Adobe has released new version of its Adobe Reader app for Android, iOS, and desktop operating systems today. The biggest change for mobile users is that you can now write on PDF files on an Android or iOS phone or tablet. Adobe Reader 10.2 includes a new Ink Signature Tool that lets you add hand-drawn signatures to any document. You can also connect to Adobe… Read more »

OfficeDrop has launched an Android app which lets you scan receipts, documents, or other text-based items with your phone and store them online. You can tag items or sort them into folders to make it easy to locate scanned documents later using your phone or using OfficeDrop’s web site. But the really cool thing is that OfficeDrop can also convert scanned documents into searchable PDF… Read more »

Adobe has released a new PDF creator for Android. Cleverly, it’s called CreatePDF. Get it? Because it.. creates PDF files… Basically you can fire up the app on your phone or tablet to convert any document stored on your device to a PDF file. The app supports Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text, RTF, WordPerfect, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign files as well as image files. You… Read more »

Adobe has rolled out an updated version of Adobe Reader for Google Android. Like the original version, Reader lets you open and view PDF files, it supports multitouch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom, and it can reflow text to fit your display. But it also has a number of updates including: Support for tablets with larger displays Open password protected PDF files and PDF Portfolios Text… Read more »

Appls has released minor software updates for the iPhone and iPad. The good news is that they fix a potentially dangerous exploit that allowed hackers to push code to your device through the web browser using corrupted PDF files. The bad news is that’s exactly how the Jailbreakme.com web-based tool for jailbreaking devices works. In other words, if you upgrade your iPhone or iPod touch… Read more »

This week a new web-based jailbreak tool was released which allows you to jailbreak all sorts of iDevices just by visiting a web page and swiping your finger across a screen. It makes installing iPhone apps that haven’t been approved by Apple extraordinarily easy. But if you’ve been wondering just how a web site can install code on your system, here’s the dirty little secret:… Read more »

Ever need to print a PDF file, sign it, scan it, and then email it? I’ve lost count of the number of contracts and other documents I’ve had to do this for. Doc Sign is an iOS app that saves you a few steps, by letting you use your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad to sign a PDF using your touchscreen display. No printer or… Read more »

With all the talk about Adobe Flash and Adobe AIR for Google Android, I almost didn’t notice that Adobe Reader for Android also launched last week. The PDF viewer is available as a free download from the Android Market. Adobe Reader for Android supports multitouch gestures including pinch to zoom, double-tap to zoom, and flick-scrolling. There’s also a reflow mode that will wrap text in… Read more »