The developers behind the popular Dolphin web browser for mobile devices have released version 7.0 for Android. The key new feature is a cloud synchronization option that lets you sync your bookmarks, gestures, and other preferences across all your phones and tablets. The new service is called Dolphin Connect and right now it only supports Android — but support for the Dolphin Browser for iPhone… Read more »

Most Android devices make it easy to move files between your phone or tablet and a computer. All you have to do is plug in a USB cable, enable the USB storage option, and start copying and pasting. But if you’re looking for something a bit more automatic, there’s Synx. This open source app for Windows allows you to synchronize all of the photos, videos,… Read more »

HP has launched a public beta of HP Play — a new application designed to let you synchronize your media between a PC or Mac and an HP TouchPad tablet or webOS phone. The software is based on the open source Songbird media player and right now it only lets you sync your music over a USB cable. But eventually HP plans to add wireless… Read more »

Apple won’t fully roll out its new iCloud service until this fall, but the company is already allowing users to upload their music collections to iCloud. And this afternoon the company rolled out another piece of the puzzle. If you’re using multiple iOS devices you can now go into the “Store” section in the Settings menu to enable Automatic Downloads. This allows you to automatically… Read more »

This week researchers spotted a security flaw affecting more than 99 percent of all Android devices that could allow an attacker to steal your account credentials when you tried to synchronize with Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Google Calendar, or other services on an insecure wireless network. Today Google acknowledge the issue and promised that the company is already rolling out a fix which will work for… Read more »

Online file synchronization service SugarSync lets you back up files from your computer and access them on the go using another computer or a mobile app. Today the company has released an updated Android app which also makes it easy to backup files from your smartphone or tablet thanks to a new AutoSync feature. AutoSync automatically backs up photos from your Android phone’s camera roll… Read more »

File synchronization and storage service Dropbox has updated its mobile apps for Android and iOS. Dropbox 1.1 for Android fixes some compatibility issues with Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets and adds support for French, German, Japanese and Spanish languages. The latest version of the iPhone app also includes support for additional languages, but the update also makes it easier to upload files from an iPhone, iPod… Read more »

Password synchronization service LastPass offers and Android app which lets you login to web sites quickly on a mobile device as long as your username and password are stored on the LastPass server. In other words, you can create a Twitter account on your PC and the LastPass plugin for Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Chrome will automatically save your login information to the web. Then… Read more »

One of the best things about Google Android phones is that you don’t have to synchronize them with a computer to apply software updates, backup your contact list, or install applications. But sometimes you want to synchronize a mobile device with a PC or Mac. One of the best reasons to  sync? Keeping your iTunes music library up to date on your phone. Out of… Read more »

Music WithMe is an app that lets you wirelessly sync media from your iTunes library with a BlackBerry or Android phone. When I first looked at the service last year, the company was charging $14.99 for an Android license. But now Music WithMe for Android is available as a free download from the Android Market. In order to use the app you’ll need to download… Read more »