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Dropbox for iOS improves on mobile productivity with a slew of new features.

New capabilities were launched by cloud storage service Dropbox on Wednesday, including an update to its official iOS app that allows users to quickly scan text-based documents and convert them into files.

Dropbox just dumped a ton of new productivity features on users of its file storage and collaboration service that are all aimed at making it easier for people to get work done within its applications.

There's going to be a ton of Facebook news tomorrow, so Dropbox is getting a cool piece of news out early: it's now integrated into Messenger on both iOS and Android. Facebook Messenger users will be able to find Dropbox inside Messenger's extensions menu. From there, you'll be able to send photos, videos, and other files to whoever you're chatting with. If you send a video, an image, or a GIF, Messenger will be able to preview it inline; for any other type of file, you'll have to jump out to Dropbox...

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A look at the best productivity apps ever made for the iPhone, based on our list of the best 100 iPhone apps of all time.

Collaboration between Dropbox and Adobe has resulted in updates for both the official Dropbox and Acrobat Reader apps, making it easier for users to access and edit their PDFs in the cloud.

So, you've downloaded iOS 9, now what? Update all your apps, of course.

This week's list includes a GIF keyboard app from Disney, a new Gmail app for Mac, Dropbox's redesigned Android app and more.

Volkswagen on Tuesday announced an Apple Watch app that will offer remote control of many car functions, while Dropbox released a significant update to its iOS client and promised that users will soon be able to create Office documents from within the app.

A pair of Silicon Valley heavyweights updated their popular iOS apps on Tuesday, with Dropbox allowing users to upload files via iOS 8's sharing menu and Google unveiling a redesigned, universal version of its Play Music app.

When Apple released iOS 8 last fall, it made possible a lot of things that Android users have taken for granted for years now. Chief among those new features was the ability for third-party apps to work in Apple's sharing system, which meant you could do a lot more with various links and files in iOS. Of course, third-party apps needed to be updated to work in this new sharing system, so it's taken some time for these features to be completely taken advantage of....

The official Dropbox application for Apple's iOS received a significant update on Monday with key new features, including the ability to rename files and folders on the go, and also to launch Office files in their respective Microsoft apps.

As promised earlier in November, Dropbox on Tuesday activated a new iOS app feature that lets users open and edit Microsoft Office documents through their respective apps, with automatic syncing and saving.

Earlier this month, Dropbox and Microsoft announced a partnership that would see Dropbox offer better support for Microsoft’s Office Suite, including the ability to edit Office docs from the Dropbox mobile app among other things. Today, those integrations have gone live for users of both the Android phone and iOS Dropbox applications.Explains Dropbox in a blog post announcing the…

Popular cloud storage service Dropbox on Monday updated its official iOS application with support for Touch ID secure logins, as well as native compatibility with the larger displays of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

A week after popular file-sharing site Dropbox confirmed user accounts were compromised but denied claims of its own servers being breached, the company has rolled out an update to its iOS application which introduces support for Apple’s Touch ID. With this change, iOS 8 users will now have the option to unlock and access their Dropbox accounts using their own fingerprints.Dropbox is…

Now that iOS 8 is on the loose, Apple users are receiving much-improved versions of their favorite apps, designed take advantage of new iOS features – like the ability to create custom widgets in the Notification Center. Today, file-sharing application Dropbox has rolled out its iOS 8 upgrade, which now includes a new Notification Center widget of its own, offering a quick overview of…

Among iOS 8's many new features are some cool ways to let you interact with your apps without actually having to open them. Interactive notifications are one example, and another is the brand-new widgets available in Notification Center. Apple is a little late to this game—Android has had widgets for years, and users can put them right on their home screens—but at least what we have is both elegant and functional....

was a great year for productivity. The email problem hasn’t been completely solved, but apps like Mailbox and Dispatch have taken away much of the pain of the task. Meanwhile, we have plenty of choices for calendar and to-do apps that are well-designed, useful and fast....

