Zapr creates a simple link to any shared file or folder on your PC. When you want to share that file with someone all you need to do is send the link to that person via email or IM. The recipient only needs to click on the link to access the file.

Similar to online file sharing services, Zapr allows you to create both public and private web links. While public ones are accessible to anybody, the private ones can be viewed only by people who know the password.

Features:

• Turns your Desktop into a server and lets you share files over the internet
• Zapr currently works on Windows 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista
• Share files by forwarding web links to files hosted on your computer
• No limitations. Share as many files as you wish
• Share single files or whole folders
• Share files on public/private basis
• Use Zapr as remote access to your files whenever you need to.

Check out Zapr @ www.zapr.com

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• FolderShare: Free Remote Access Software
• steekR: Online Backup + File Sharing Client
• Quickeo : Private File Sharing via Email
• Pownce: Quick File Sharing + Group Messaging
• Omnidrive: File Storage + Document Collaboration

The best thing about WizHelp is that it doesn’t require any installation. You can start sharing your screen with someone or allow remote access to your computer with just coupe of clicks.

How does it work?

(1) Sign-up and get yourself a WizHelp ID.

(2) Anyone can type your ID on WizHelp and invite you for remote access or screen sharing session. Alternatively, you can send out invites to someone’s email from your WizHelp account.

(3) Once the recipeint has your invitation s/he can start the session by selecting one of the following options (depending on invite): Share screen, View screen, Give control or Take control.

Features:

• Share your screen online with anyone.
• Remote access any computer.
• No download or installation needed.
• Simple and easy to use.
• Similar apps: CrossLoop, TeamViewer, FolderShare, YuuGuu and SoonR (remote access from mobile)

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Check out WizHelp @ www.wizhelp.com

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• YuuGuu : Free Desktop Sharing Software
• CrossLoop : Remote Screen Sharing
• Zapr: Share Files Over The Internet From Your Desktop
• WeBot: Access Your Music and Photos Remotely
• TeamViewer

Avvenu – Feature List

• Access your stuff from any internet-connected mobile, smartphone, Windows PC, or Mac. Login at share.avvenu.com.
• Access local files on up to 10 different computers (office, home, laptop, etc.).
• Search for, download and share for files remotely.
• Share files: Share files and folders with others and choose how long sharing access should be valid for (1 hour, week, month, etc.).
• Music: Stream your local music library online using Avvenu’s music player.
• Premium Account (non-free): Option to access and share files even if the target computer is switched off.
• System Requirements: Windows XP (incl. Service Pack 2) or Vista and a broadband.

Check out Avvenu @ www.avvenu.com

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• YuuGuu : Free Desktop Sharing Software
• WeBot: Access Your Music and Photos Remotely
• TeamViewer
• SoonR : Remote PC Access from Mobile
• Mozy – Online Data Backup and Storage

Online-Tech-Tips : “iTunes has a built-in sharing feature already, but it only works with people on the same network. Using SimplifyMedia, you can play songs from other people’s playlists that are outside of your own network.”

SimplifyMedia Features

• Access your music remotely, from Windows PC, Mac, iPhone or iPod Touch. When accessing remotely (using Mac or Windows PC) you can play your music directly from local Winamp or iTunes player.
• Share music with friends: share tracks by folder or iTunes / Winamp playlists.
• Browse and play music files on friends’ computers. Invite and share your music with up to 30 people.
• All shared files will always remain on your computer, no uploads necessary.
• Legal: Tracks are streamed only within your private group. In other words, only your group of freinds can access and play tracks you are sharing.
• No router or firewall configurations required.

SimplifyMedia on iPhone

Check out SimplifyMedia @ www.simplifymedia.com

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Feature Overview

• Access you music and pictures remotely.
• Navigate, search and stream music files in a WeBot music player.
• Organize tracks into playlists. Or play them in random mode.
• Supported image formats: .JPG only (more coming soon).
• Cross-platform: Works both on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines.
• iPhone Optimized: Access shared media from your iPhone.
• Coming Soon: Embed playlists on webpages, and option to download photos from anywhere.
• Note: WeBot is optimized to work with Firefox browser.
• More Questions ? Go to WeBot FAQ page here.

Check out WeBot @ www.webot.com

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• YuuGuu : Free Desktop Sharing Software
• SoonR : Remote PC Access from Mobile
• SongBeat: Find and Play Fav. Music from Your Desktop
• Pownce: Quick File Sharing + Group Messaging
• OSLiving: Archive for Top Open Source Software

ArsTechnica: “Of the services we tested here, Mozy Online struck the best balance between functionality and flexibility and is our overall top pick for an online backup service.”

Feature Overview

• Automatically backup sensitive data and securely store it online.
• Automatically keeps online copy up-to-date and synchronized.
• Access your documents remotely.
• Free account is limited to 2 GB of storage. Plus 1 GB for each friend referral.
• Available Desktop Clients: for Windows Vista, XP, 2000, or Mac OS X 10.4.
• All data transfers are encrypted.
• Premium Option: Unlimited Backup for $4.95/month.

Mozy Backup on NBC

Using Mozy Tutorial

Get Mozy @ www.mozy.com

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• steekR: Online Backup + File Sharing Client
• FolderShare: Free Remote Access Software
• YuuGuu : Free Desktop Sharing Software
• WeBot: Access Your Music and Photos Remotely
• SoonR : Remote PC Access from Mobile

Lala Features

• Upload you music library and access it remotely.
• Convenient and drag’n drop enabled web-based music player.
• Organize library into playlists.
• Switch player between different view modes
• Max. File Size: Supports mp3 files that are smaller than 50MB.
• Option to easily sync your music with an iPod.
• Music Shop: Browse music gallery, play 30 sec. tracks previews, see what’s popular, and buy music.

