Listed below are five free of charge productivity and business apps that caught our eye and are well worth investigating.

The to cloud working and, as such, most of the apps show the trend towards built-in intelligence that's common to many cloud applications. A notepad application offered in the Web Store is very unlikely to simply let you write memos, for example. It will probably integrate web searches or allow you to share your notes on Facebook and Twitter. Gathering data and interconnectivity is where the power of the cloud lies.

To visit the Web Store from within Chrome, click the link on the New Tab page and then click the Web Store icon under the Apps heading. If you don't see one, click to go straight to the store. You'll need the , of course, because the Web Store has only just been added-in.

Needless to say, if you're lucky enough to have a , these apps will work fine for you too.