0- MagicJack for iPhone Provides Unlimited Free Calling Within the US and Canada (iPhone) You've probably heard of the MagicJack phone service that lets you make unlimited free calls within the US and Canada for the price of the required hardware and your internet connection. The MagicJack iPhone app lets you do the same thing from your iOS device, only you don't have to pay for it at all.
- Maryfi Is a Free Software Router for Windows 7 (Windows) Remember Microsoft's Virtual Wi-Fi project for Windows 7? Well the project is officially dead, but the source code is still available, and free application Maryfi takes advantage of this to provide a software router that can share single-serve Wi-Fi networks such as those used at airports, hotels, etc.
- Priv3 Selectively Stops Third-Party Sites from Sending Your Info to Facebook, Google, Twitter, and More (Firefox) It's not just Facebook that's actively tracking your movements on the Web without your consent: Google, LinkedIn, and others do the same, although most other services make it easier to opt out. If you want to use those services when you want without trading your privacy for the privilege, Priv3 is a Firefox extension that gives you back the ability to choose.
- An Alarm Clock App That Sends an Embarrassing Tweet Every Time You Hit Snooze (iOS) You could make the argument that, on the whole, the Japanese are more disciplined than we are. Part of that might be because they impose harsh consequences on failure. For example, who else would come up with an alarm clock app that sends out embarrassing tweets whenever you hit the snooze button?
- Smartr by Xobni Is a Powerful Contact Manager for Gmail and Android (Web/Android) Want to ramp up your address book? Sure you do. Contact management app Xobni was in private beta when we last looked at it, but now the Gmail add-on and Android app are available for all, and now known as Smartr.
- Grooveshark Desktop Is a Mac OS X Grooveshark Client with Bonus Features (Mac) If you love Grooveshark and Mac OS X, you've got a great new unofficial client ready for download that provides the Grooveshark Desktop experience will adding themes and a mini player ala Bowtie.
- DroidSheep Brings Firesheep-Like Session-Hijacking to Android Devices (Android) It was only a matter of time before an app like previously mentioned Firesheep came out for mobile devices to further prove how insecure many popular sites are. Like Firesheep, DroidSheep listens to network traffic and gain access to your online accounts.
- Conceptboard for Chrome Adds Google+ Enabled Whiteboards (Chrome) Google just launched its new Google+ Hangout extensions in beta, including its drawing app, Sketchpad, but Conceptboard takes it a considerable step further and adds full whiteboarding support.
- PandaBar Stuffs Pandora in Your Menu Bar (Mac) PandaBar is a small, low-memory app that sits in your menu bar and streams music from your Pandora account with no need to keep a browser window or full app open.
- Recoll Finds Text Virtually Anywhere on a Linux Computer (Linux) Recoll is a free, open source, desktop search tool that can find nearly any type of text on your system and incorporates boolean searches (including wildcards) file stemming, and file-type filters. It also includes auto-completion of search topics, so if you search for "lifeh" you'd get Lifehacker, Lifehouse, etc.
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