WIPER
The power to remove your online data
Wiper is trying a novel approach to keep your information safe online: to let you decide when it's time to delete your own data. Users can share text messages, HD voice calls and YouTube videos with that peace of mind.
Hit the delete button on this app, and the company says your information disappears not only from your device, but also from your conversation partner's device and the company's servers.
Wiper has also taken measures to minimize the chance that conversations you thought were gone will resurface.
For example, it's disabled the screen shot function, in-app, on Android devices. That's not possible for Apple users, for technical reasons, but Wiper sends an alert if someone tries to save a screen.
Before you go sharing state secrets, remember that Wiper won't make your information disappear auto-magically, as Snapchat has claimed it can. (Snapchat does retain some data.) It's not offering an impenetrable lockbox, but the information is encrypted.
Free, for iOS and Android devices.
MICROSOFT WORD for iOS
Create and update Word docs, for free
We reviewed Microsoft Word for iOS when the company introduced it in March. But with a new update for all the Office apps — Word, PowerPoint and Excel — Microsoft has significantly upgraded what users can get for free.
The Word app, along with the other apps, used to only let users read documents; now they can create and edit them as well. There are still features that require you to subscribe to Office's online subscription: in Word, these include the ability to track changes or insert section breaks.
But for basic document creation — and even a little bit of the fancy font and layout stuff, such as bullets — the app works just as you would expect it on a mobile device. Navigation is touch-friendly, and a document can be changed to fit your screen or to show a normal page layout. Users will have to sign into a free Microsoft account to use the apps.
Free, for iOS devices. An Android version is in development. Windows Phone version also available. - The Washington Post