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Along with a brand new app icon, Dropbox has redesigned its iOS apps with a new look and feel fit for iOS 7. Perhaps most important in the new features list is AirDrop support, letting users send links and files through Apple's instant sharing platform via Wifi or Bluetooth.

Dropbox had been one of the biggest apps yet to receive a refresh in line with Apple's radical iOS 7 visual style, but that changes today. First teased earlier in the month when Dropbox announced a host of features focused on business, version 3.0 brings a cleaner design, new blue-on-white icon, and improved iPad interface that lets you easily switch in and out of fullscreen mode with a single tap. The app also supports iOS 7 features such as AirDrop, and Dropbox promises major speed improvements for...

Cloud storage service Dropbox has given its iPad and iPhone apps an iOS 7-inspired design refresh, hinting that there are more features and changes coming soon....

Popular cloud storage company Dropbox on Thursday released the latest version of its iOS app, with a completely new design for iOS 7 and improved user interface for the iPad.

Two popular options for storing, sharing, and synchronizing files across devices received an update Thursday, with Google Drive gaining support for multiple accounts and AirPrint and SugarSync bringing automatic photo backup alongside music and video streaming.

As Apple's App Store nears 50 billion downloads, the company reveals the all-time most popular apps for iPhone and iPad.

There are many thousands of apps. Whatever your goal, as Apple’s erstwhile advertising campaign proclaimed, “There’s an app for that.” But some apps are simply must-haves—whether for their functionality, their interface brilliance, or just their entertainment factor. Here are ten apps your new iPhone shouldn’t be without....

A perfect cocktail of poor planning, laziness, tech glitches and fate combined to reduce years of digital Apple iPad artwork to little more than fading memories.

Google Maps is the most frequently used mobile app in the world, according to GlobalWebIndex data on global smartphone users in Q2 of 2013. The top three apps after Google's popular mapping tool are Facebook (44% of smartphone users), YouTube (35% of users) and Google+ (30% of users). See also: Use These 10 Apps During Downtime Statista's chart below tracks the 10 most frequently used smartphone apps in the world, based on percentage of smartphone users that have used the app in the past month.

Dropbox continued to develop its impressive presence on iOS after the iPhone and iPad app got an update that brings swipe-based actions and the ability to share multiple images....

Dropbox on Tuesday updated its iOS app, bringing swipe gesture support for all files and folders, the ability to share multiple photos and the usual bug fixes and improvements.

There are more than 300,000 iPad apps currently available in Apple's App Store -- with all those options, how do you find what you're looking for without wasting your hard-earned cash? SEE ALSO: The 15 Best Free iPad Games To help you out, we've compiled a list of the 25 best free iPad apps that you can download at no cost, right now.

The iPhone comes with a bunch of apps you never use. Some of them are poorly implemented. Others are lacking important features. Fortunately, there's a whole world of developers offering some very viable third-party alternatives. Unfortunately you can't delete the apps your iPhone comes with, but here are some alternatives that will free you from their boring grips....

If you're looking to boost your workday productivity, that smartphone in your pocket can help. The mobile app revolution has produced hundreds of apps to help ease the stress of everyday life. These apps perform both simple tasks, such as managing your to-do list, and complex ones, such as allowing you remote access to your computer. SEE ALSO: 5 Apps to Digitize Your Business Cards Scroll through the gallery above for 10 apps that will help you be a more productive employee.

Cloud storage service Dropbox has continued to increase the functionality of its iOS app after it introduced improved support for PDFs. The update improves the experience of viewing multiple pages with the addition of a Cover Flow-like layout to index them....

The official Dropbox app for iOS has today been updated to add push notifications and an all-new PDF viewer. With version 2.1, users will now receive an alert when a folder has been shared with them. The update is available to download from the App Store now.

