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Annotate The Web With Hypothes.is

8 November, 20208 November, 2020Note-TakingOne Comment

A new web design project is going to involve embedding a story online, and letting readers annotate it, and said project has brought my attention back...

Microsoft OneNote Add-On Makes Reading Easier for All Students

20 January, 201621 January, 2016Microsoft, Note-TakingOne Comment

OneNote is far from my favorite note-taking app (it keeps telling me I have to log in, and it’s not a pencil on paper) but when...

Microsoft Snip Lets You Annotate Screenshots With Scribbles and Voice Notes

27 August, 201512 June, 2017Microsoft, Note-Taking2 Comments

Microsoft has always had an interest in note-taking (thanks to OneNote) but lately the tech giant has gone overboard. In the past five months MS has...

Why So Many Still Take Notes on Paper

5 June, 20155 May, 2017Note-Taking12 Comments

This morning’s news about Instapaper’s new note-taking feature happens to arrive right at the same time that one journalist is asking why so many in our...

Microsoft’s New WordPress Plugin Lets You Publish Notes From OneNote

23 May, 201512 June, 2017Note-Taking, Web PublishingLeave a comment

Note-taking services like Evernote and OneNote are great for recording your thoughts, but they are doubly useful when you get to share those thoughts. And Microsoft has...

Microsoft’s New OneClip Sharing App Leaks, I Go Hands On

22 May, 20154 September, 2015Cloud Storage, Microsoft, Note-TakingLeave a comment

Late to the cross-platform game, Microsoft has released an online version of Office, OneDrive apps for PC and mobile, the Office Lens document scanning app for...

Evernote Introduces New Paid Service Tier

30 April, 20154 September, 2015Note-Taking2 Comments

Your favorite note-taking service could be about to get a little cheaper. On Wednesday Evernote launched a new service tier. In addition to the basic (free) and premium...

Microsoft Spins Out OneNote’s Document Scanning Into New Office App

2 April, 20154 September, 2015Note-Taking5 Comments

OneNote users have long been able to take a photo with their camera, clean it up automatically, and scan it into their notes, but that used to require...

Evernote for Android Updated With New Navigation, New Look, and More

4 September, 20144 September, 2015e-Reading Software, Note-TakingLeave a comment

Evernote rolled out an update for their Android app today which adds a slew of features as well as several improvements to the design and navigation. To...

Microsoft OneNote Launches on the Mac, Now Free Everywhere

17 March, 20144 September, 2015Microsoft, Note-TakingOne Comment

Microsoft has just announced the debut of the OneNote app for OSX. Mac owners now have a new opportunity to ignore another of Microsoft’s products in...

Do We Cling to Analog from Mindset or Necessity?

22 September, 201216 November, 2019Note-Taking2 Comments

In a pair of pieces on Publishing Perspectives, Rachel Aydt and Edward Nawotka ponder the way that the analog/digital divide may not be as divisive as...

eHighlighter Lets You Take Digital Notes From Your Paper Book

27 August, 201216 November, 2019Note-Taking4 Comments

I’ve long since given up on paper books, but if I still needed them regularly I’d definitely get this app. eHighlighter is a recently released iPhone...