The Verge: How to move your notes out of Evernote. “When an app is depended on by a large number of people — especially one that’s been around long enough so that a number of its users may have a lot of data stored in it — and major changes are instituted, the first thought that many will have is: what will happen to my data?”
SF Gate: Bay Area tech company Evernote lays off most staff, relocating to Europe. “Evernote, the note-taking app once heralded by Engadget as the ‘king of note-taking apps,’ has laid off most of its staff as it prepares to exit the Bay Area and relocate nearly all operations to Europe.”
MakeUseOf: Memos Is a Simple Self-Hosted Alternative to Google Keep and Evernote. “Cross-platform note-taking apps that allow you to sync and interact with notes and images across devices are essential if you want to stay organized. Synchronization needs to be handled by a central server, which means that your jottings are controlled by a third party you may not fully trust, and which can monitor or delete your content at will. By running Memos on Raspberry Pi, you control the server, and can take the privacy and security of your notes into your own hands. The article focuses a lot on privacy, but this will also work for those of you worried that Google will cancel Keep at any moment…
The Next Web: Evernote has been acquired — here’s how its new owner can fix it. “With a new owner, Evernote now has an opportunity for a clean start. Bending Spoons already has a suite of consumer apps that are modern, powerful, and intuitive, and we have to believe the Italian company will use its expertise to shape a new Evernote. The question is what should it do? How can Bending Spoons bring Evernote to its former glory? Well, we have some ideas.”
PRNewswire: Bending Spoons to Acquire Renowned Productivity App Evernote to Enhance Suite of Consumer-Facing Digital Products (PRESS Release). “Bending Spoons, a leading European technology company based in Milan, Italy, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Evernote, the renowned personal productivity app.”
Make Tech Easier: Google Keep vs. Evernote vs. Apple Notes: Which Is the Best Note-Taking App?. “There are currently plenty of note-taking apps. Evernote is as evergreen as it ever was and continues to evolve with time. Google Keep by the search engine giant is another feather in its cap. Apple Notes received a huge update with the recent release of iOS 15 bringing it on par with the rest of the pack. Here we examine Google Keep vs. Evernote vs. Apple Notes to see which one is better and why.”
Axios: Ex-Evernote CEO’s video service Mmhmm goes live. “Mmhmm provides a variety of tools that can be used in prerecorded or live video, allowing presenters to put up graphics, a la Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, among other tricks.The project began as something of a joke, Libin said, but got really serious amid the pandemic as workers started spending more and more time on Zoom and other conferencing services.”
BetaNews: Evernote 10 unveils a major redesign with improvements to note creation, formatting, and search. “The Evernote Corporation has unveiled Evernote 10.0, a landmark new release of its cross-platform note-creation and organization tool. The free and paid-for service allows users to create, organize, share, and view notes across all major platforms, including the web, Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.”
MakeUseOf: How to Search Your Entire Book Collection With This Evernote System. “Imagine being able to search your physical books for passages about climate change, but only in books about business. Or articles about the Himalaya in travel magazines that you have stored in a box. In this article, I’ll show you how to do just that. And no, it does not involve the terrible idea of digitizing all your physical media (thank God).”
New York Times: A Unicorn Lost in the Valley, Evernote Blows Up the ‘Fail Fast’ Gospel. “In Silicon Valley, the idea that most start-ups won’t make it to a splashy public offering or acquisition is not just understood, but embraced. ‘Fail fast, fail often’ is one of the region’s earliest and best-recognized catchphrases. The implication is that people and companies that don’t find success can transition, efficiently and without stigma, to more promising ventures. But Evernote’s struggles illustrate a harsher truth: For many start-ups of a certain size, failure rarely happens abruptly.”
Infosecurity Magazine: “Major Flaw” Discovered in Evernote’s Chrome Extension. “A major flaw has been discovered in the code of the Web Clipper Chrome extension of note-taking service Evernote. The flaw, a universal XSS marked CVE-2019-12592 which could have allowed threat actors to extract personal information from the browser environment, was unearthed by security company Guardio and disclosed to Evernote in late May. Within a week, Evernote addressed the issue and rolled-out a complete fix.”
Make Tech Easier: 6 Amazing Note-Taking Alternatives to Evernote. “Whether you are working on your own or collaborating as part of a team, Evernote is a flexible tool that can be used for everything from project management to storing recipes. But it is not going to be to everyone’s taste. If you are looking for something that can be used to store notes online, take a look at these Evernote alternatives and see what you think.”
TechCrunch: Evernote just slashed 54 jobs, or 15 percent of its workforce. “It’s no secret that Evernote, the productivity app that lets people take notes and organize other files from their working and non-work life, has been trying to regain its former footing as one of the most popular apps in the U.S., and that doing so has been an ongoing struggle.”
MakeUseOf: Google Keep vs. Evernote: Which Note Keeping App Is Best for You?. “You can find plenty of note-taking sites and mobile apps, but Google Keep and Evernote are two very popular options. And it’s with good reason that they both top the list, as you’ll read below.”
Engadget: Evernote will use AI to automate your workflow. “As the official note-taker of SXSW 2018, Evernote has a massive job. It has to record and produce recaps of more than 50 sessions across four different convention verticals, while at the same time delivering its own news amid meetings with partners and press. Whew. But it’s also looking to make that job easier for its users, with new tools it’s adding to the Spaces feature it launched two weeks ago.”
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