Productivity News

The Astrid note-taking app now lets users outsource to-do lists, linking up with TaskRabbit to widen the market for person-to-person employment.

The "Tout" app tracks e-mails to see who has read the messages and who hasn't, providing businesses with an additional tool, and perhaps helping those anxious about electronic communications.

Apple's iWork suite is now functional across its mobile platform, and the productivity apps should get a further boost by announcements expected at next week's annual conference.

The yellow sticky-note has gone virtual, allowing users to send text messages of important reminders to themselves.

The timeless Moleskine notebook is the latest offering from days long ago to get a high-tech makeover for digital age debut.

A new news aggregator service has launched, signaling ongoing demand for a personalized, restricted window on the overwhelming flow of digital news.

RSS feeds are being reinvented for mobile users with a slate of new apps, as they struggle to define a niche in the changing market they helped create.

PowerPoint editing is finally coming to smartphones, while the Android version of QuickOffice just got an update, making a stronger business case for BlackBerry's competitors.

The latest round of note-taking apps for the iPad allows users to take notes and record audio simultaneously, taking advantage of the tablet's multimedia capabilities to save time and effort.

E-signature software now makes signing documents on mobile devices like the iPad or iPhone safe and secure, as consumers and business begin to understand its benefits and trust its security.

A growing number of mobile apps are designed to aggregate content based on users' interests and those of their friends, creating a highly personalized browsing experience but challenging Web sites for control of their content.

Microsoft today launched a free trial version of its "OneNote" software for the iPhone, in a move which shows the importance the company is placing on increasing its presence in mobile devices.

Online retailer Amazon is preparing its own Android app store by opening up its developer program, in a move to gain traction in a fast-growing market.