App update for iOS: Google Drive, Twitter

Google Drive
Google has updated its Google Drive app. 15 GB of storage is included free with your Google account - more is available as an in-app purchase.

 

Google Drive can be used to store photos, videos, documents and other files, accessible wherever you need them. You can create and edit documents and spreadsheets, share photos with others, "pin" files to make them available offline, and more. Think of Google Drive as an alternative to Dropbox, SkyDrive and other similar services.

The new version of the app, 2.20, sports the following improvements:

• Sort items in Drive
• Find and replace in Documents
• Some under the hood speed and usability improvements

You can download the Google Drive app for free from Appstore.

Twitter
Twitter for iOS received a major update today, moving to version 6.0 with a new user interface and some new tricks. The two major changes in the design are the new navigation bar and addition of the Activity and Discover timelines, accessed by swiping through the Timelines tab. Direct messages have also been moved to the navigation bar for easy, one-tap access from anywhere in the app.

  

Speaking of direct messages, they are now capable of handling photos. Simply tap the the photo icon next to the compose window, then either select the photo you want or tap the camera icon in the upper left corner of the gallery. This refresh of DMs lines up with recent reports about a renewed focus on the feature.

There are other, smaller changes with Twitter 6.0. You can now choose to see replies, retweets, and favorites from only people that you follow. Search is also easier, letting you find tweets from people you follow and those around you from search results. Finally, Twitter for iOS now lets you save items to read later in Safari's Reading List.

You can download the update for free from the Appstore.

via iMore