The Daily App: ScreenLeap

Fans of the hit TV show "24" might recall the phrase "send it to my screen" oft-shouted in the CTU operations center when one operative needed to take over what was happening on someone else's workstation while still using his or her own. Turns out, there's an app for that, and it's already on any smartphone with a browser.

Startup ScreenLeap offers a screen sharing system that the company claims can share any screen to any other system with no downloads and no sign-ups. Just click the button on the ScreenLeap home page and send a generated code to Jack Bauer or someone else you want to share your screen with. All Jack has to do is enter that code at www.screenleap.com and he can see your screen (almost) instantly.

The HTML and JavaScript tool displays the remote screen within a browser windows either in full size or scaled to fit the window. A Java applet does the work in the sending end after a quick download complete with informative screenshots.