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

Mailbox now optimized for iPhone 6, moves Mac app to open public beta

Dropbox’s Mailbox app just got a major update on both mobile and Mac versions. The iOS app receives version 2.3.1 on Monday that optimizes it to the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. It also gets new swipe customization and fix for iOS push notifications as well as email rendering issues.

Meanwhile, Mailbox for Mac is now available to everyone. It brings new gesture feature by letting users to get rid of emails in Trash and Spam by swiping them to the right. Other bug fixes include getting rid of the issue where attachments fail to send when using an alias as well as the issue that inputs incorrect From addresses when replying to a message sent to another alias.

Source: AppleInsider | Download: Mailbox for iOS (Free) + Mailbox for Mac (Free)

Mailbox for iOS adds new language and Passbook support

Mailbox recently brought new features to the iOS email client to help you manage your email easier. The Dropbox-owned app now lets you send compatible attachments such as gift cards and tickets to Apple’s Passbook digital wallet. It now also supports 19 more languages and lets you mark messages as unread or spam, highlight important emails with stars, and print them out. And if you swipe to delete messages, these emails are now permanently deleted when you empty your trash. If you still don’t have Mailbox and you want to try it out, you can download the app from the Apple App Store.

Source: AppleInsider

Mailbox now supports Apple iCloud and Yahoo! Mail

Dropbox-owned email app, Mailbox, finally supports Apple’s iCloud and Yahoo! Mail services. It ends the long run of just having Gmail as the only supported email service. The email app helps you keep your inbox in check and supports background app refresh on iOS 7. Best of all, it’s still a free app.