An electronic signature (or e-sign) has become an increasingly common mode of verifying one’s identity these days. Part of the reason for this is that an electronic signature eliminates the need for ...

PDF handling on the iPhone and iPad has vastly improved over the last year or so. Not only can you scan documents as PDFs using the camera, you can sign documents and send them off to the recipient, ...

Signing and returning PDFs on your iPhone is easier than doing it on paper. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Scenario: Your divorce papers finally came through, and you can’t wait to sign the things.

More and more official papers are being turned into PDF documents, and you may be asked to sign one electronically while you’re away from your computer (here, by the way, is how to sign a PDF document ...