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Easily Backup Photos And Videos From Multiple Android And iOS Devices To Your Desktop With DAEMON Sync

| Date: March 08, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: android, backup, cloud, daemon sync, iOS, linux, mobile, sync, ubuntu

DAEMON Sync is a tool created by the DAEMON Tools developers, which allows users to backup files from mobile devices to the desktop, over the local wireless network.

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DAEMON Sync Android app

The application is free to use but not free and open source software, and it consists of two parts: the server, which you'll have to install on your computer, available for Linux (only deb files available), Windows and Mac OS X, and the mobile app, which runs on Android and iOS.

Pushbullet Indicator Gets Option To Reply To SMS, WhatsApp And Telegram, Full Universal Copy And Paste Support

| Date: March 30, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: android, appindicator, iOS, mobile, pushbullet, ubuntu

Pushbullet Indicator was updated today with new features like bidirectional universal copy and paste, option to send SMS from the desktop and more.

Pushbullet Indicator

Pushbullet is a service that lets you easily send files, links, notes, list and more to your Android or iOS device from your desktop or the other way around. The tool can also be used share the clipboard between your desktop and mobile device (feature called "Universal copy & paste"), mirror Android notifications on your desktop and more.

Pushbullet Indicator: Send Files, Links And Notes To Your Android or iOS Device From Your Ubuntu Desktop

| Date: May 07, 2014 | View Comments | Tags: android, appindicator, iOS, linux, ubuntu

Pushbullet is a service that lets you easily send files, links, notes, lists, etc. to your Android or iOS device from your desktop or the other way around. It can be used via Chrome / Firefox extensions and for Windows there's also a desktop app.


Because there was no Pushbullet application for Ubuntu, Lorenzo from atareao.es (you may already know some of his work: My Weather Indicator, Calendar Indicator, Touchpad Indicator, Nautilus/Nemo image tools, etc.) has created a Pushbullet AppIndicator for Ubuntu.

Jailbreak iOS 6.0 And 6.1 Devices Under Linux Using evasi0n

| Date: February 04, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: iOS, ipad, iPhone, linux, macosx, ubuntu, windows

iOS jailbreak tool "evasi0n" allows you to jailbreak any iPhone (including iPhone 5), iPod touch, iPad and iPad mini models running iOS 6.0.x and 6.1, from Windows, Mac and of course, Linux. 

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XBMC 12.0 `Frodo` Stable Released. Use It On Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi, Android And More

| Date: January 29, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: android, iOS, linux, macosx, media center, Raspberry Pi, ubuntu, windows, XBMC

XBMC Media Center 12.0 "Frodo" has been released today with HD audio, Live TV and PVR support and many other enhancements. Also, the application is now available for Android and Raspberry Pi (although there are no official Raspberry Pi builds provided by XBMC).

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Quickly Open Large PDF Files Even On Slow Machines With MuPDF

| Date: August 29, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: android, iOS, linux, mupdf, pdf, ubuntu, windows

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MuPDF is a small and fast PDF viewer that can quickly open large PDF files, even on slow computers.

XBMC Media Center 11.0 Released, Install It In Ubuntu

| Date: March 26, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: iOS, linux, macosx, media center, music player, ubuntu, video player, windows, XBMC

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XBMC Media Center is a free and open source (GPL) digital media hub and HTPC (Home theater PC) software, available for Linux, OSX, iOS and Windows.

XBMC 11 "Eden" has been released recently and comes with speed increases, better and simpler library, better unencrypted BluRay support, default skin improvements, better networking support, AirPlay support, upgraded weather service with geoip lookup and much more. The new version also brings support for Apple TV2 and iOS.

Jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2 On Linux With Absinthe

| Date: January 25, 2012 | View Comments | Tags: iOS, iPhone, linux, ubuntu

Absinthe 0.3, an iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (iOS 5) untethered jailbreak tool, has been released a few days ago and it includes a Linux version too.

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