There has been an interesting development. Microsoft Office is still the most dominant office application suite on the planet and now it is available on Windows, Mac OS and even iOS. There have been rumours that Office will soon come to Android and with time it could spread to even more platforms, including Chrome OS.

Despite the fact that Microsoft has its One cloud, the company has announced that you can now access, edit and share office files with your Dropbox account. This is a huge and positive deal for both companies. Microsoft has acknowledge that it cannot simply ignore the most popular personal cloud application and that it has to offer Office functionality to Dropbox users and make the life of many non-computer geeks much easier. Microsoft will continue to work hard on promotion of its competing option called the One drive (artist previously known as Prince – or Sky Drive. Ed.) 

One drive is here to stay but we are quite sure it won't be as popular as Dropbox. In any case it is nice to have an alternative and great that it offers even more free space. There is Google Drive, Box and a range of other applications that will offer you some free storage but in reality normal people end up using one or two.

For the most users, Dropbox or Google Drive will be enough.

This is the official Dropbox changelog:

Edit Office files from the Dropbox mobile app and sync changes across devices. Create a file at home and finish it on the go — any edits will automatically save to your Dropbox.

Access Dropbox files from the Office app and save new files to Dropbox. You can now sync your docs and keep them safe without leaving the Office app.

Share Dropbox links from Office. When you’ve finished making changes to your document, you can instantly share it by sending a Dropbox link to colleagues or friends.