OneDrive for company comes to OS X and is integrated into the same app for iOS for OneDrive

Microsoft has not only been presenting news in the last seven days with Windows 10 Project HoloLens, etc but throwing two major improvements for users of Apple and its system of cloud storage. OneDrive for the company comes to OS X and iOS app already enables integration between personal and business account.

So far we required two independent iOS applications, it is no longer necessary and from the same application will have access to everything. Then, and equally important, the client for OS X OneDrive for Business facilitates offline work with documents. Important news for users of Apple and Microsoft cloud which also continue to receive new features in future updates.

iCloud Drive, new sensations

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Like every year, the WWDC is full of news. And surprises. This time, Apple wanted to astonish us with iCloud Drive for OS X Yosemite. From the comfort of our Finder, we will be able to access all of our files stored in Apple's cloud, iWork documents either as third-party iOS apps. In the presentation, Apple showed folders with documents from their own office suite while those in the iOS app Goodreader.

The iCloud Drive version for iOS will allow sharing data and files from third-party apps. No detailed it when they mentioned this new feature but it seems that he will have a good reception among both developers and the public. With iCloud Drive, we finally have a way to manage our cloud files from Apple. 

Another innovation comes from the side of the price of iCloud Drive. Now are cheaper and besides of the free 5GB, we may contract 20GB for $ 0.99 per month or 200GB for $ 3.99. Prices will be up to 1 terabyte. 

Google divides his Drive in separate applications for iOS

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Google has given us the month-end surprise yesterday launching Documents and Sheets, two separate apps, to manage text documents and spreadsheets stored in Google Drive. An application for each file type: like Apple with iWork and Microsoft with Office for iPad.

There is not a simple separation: each of these applications will have the ability to create and edit documents without an internet connection, with a very clean interface,  focused only on those files. If we want to see the rest of data we have stored in Google Drive, follow its official application available for it. 

The presentation application will "coming soon" to complete the circle office automation. So we have three trios iOS applications face to face: 

• Pages / Word / Documents
• Numbers / Excel / Sheets
• Keynote / PowerPoint / Presentations. 

The battle has begun. 

These two new Google apps are completely free, and you can download for iPhone and iPad from the App Store.

Here's Word to iPad

Satya Nadella began the great change that you want to apply to Microsoft two days ago, launching Office for iPad and embracing iOS as a platform where you can get a good market share in their applications. So far that's what it looks like, because if you open the App Store from an iPad you will see that Word, Excel, PowerPoint and even OneNote are the most downloaded free applications. 

With this scenario, it is time to take a good look at the Office applications. And start with Word, which is probably the most used. It is difficult to know why: globally many more documents are created spreadsheets and presentations. Let's see if Microsoft Word has a champion application in the App Store.

Microsoft finally respects the iOS platform and launches Office done perfectly tailored

After a brief walk about the application, without rummaging through all the sections, I have already taken a good feeling: Microsoft finally he has got the hang of the App Store. He had already hinted with OneNote, but Word (and other Office applications) confirms that this is maintained applications. In Redmond have not been limited to trying to patch something they had or to be ready to protect their selfish platforms: have created a Word from scratch and respecting the platform to be run. Congratulations.

A success of Microsoft , but users will accept it ?

Personally, if these applications are the first of a new era of Microsoft, I'm excited. It does so because this is a matter of good. A simple, easy to use interface, which shows that Word is not locked into what we all take for granted always and I even get to like it more than the pages to have a touch of identifying color.

Where is Word scratched me in their business model. I would not pay for a subscription to Office 365 knowing that I can edit and save .DOC and .DOCX with Pages. And I can also edit documents compatible with Google Drive. We could use the argument format compatibility with the official word, but at this point it comes down to use fonts that are installed font everywhere.

So yes, I think Word is an excellent application... to see Word documents. And that can already do with other alternatives that I'm used, further allow me to edit documents if paying a penny. That's the Word's problem: late.