Just a few days after adding a new set of features to Dropbox for Teams, the cloud storage company rolled out a new version of its iOS application which introduces a few useful additions as well. For starters, it has added an improved PDF viewer, which lets you navigate to any page in the document by tapping on the thumbnail. It’s rather awesome, in fact. The update also introduces push…

If you were lucky enough to receive a new iPad for the holidays this year, we hope you have fun exploring what the tablet has to offer. By now you've probably acquainted yourself with the built-in apps on your iPad, so you may want to reach outside the sandbox for more interesting fare. The App Store, which you can access on your iPad or via iTunes on your computer, features more than 750,000 downloadable apps. If there’s something you want to do on your iPad, chances are good you can find a tool for it...

This week's roundup of new and updated apps features new ways to achieve a Zen-like state....

Dropbox has unveiled a new design in version 2.0 of its iOS app. The new version keeps Dropbox's signature blue but reduces the gradient for a flatter and somewhat more modern look, and the bottom icons (like Settings or Uploads) no longer have text labels explaining their purpose. There are also a few new features. Primarily, there's now a bottom Photos tab, which brings up a gallery of images uploaded from anywhere and lets users scroll through them. That Photos tab, which was added earlier for...

One of the best cloud-based services out there, Dropbox, has gotten its iOS app updated with a shiny new design and photo gallery, which adds its own tab and a scrollable timeline of the automatically uploaded photos from your iOS device of choice.

Following October’s update of its Android application, Dropbox today released a new version of its iOS app, also focused on refining the photo viewing and sharing experience. In today’s update, there’s now a new Photos tab, which offers a way to tap into a scrollable timeline of the photos you’ve uploaded into your Dropbox account.

Dropbox is updating its mobile app today with a fresh new look and a much refined photo browsing experience on iOS. I was at Dropbox HQ this morning and had a look at the new apps for iPhone and iPad, and they’re impressive — a significant improvement on all fronts....

Spreadsheet makers rejoice: Google Drive’s mobile app has been revamped to let accountants and listmakers create and edit spreadsheets directly from their Apple and Android mobile devices....

Cloud storage service Dropbox has continued to enhance the multimedia experience on its iOS application after an update added improvements to video content streaming; new two new languages and increased support for password-protected docs have also been rolled in....

Get organized! Or get zombified! Either way, this week’s roundup of iPhone and iPad apps has you covered....

Dropbox has released version 1.5.6 of its iOS app. It's now adapted for the iPhone 5's taller screen, and users are also finally able to download photos to their devices in full resolution. Previously the app downscaled photos when saving to the camera roll, so for example a 14-megapixel 4592 x 3056 image became just 960 x 638 when viewed on the iOS device. This was particularly aggravating when using the app on a Retina display, and made Dropbox less useful as a photo storage tool than it otherwise...

Dropbox has just updated its mobile site to improve the way users view images on the go, following similar changes made to the startup’s Android app, iPhone / iPad apps and desktop site. This…

Dropbox has been busy. After adding new security features in the wake of an accounts hijacking, and adding support for the Galaxy Camera and the Galaxy Note II, the company has now released an update to its iOS app. Not too long ago, Dropbox added direct uploads to Vimeo, and this time the company is stepping it up a notch adding support for Facebook and Twitter.

Dropbox has given its iOS offering a little more social spice after it quietly updated the app with options to share content to Facebook and Twitter, while there is now support…

As promised at this morning’s Google I/O conference, Google has launched a version of its Google Drive application on iOS today, which offers native support for the service formerly known as Google Docs on both iPhone and iPad. The app is live now in iTunes, and looks to give competitor Dropbox a run for its money. Although Google Drive has offered a mobile web version of its service for some time, many people prefer using a native application on their smartphones or tablets. This is somewhere Dropbox h...

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released each week. But you’re in luck: We take care of a lot of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of some of...

