Tag: NOTES

Evernote's Chrome extension might not be quite as powerful a tool as Evernote's Mac and PC apps, but it does make a great addition to any note-capturing addict's browser toolbox. The latest update adds common Evernote actions to Chrome's right-click menu, making grabbing a clipping or starting a new note even more convenient. "Clip this page," "clip selection" and "clip image" are now just a ...

Evernote has updated its app for BlackBerry smartphones, rolling numerous bugfixes and improvements in to the new build. Among them is an updated home screen, which now looks much more like the Evernote app for Android. The search bar has been removed from the bottom of the screen and a shortcut to all your notes has been added. The new version also brings a much more powerful search feature, ...

Windows and Mac users have a first-party Evernote app, but Linux users have been limited to running Evernote in WINE or using the Web interface. NeverNote, however, offers a full-featured desktop app which runs natively on 32- and 64-bit Linux distros. In addition to covering the basics, NeverNote offers a number of features you won't find in Evernote's desktop app. Multiple databases are ...

Evernote for Android has just reached version 2.6, which introduces several new features, including a compact Snippet view, Notebook Stacks, and faster syncing. You can also now paste and edit styled text from your Android device, instead of going back to your desktop to make your notes look the way you want. The Snippets view strikes a balance between fitting as many notes as possible onto ...

Microsoft Outlook lets you export your notes, but your file type choices are pretty limited. The same can be said for Evernote's import feature, which only handles its own export files or Microsoft OneNote 2007 or newer. Thankfully, a gent named Richard was kind enough to point us toward a script he created to make moving notes from Outlook to Evernote as easy as possible. Download his ...

Mac users of Evernote, rejoice! Evernote 2.0 Beta for Mac is now available for download, and it includes two highly useful new features: sharing and Notebook Stacks. These new features will eventually hit Evernote on other platforms, but for right now they're Mac-only. The in-app notebook sharing interface gives you fine control over who you share with, allowing you to make a notebook public, ...

Evernote's latest iOS app update takes advantage of new features in Apple's upcoming iOS 4.2, including AirPrint support and the ability to send files to Evernote from Mail, Safari and other apps. In the meantime, though, downloading the new Evernote 3.4 also adds features you can use before iOS 4.2 comes out. Perhaps the most useful new feature is multi-image select. Rather than importing one ...

Evernote, a popular app for capturing and editing notes, just hit version 4 of its Windows client. Evernote 4 features a completely redesigned user interface and a much faster experience built on native code. It reportedly starts 5 times faster than Evernote 3.5, and only uses half the memory. The Evernote team admitted to having issues with blurry type in version 3.5, so they've fixed that, too. ...

Livescribe -- that awesome pen which magically digitizes your handwriting -- can now sync directly with Evernote. For now you'll need Livescribe Desktop for Windows to use this feature, but the updated Mac OS X version should be available next week. The integration is, as you'd expect from two very smooth services, seamless. Write your notes as usual, connect your pen to your computer, and ...

The problem of "saving stuff for later reading" is a known issue, with several established solutions. You've got Read It Later, Instapaper, Delicious, Diigo (including "unread bookmarks" functionality), and a ton of other alternatives. Notes for Later differentiates itself by being super-minimalistic. Your email client is your reading list; if you use Gmail, you can just create a filter to label ...

Want a quick, easy way to add for-your-eyes-only notes to a Gmail conversation? Check out Gmail Notes, an extension for Google Chrome which does just that. Once you sign in, the extension icon in your Omnibar will display a small, green dot to let you know it's ready to store your notes. When you're on a conversation which warrants a note, simply click the icon and enter your text into the ...

One time-tested approach to creating good software is to focus on very few features, but get them absolutely right. That's what Ketchup does when it comes to taking notes at meetings. This web app keeps all your meeting notes in one place, so you can quickly jump back and see who was at each meeting and what happened there. It's stupid-simple to use, and shareable via public or private URL with ...

Evernote, the amazing all-purpose capture and notetaking app, just got a whole lot more useful for iPhone users. The latest version of Evernote for iPhone hit the App Store this week, and it packs a lot of features that capture junkies will love. The biggest new addition is offline notes, so you can refer to your saved notebooks even when you're on a plane or can't get reception. Other new ...

If you're currently a user of Evernote, the awesome note storing solution AND you're packing an Android device, then today is the day to finally rejoice as the Evernote client for Android is available now, free, on the Android Market! Comprehensively featured (yet with 'big plans for 2010'), the new client allows you to collect text based notes, camera images or audio clips for ...

If your company uses Lotus Notes, and has been considering switching to Google Apps, you're in luck. Google has just launched an easy migration tool that allows you to bring all of your Notes data over to the equivalent Google Apps. In a blog post, Google explains that the migration tool is simple and complete enough for enterprise use, and that a 30,000-person company has already used it to ...