Go to Lala (www.lala.com)

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• Yahoo! Media Player: Embedable MP3 Player
• WeBot: Access Your Music and Photos Remotely
• Vattoz: Music Search Engine with a Playlist Support
• Ubuket : Play and Organize web Media Online
• StreamDrag: Hear Songs You Like Online

CrossLoop Features

• Share your screen with others, and Access other’s computers remotely.
• Share running programs (Adobe Photoshop, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc) with others (friends, family, colleagues, etc.).
• Different screen sharing option: ‘View Only’ and ‘Share Control’ modes.
• File transfer and sharing options.
• Multi-Lingual: Available in more than 20 languages.
• No router or Firewall configurations required.
• Secure and encrypted connection.
• Currently works only on Windows systems.
• More Questions? Check out CrossLoop’s FAQ section.

User Testimonial: “This is outstanding. I can finally connect to other computers without having them forward any ports!”

Video Introduction + Demo

Video demo 2

Check out CrossLoop @ [www.crossloop.com]

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• YuuGuu : Free Desktop Sharing Software
• TeamViewer
• WizHelp: Control Remote Desktop & Share Your Screen Session
• WeBot: Access Your Music and Photos Remotely
• SoonR : Remote PC Access from Mobile

Yuuguu Features

• Share your computer screen with coworkers and Access/Control each other’s PCs remotely. (eg. work)
• Remote Collaboration: Easily share running applications (Word, Powerpoint, etc.) with others.
• Integrated group instant messaging. Store and Keep history of all conversations online.
• Cross platform: Connect to and control PC from Mac, or Mac from PC.
• Firewall friendly: No need to adjust firewall settings.
• All data transfers are secure and encrypted (128 bit SSL).
• More Questions? Go to YuuGuu FAQ page.

Check out YuuGuu @ [www.yuuguu.com]

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• CrossLoop : Remote Screen Sharing
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• TeamViewer
• SoonR : Remote PC Access from Mobile
• Omnidrive: File Storage + Document Collaboration

- access their computers remotely (from work, school, etc,),
- share and collaborate on files with friends and colleagues,
- synchronize files across multiple computers and mobile devices.

FolderShare features:

• Share files up to 2 GB in size.
• No restrictions on bandwidth or number of transferred files.
• Sync any file type: files are synced and transferred in their original format.
• Supported browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
• Supported Platforms: Windows, and Mac.
• Note: To access your files remotely your PC must be ‘On’ and FolderShare should be running

Visit FolderShare @ [www.foldershare.com]

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• steekR: Online Backup + File Sharing Client
• Pownce: Quick File Sharing + Group Messaging
• Omnidrive: File Storage + Document Collaboration
• Mozy – Online Data Backup and Storage
• Zapr: Share Files Over The Internet From Your Desktop

SoonR Feature Overview

• Soonr Desktop: Use your mobile phone to search, view, share and forward files from any PC.
• Soonr Organizer: Access Outlook or Mac Mail from your mobile phone.
• Soonr Talk: Run your PC’s Skype client from your mobile phone.
• and lots more …

Video Demo 1:

Video Demo 2:

Go to SoonR (http://www.soonr.com/)

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• FolderShare: Free Remote Access Software
• DeviceScape: Connect All WiFi Devices to Any WiFi Hotspot

Anywhere.FM Features:

• Upload and Access your music remotely
• Browse and Listen to music tracks/playlists uploaded by other Another.FM members
• Browse music from Garage bands and Indie artists.
• Discover new music through so called Friend Radio
• Custom iTunes uploader for folks with lots of music.
• Integrated Beat visualizer
• Options to style your web-based player according to your taste

Check out Anywhere.FM @ www.anywhere.fm

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• Tunerec: Free & Legal Music Streaming
• TheSixtyOne : Discover Great Tunes Before Everyone Else
• TheRadio: Music Radio On Demand
• StumbleAudio: Cool Indie Music for your Taste
• Stereo8: A Unique Free Music Radio Site

Features:

• Remote desktop sharing, file transfer, chat, etc.
• All data sharing is encrypted and secure.
• Works through Firewalls. No user configurations required.
• You (the sharer) can decide whether you want to share the desktop or just allow the file transfer.
• Completely free for non-commercial use.
• More Questions? Check out support section
• Works only on Windows computers (incl. Vista).
• Take TeamViewer intoduction tour here

HowTo: Access and Download Files files from your PC remotely (using TeamViewer)

Visit: TeamViewer www.teamviewer.com

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• CrossLoop : Remote Screen Sharing
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• SoonR : Remote PC Access from Mobile
• Omnidrive: File Storage + Document Collaboration

Nutsie: “your iTunes on your mobile phone”

Nutsie Features

• Export your iTnues playlists to Nutsie.com and Access it from any web-enabled PC (from work, school… ) or your mobile phone.
• Share your playlists with others and get access to shared playlists from other Nutsie members.
• Coming soon: Support for other music players (Winamp, Windows Media Player, etc.).
• Supports most of the popular phones. See full list of supported devices here.
• Currently works on AT&T (Cingular) and T-Mobile and some smaller wireless networks.
• Note: Your PC does NOT have to be running to stream your music to nuTsie on your mobile phone.
• IMPORTANT: Nutsie is a FREE service, however depending on your mobile plan data transfer fees may apply. For more info contact your mobile carrier.

Nutsie Overview and Demo

Check out Nutsie @ www.nutsie.com

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