocks to create anything you want. At night, monsters come out; make sure to build a shelter before that happens. The game also has multiplayer...

Games iphone retina Requires iPhone 4 or higher, game, multiplayer, single-player
+6 more blocks, construction-game, construction, mine, craft, dig
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Wunderlist

Open Source by 6 Wunderkinder |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Phone, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online
+2 more Blackberry, Chrome OS

Wunderlist is a free, open source, simple and beautiful cross-platform task management tool that lets you sync your to-do list between different computers and devices. The source code can be found here:...

Backup & Sync, Office & Productivity plugin / add-on Also as Chrome extension., multi-language, todo, task-manager
+10 more tasks, todo-list, to-do-list, todo-manager, to-do, reminder, cloud-sync, task-list-manager, push-notifications, recurring-events
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Dolphin Browser

Free by MoboTap Inc. |
iPhone, iPad, Android + Tablet

Dolphin Browser is the most intelligent mobile web browser available that allows you to interact and engage with the web through your mobile device in the easiest, most intuitive way. - Gestures In...

Security & Privacy, Web Browsers web-browser, internet-security, mobile-browser
+2 more gestures, speed-dial
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Mightytext

Free |
Android + Tablet, Online

Send & Receive SMS Text Messages from your computer. Sync'd with your Android # Free. Send & Receive Text Messages from your Computer, sync'd with your Android phone! With MightyText Android™...

Social android-apps, sms-from-pc, sms-messaging
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Google Drive

Free* by Google |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android + Tablet, Online

Google Drive is a place where you can can upload, access, and share all of your files. You can get started with 5GB of storage for free. Google Drive can automatically sync files on your computer, or you can...

Backup & Sync, File Sharing file-sharing, online-storage, storage, file-storage
+4 more integrated-search, file-synchronization, online-harddrive, file-viewer
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BlackMart

Free by b3er |
Android + Tablet

Blackmart Alpha Requirements:Android 1.5+ Overview:It is a black market for paid and free apps(all are free).

Games root, game, reviews, connect, license, company, alpha
+1 more spectral
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TunnelBear

Free* |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android + Tablet

TunnelBear is a fancy new app for Windows and Mac that let’s you “tunneled” your Internet connection through their US and UK server. It functions very much the same as VPN that let’s you access US and UK...

Security & Privacy vpn, hulu-outside-us, unblock-sites
+1 more bypass-censorship
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PicsArt Photo Studio

Free by PicsArt |
Windows, Android + Tablet

PicsArt combines the best features of many photo applications it is one of best and most complete photo editors available for free in the market for Android devices. Picture editor - Tons of photo filters,...

Photos & Graphics, Social photo-editing, photo-sharing, drawing, photo-effects
+8 more share-on-facebook, share-photos, share-on-twitter, dropbox-support, photo-filters, camera-enhancing, foursquare, share-on-tumblr
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Imo

Free by imo.im |
iPhone, iPad, Android + Tablet, Online, Blackberry

Imo instant messenger is a web-based service with video and voice chat functionality. imo's web messenger and mobile messenger apps let you IM your friends with AIM, Facebook, Google Talk, Jabber, ICQ,...

Social iphone retina, plugin / add-on Also as Chrome extension., chat, web-based, instant-messenger
+11 more instant-messaging, messenger, video-chat, msn, skype, chat-client, icq, steam, gtalk, msn-messenger, audio-chat
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Foxit Reader

Free by Foxit Software |
iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Android + Tablet, Linux
+2 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60

Foxit Reader is a free and light-weight PDF document viewer for Windows. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. Notable features include: Annotation tool: draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save...

Office & Productivity portable Available also as portable app: http://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable, multi-language, pdf-viewer
+8 more tabbed-interface, pdf-reader, pdf-annotation, convert-to-pdf, scan-to-pdf, sign-pdf, pdf-printer, tablet-support
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Google Play Music

Free by Google |
Mac, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux, Online

Google Music, a service only available for people who have an Google account, lets people upload their personal music collection and access it instantly on the web or any compatible device. Upload your...

Audio & Music streaming, itunes, music-streaming, stream-music
+2 more online-music, cloud-locker
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OpenVPN

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Android + Tablet, Linux

OpenVPN is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access...

Security & Privacy security, vpn, virtual-private-network, openvpn
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SugarSync

Free* by SugarSync |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Android + Tablet, Online
+3 more Windows Mobile, Symbian S60, Blackberry

SugarSync lets you synchronize, backup and remotely access files and folders across your PC or Mac. You can also remotely view files from Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, and Android. SugarSync offers 5...

Backup & Sync backup, online-storage, storage, german
+7 more file-synchronization, folder-sync, offline-access, selective-sync, remote-sync, mobile-device, sync-any-folder