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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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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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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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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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Dropbox

Free* by Dropbox |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Windows Metro, Android, Linux, Online
+1 more Blackberry

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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JDownloader

Open Source by AppWork UG |
Mac, Windows, Linux

JDownloader simplifies and improves the process of downloading files from "free" file hosting sites like Rapidshare or Megaupload. JDownloader offers downloading in multiple parallel streams, CAPTCHA...

File Sharing portable http://jdownloader-portable.softonic.de/, java, download-manager, downloader
+7 more java-based, download-youtube, metalink, link-checker, file-download, captcha-recognition, dlc
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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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i-FunBox

Free |
Mac, Windows

i-FunBox, or iFunbox, is a tool to transfer, manage, browse and explore your files on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch via USB. It allows you to use iPhone as an external USB drive and easily search or copy files from or to your iPhone. A...

File Management, OS & Utilities multi-language, file-manager, file-explorer
+6 more software-installer, iphone-browser, ipa, app-manager, iphone-manager, iphone-explorer
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Prezi

Free* by Prezi |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Online

Prezi allows anyone who can sketch an idea on a napkin to create and perform stunning non-linear presentations with relations, zooming into details, and adjusting to the time left without the need to skip...

Office & Productivity portable A Portable Prezi is an exported or downloaded version of your prezi, which works without Internet access, a Prezi account, or Prezi Desktop., presentation, collaborative
+2 more offline-support, non-linear-presentation
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Spotflux

Free by Spotflux, Inc. |
Mac, Windows

Spotflux is a unique service that provides a more private, more secure, and more open connection to the internet. Spotflux is an easy to use client for Mac and PC, with mobile connectivity coming soon. ...

Security & Privacy security, vpn, internet-security, vpn-service
+6 more vpn-client, vpn-tunnel, vpn-software, vpn-for-free, vpn-for-windows, vpn-for-mac
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Sketchup

Free* by Trimble |
Mac, Windows

SketchUp (formerly Google SketchUp) is a program that lets you do all types of 3D drawings. Imagine that you’ve bought a house and need to furnish it. Well, with this program you can see it in virtual form and...

Development, Photos & Graphics modeling, drawing, 3d-modeling, sketching, sketch
+2 more drafting, mockups
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Picasa

Free* by Google |
Mac, Windows, Online

Picasa is a software download from Google, that helps you organize, edit, and share your photos. The local application usage and the online storage up to 1 GB is free, and it is easy to use. The online version...

Backup & Sync, Photos & Graphics, Travel & Location online-storage, photos, photo-album, album
+4 more face-recognition, geolocation, online-photo-albums, face-tagging
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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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b2evolution

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux, Online

b2evolution is a powerful blog tool you can install on your own website. It includes all the features of traditional blog tools, and extends them with evolved features such as file & photo management,...

Business & Commerce, Photos & Graphics php, cms, publishing, blogging, webserver
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Tor

Open Source by The Tor Project Inc. |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Tor is free portable software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships,...

Security & Privacy portable, proxy, vpn, online-anonymity, ipmask
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OmniGraffle

Commercial by The Omni Group |
Mac, iPad

Need a diagram, process chart, quick page-layout, website mockup or graphic design? OmniGraffle handles all of these in one award-winning application, which offers plenty of power under the hood to make all...

Office & Productivity workflow, chart, diagram, flowchart
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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 synchronization, file-management, music-streaming
+12 more share-files, web-application, cloud-storage, sync-files, webdav, web-app, cloud-backup, webdav-sync, preview-images, data-sync, cloud-editing, preview-video
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Sublime Text

Commercial by Jon Skinner |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Sublime Text 2 is free, but Sublime Text 3...

Development portable, php, text-editor, javascript, html, python
+8 more css, automation, code-editor, html-editor, ruby, distraction-free, no-distraction, syntax-highlight
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Freegate

Free by Dynamic Internet Technology Inc. (DIT) |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Freegate is an anti-censorship software for secure and fast Internet access. It was developed and maintained by Dynamic Internet Technology Inc. (DIT), a pioneer in censorship-circumvention operation. *...

Security & Privacy wine You can run Freegate on Linux or MAC through Wine, as written in their FAQ: http://dongtaiwang.com/loc/faq_en.php#linux, proxy, connection, unblock-sites
+10 more anonymous-proxy, bypass-censorship, online-anonymity, censorship, malicious, bypass-firewall, censorship-resistant, proxy-service, anticensorship, gfw
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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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VirtualBox

Open Source by Oracle (Sun Microsystems) |
Mac, Windows, Linux

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 & AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product. It allows you to run multiple operating systems on your computer, at the same time. VirtualBox can run a large number of guest...

Development, Network & Admin, OS & Utilities portable Portable VBox isn't made by Oracle. The portable 64bit-Version seems to work only with a parallel original VirtualBox Desktop installation. Download from http://www.techbeta.org/category/portable-apps, operating-system, virtualization, vmware
+2 more virtual-machine, sun
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LogMeIn

Free* by LogMeIn Inc. |
Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Android, Online

LogMeIn Free gives you remote control of your PC or Mac from any other computer with an Internet connection: 2-minute set-up & 100% free. For file transfer, sound, and printing, you need LogMeIn Pro²;...

Network & Admin portable Portable app for windows: 7.95 $ http://download.cnet.com/LogMeIn-Ignition/3000-7240_4-10710716.html, remote-access, remote-desktop
+1 more remote-connection
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Pidgin

Open Source by Pidgin |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once. It has built-in support for NSS, offering client-to-server...

Social portable PortableApps.com distributes a portable version., chat, instant-messenger, messenger, irc
+10 more jabber, msn, yahoo, chat-client, xmpp, icq, aim, google-talk, multi-protocol, gadu-gadu