Dropbox brings document scanner to Android

Dropbox just released some new updates for its mobile apps. The big feature coming to Android is the app’s document scanner, which was initially launched on iOS. The doc scanner lets you scan printed or handwritten documents right from your mobile phone. It’ll let you crop or rotate the scans to get the image right. Dropbox will even let you scan multiple pages into on PDF. For Dropbox Business users, the service is adding the ability to search for keywords within the scans.

Launched alongside this update, Dropbox updated its Paper mobile apps for Android and iOS to get offline support. It’ll let you create new documents or access, edit, and comment on recent or favorite docs. These’ll then sync when you get back online.

Source: Dropbox Blog

Dropbox shuts down Mailbox and Carousel

It seems to be a bad day for lesser-known apps by big companies. Dropbox is closing the door on two of its apps: Mailbox and Carousel. The email app and photo app are both getting the boot because they don’t get enough users to warrant Dropbox to keep them on. The company has decided to bring popular features of these apps into its main app and its Paper app. Key features of Carousel will be brought to dropbox and bits and pieces of Mailbox will make its way to Paper. There will also be “new ways” to collaborate and communicate with Dropbox.

You have until February 26^th to retrieve any email you need from Mailbox before it shuts down for good. Carousel gives you until March 31^st to do some downloading or transferring once Dropbox makes that available (which we think they will).

Source: Dropbox | Via: SlashGear

Adobe and Dropbox partner to make it easier to access PDFs

Adobe and Dropbox is now offering a more seamless way to access PDF files to and from Dropbox and Adobe Acrobat Reader. It's available now on desktop and Mac so you can now open PDFs you have stored in your Dropbox right from Adobe apps. The edits you make on these files will automatically be synced on your Dropbox. This also makes it easier to share with collaborators by trimming down some of the steps. iOS integration is coming soon so you'll be able to open PDFs with Acrobat Reader mobile app and edit right from there. The file will also be synced with Dropbox from there. Android integration is coming a bit later though. It's slated for a 2016 release. 

Source: Dropbox | Via: Android Community 

Zulip is your open source alternative to Hipchat and Slack

Are you in need of a communications client for you and your team? Zulip is a free, open source option from Dropbox. The service doesn’t just let you chat with your co-workers; it also has integration with outside services. It even lets you share files and customize notifications, among many other features. You would, however, need someone on your team that can host their own server on an Ubuntu machine. If you have that up and running, Zulip then gives you access to clients for Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac.

Source: Lifehacker