One of the first things that Pinterest did when it bought Instapaper from Betaworks 2 years ago was to make Instapaper's premium service free for all users. Now that Instapaper...
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Category: Save for Later
No One Wants to Own Instapaper
Originally launched by Marco Arment as an iPhone app, the save for later service Instapaper was sold to Betaworks in 2013, who then sold it to Pinterest in 2016....
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Instapaper Makes Premium Tier Free for All Users
Just months after getting pinned by Pinterest, Instapaper announced on its blog on Tuesday that it was making all of its features available for free to all users. Pinterest was...
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Pocket Updates its Chrome Extension, Makes it Easier to Binge on New Articles
Pocket started out as ReadItLater, an awesome little tool for saving a news article or blog post so you could read it later, but lately the developers have been working...
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Readability is Shutting Down Its Bookmarking Service Because No One is Using It
When it comes to saving web content for later use, the most commonly used services are Instapaper and Pocket (and for the hardcore, Pinboard) but not, apparently, Readability. No one...
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Pinterest Pins Instapaper to its Acquisition Board
Instapaper announced on its blog on Tuesday that it had been acquired by Pinterest. Launched in 2008, Instapaper is a service where users can save articles and links from websites...
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Google’s New “Save to Google” Chrome Extension is a Half-Hearted Clone of Pocket, Instapaper
OMGChrome reports that Google has released a new "Save to Google" Chrome extension which looks like it is intended to be a Pocket or Instapaper competitor. The official Chrome Web...
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Pocket v6.2 for the iPad Adds Dyslexic Font, Premium Options
Here's a week-old news story which is still worth a mention. The save for later service Pocket rolled out an update for its app for iPad and iPhone late...
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Instapaper, Pocket Updated With Notes, Improved TTS Options
The two leading save for later apps each released a major update today. Instapaper has updated its Android app with the same annotation features that were added to the...
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Pocket for iOS, Android v6.0 Adds Recommendations
Pocket has just deployed a solution for that highly improbable situation where you run out of saved articles to read. Pocket v6.0 for Android and iOS adds a new recommendation...
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PocketRocket Clears Out Your Pocket Backlog By Emailing You One Saved Article a Day
If you've been overwhelmed by a deluge of articles saved in Pocket then I have the solution. PocketRocket is a new service that is designed to make you work your way...
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Pocket for iPad, iPhone v5.6.7 Lets You Listen to Your Articles
If you save articles for later but don't have time to read then Pocket has a solution. This save for later service rolled out an update today for its...
Continue readingInstapaper Opens Its API, Gives Free Users More App Options
If you have a 3rd-party Instapaper app you've always wanted to try, now is your chance. Instapaper announced on its blog yesterday that it was loosening a restriction on the Instapaper...
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Users Protest Pocket Integration in an Open-Source Web Browser, Mozilla Responds
One of Firefox's selling points is that it is an open source web browser. Not only can users take the source code and role their own, they can also look through...
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Instapaper for iOS v6.4 Adds Notes, Moves Into Competition With Evernote
For the longest time I've heard from readers that they liked to read a saved article in Instapaper, but if they wanted to add a note, save an article for the...
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