Archive for July, 2010

• Chrome Canary Build Provides Bleeding-Edge Updates Alongside Stable Chrome (Windows)
  If you’re a Chrome fan and want to see the very latest in features and fixes, even if potentially unstable, you’ve now got a Canary Build. It’s an auto-updating, near-nightly build that runs separately from your standard Chrome installation.
• Power Strip Adds a Customizable Shortcut and Widget Dock to Android (Android)
  While Android has a few multitasking tricks built-in, Power Strip re-assigns your Home button to bring up a dock containing app shortcuts, folders, and even widgets that you can launch at any point, without returning to the home screen.
• DropFolders Watches Folders and Converts Media with HandBrake (Windows)
  HandBrake is consistently voted the best media converter and DVD ripping tool. DropFolders automates HandBrake slightly, having it watch a folder, convert what it finds, and drop it wherever you’d like.
• Freemake Is a Remarkably Simple, Yet Feature-Filled Video Converter and Editor (Windows)
  With all video converting apps out there, it can get a bit overwhelming. Freemake combines almost everything you need into a clean, simple, one-stop-shop for all your video converting, editing, and burning needs.
• Firefox 4 Beta 2 Adds App Tabs for Keep-Open Sites (Windows/Mac/Linux)
  Firefox is out with another beta of its improved and redesigned Firefox 4. This second early release gives Macs the same tabs-on-top look as Windows, and adds an “App Tabs” mode for sites you want to keep an eye on.
• Start! Is a Polished Start Page Alternative for Google Chrome (Chrome)
  If you’re not enamored with the default Chrome start page, Start! offers a polished and customizable alternative.
• Edwin Speech-to-Speech Android App Expands Android’s Speech Recognition Skills (Android)
  Right out of the box Android phones sport some impressive voice command tools. If you want to take voice command of your phone to the next level, however, Edwin supercharges your voice commands and gives you verbal responses to your queries.
• ChompSMS Is a Handy Replacement for Android’s SMS App (Android)
  The SMS messaging app included with standard Android phones is decent, but it could do so much more to make texting easy. ChompSMS does those things, including quick replies from home or lock screens, a clever widget, and more.
• Radian Is a Radial Mouse-Centered Application Launcher (Windows)
  If you’d like to keep your shortcuts and favorite applications close at hand without jumping back to the Start Menu, Radian is an open-source application launcher that centers your favorite and frequently launched applications right around your mouse.
• uTorrent 3.0 Alpha Adds Web Interface Support for iPad, Android (Windows)
  Popular BitTorrent client uTorrent added a web interface, so you can remotely access your transfers from a web browser. Since then, they’ve added support for the web interface to the iPhone, and, more recently, iPad and Android devices.

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