Dropbox has just updated its iOS client to version 1.5, and the new release includes some notable additions. First on the list is automatic uploads for photos and videos in your camera roll (over both Wi-Fi and cellular connections), a nice perk that Android users have been able to take advantage of for some time now. After updating, the app will prompt you for permission to store your images and movie clips the next time you open it. Directly related to this feature is a unique new method of earning...

An iPad app released Wednesday makes it easy to combine a drawing on the tablet with an audio memory -- such as your child's description of his or her artwork. The app,...

Everyone knows the iPhone isn't just for making and taking calls -- it's a slim supercomputer at your fingertips, with the potential to improve your daily efficiency. But...

There are plenty of PDF viewers for iOS and a handful of editors, but nothing is quite so simple-to-use and feature-rich as PDFExpert. While some of the competition comes close, it's our pick for the best when working with PDFs on your iPhone. Platform: iPhonePrice: $10Download Page PDFExpert is about as close as you're going to get to a desktop-class PDF viewer and editor on your phone. It has a really nice, simple interface for bringing up your documents. You can get your documents on your iPhone (or...

This 1.4 update will save you so much time, if you use Dropbox on iPhone or iPad. You can now upload photos and video in bulk; import files from Mail, Word and other apps, and even choose the folder to save them to.

You've seen the commercials; Apps are what makes an iPad come to life. Here are the very best ones for work, play, creation, consumption and everything in between. Twitter: The official Twitter app for iPad packs in the features, giving you a full Tweet-and-browse experience. It can be a little bit overwhelming at first, but powerful things often are. Free. Flipboard: A true testament to the iPad's transformative powers, Flipboard scrapes your Twitter and Facebook feeds for links and arranges them in a...

So you’ve just (carefully) torn open the wrapping of a brand new iPad. You’ve hooked it up to iTunes for its initial sync, but now what? Which apps should you…

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small...

There's an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feeling adrift or you're a salty old dog seeing what you might've missed, here are the absolutely essential apps. Twitter: Twitter thankfully didn't make too many changes when they gobbled up the already-great Tweetie 2 from Atebits—same clean interface, same Tweet swiping, and the same it-feels-so-good pull to refresh mechanism. Free. Facebook: The new, panel-based interface takes a little getting used to, but once you're...

The iPad itself should be number one on every college student’s wish list. It’s pretty light weight and easy to carry, and with the diverse selection of apps available, you can really get more out of it than carrying your laptop to class.

Apple has been busy all weekend posting updated apps that support iOS 4 and its new features--including multitasking and the soon to be released Retina Display of iPhone 4--to the iTunes App Store.

Apple's iOS 4 has arrived, bringing multitasking and more to iPhones and iPod Touches everywhere (iTunes willing). Here are the apps that already take advantage of the new OS, and some that should be hitting the App Store soon. In the App Store NOW: • Dropbox - Sync your Dropbox files in the background. • Evernote - Download and upload notes in the background, and continue recording voice notes while you're messing around in other apps. • Zagat • LinkedIN • How To Cook Everything • Trapster...

The iPad has finally made its international debut, meaning that thousands and thousands of new users will be enjoying Apple's latest device over the coming weeks. With the...

There's now an iPad app for popular file-syncing service Dropbox. It'll allow you to access, edit, sync, download, upload, and share Dropbox contents on your iPad. The app looks great and, just like the iPhone version, it's free.

There are over 130,000 apps in the App Store. About 100,000 of those expect you to pay cash money for a download. Sometimes it's worth it! Often, it's not. Prof. Dealzmodo's here to help you tell the difference. Oscar Wilde was right about cynics: they know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. On your next trip to the App Store, don't be cynical. Be smart—even if it means spending a little money. Last fall, John pondered the App Store Effect, which holds that Apple's model results in price...

Bolstered by arrival of the 3GS, launch of in-app purchasing and push notifications, the iPhone apps of 2009 have become richer and more robust experiences. Across 11 categories, here were this year’s standouts.