The iPhone is arguably the best innovation of this generation. With it, Steve Jobs almost single handedly created an entirely new industry. An industry that has now grown to eclipse the PC as the primary way that people connect to and interact with the internet.

One of the great, enduring strengths of the tech is the staggering number of apps that are available, enabling us to do things we often didn't even know we wanted or needed to do until we found the app that enabled it. Some apps cost money of course, but there are a vast number that are free. Below, you'll find some of the best free iPhone apps available today. Some of these, you may have heard of, and already be using, but there's bound to be something new here for just about everybody.

Box

What could be better than an app that ties you to a cloud storage account with ten free gigs of storage space? An app that does that and gives you some simple, but amazingly effective collaboration tools. Any file in the Box can be commented on, and everyone with access can see the comments. In this way, you can share or trade notes about who's doing what to the file, and in what order. An extremely handy freebie!

Feedly

One of the best RSS feed aggreagators running. Collect everything you want to read all in one place. Your favorite blogs and news sites, YouTube videos and even social media. One stop shopping for a busy professional on the go.

Google Search

This is one part search, and one part personal assistant. You can log and save your home or work address, then use the app to get precise directions from anywhere, back to either of those locations. You can also customize alerts to have Google Search keep you up to date on game scores when your favorite team is playing, weather forecasts for specific locations, up to the minute stock quotes, and more. Great application.

Linkedin

The social network of choice for the busy professional, this free app allows you to stay in close contact with your professional network, no matter where you are. If you can get a signal, you're connected.

Any.do

A basic task management and list making app that will keep you focused and on task throughout the day.

Bitcasa

Another cloud storage solution. This one is noteworthy because with the free account, you get 20 gigs of storage. If you get both this and Box (mentioned above), then you've got a total of 30 gigs of free storage. With this kind of storage space, it's ideal for video backups. Even better, if you're willing to spend a little money, you can upgrade to a full terrabyte of space for $99 a year, or for $999 a year, you can get infinite storage. It's hard to beat infinite.

Grab all of these, but especially the two offering free cloud storage space. When you combine it with the Dropbox account you've probably already got, you won't want for storage space for quite some time to come.