Back in 2012, the founders of HelloFax started HelloSign, an electronic signature service that keeps track of all of the documents that you sign. Recently, HelloSign has integrated with Gmail, making it easier than ever to electronically sign faxes and send them right back. HelloSign for Gmail is a plugin that lets you add your electronic signature to a document without ever leaving Gmail’s interface. When a document is attached to an email, the plugin gives you the option to “Sign”, right next to the options to “View” and “Download”. This opens a separate window side of Gmail that will allow you to add your electronic signature to the document. It also allows you to edit the document as needed.  After signing the document, you just need to hit “Save and attach to email” and you’re ready to send the document back. [Learn more about HelloFax]

  FAXAGE online fax service recently announced that it will now directly integrate with the newest version of Microsoft Office. In the press release, the company states that “in addition to standard email, website and API faxing mechanisms, FAXAGE can now integrate with the Internet fax service feature found in Microsoft Office 2003 and above.” This feature lets its customers fax directly from programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and others without leaving the familiar interface of Office programs. With an increase in Office users due to Microsoft’s relatively new subscription software, dubbed “Office 365,” FAXAGE hopes to attract more customers to its service through the integration. “We are excited to offer these features to our clients and potential clients,” says Christian Watts of EC Data Systems – the parent company of the FAXAGE online fax service, “Our Microsoft Office integration capability allows us to further lower the learning curve…

The software-as-a-service (SaaS) telecom giant, RingCentral, has come out with one of its most handy features for online fax yet. With its release of completely free apps for the iPhone, Android, and Blackberry operating systems, RingCentral has opened up a way to receive and forward faxes from wherever you are. Whether you’re connected to a Wi-Fi or 3G/4G network, getting a fax is as simple as opening up the app and checking your inbox. While it doesn’t allow for the scanning and sending of faxes, you can still forward faxes you receive to other fax numbers through the app. The other features of RingCentral’s smartphone apps are geared toward its VoIP and virtual PBX customers. These include making long distance calls over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G networks (instead of racking up charges) as well as viewing call logs and your phone directory to dial people “with a single touch.” All-in-all, this…

Citing the evolution of the smartphone from merely a phone to a complete business communications device as the primary instigator, MyFax has released a free iPhone app to use along with the online fax service. The app allows you to receive fax notifications as soon as a fax reaches your account and view the entire fax or just a preview of the transmission. MyFax’s vice president of marketing, Steve Adams, discussed the app’s benefits, stating that the “new application brings the quick and easy access to fax they love from their current MyFax service to their phone, without compromising the quality they’ve come to expect from us.” He went on to explain that “it also gives mobile workers peace of mind that important documents, like contracts, can be transmitted confidentially – they are no longer at the mercy of the local courier or hotel business center.” Just like MyFax’s online fax…