Evernote updates contact app to fix first-version flaws

Every phone has a contact list, but how useful is it? According to Evernote chief executive officer Phil Libin, not very useful at all.

Now Evernote has updated its contact manager, Evernote Hello, in an effort to put those contact lists out of business.

Evernote’s answer to the standard address book is a photo-based contact app for the iPhone, which organizes contacts “visually, chronologically and contextually.” The app got some major updates today that may … Continue Reading

Contact information app Hello wants to replace your contact list

Evernote chief executive Phil Libin believes alphabetical contact lists are outdated. And even though his contact app Hello took off like a lead balloon, he hopes that updates coming in the next couple of weeks will help it kill the typical contact list and replace it with a mosaic of photos.

Ever since the note-taking startup Evernote launched, it has been on a quest to capture and organize every bit of data from your life. … Continue Reading

Evernote hits more than 20M users

Multi-platform note-taking startup Evernote has now reached more than 20 million users, CEO Phil Libin said at the LeWeb conference this morning in Paris.

Evernote made our list of “10 disruptive cloud companies we’re excited about” because the company has taken to solving the simple problem of effective note-taking in an innovative, cloud-based fashion. Just yesterday, the company launched two free iPhone apps, “Food” and “Hello,” which help you better keep track of meals and … Continue Reading

Note-taking app company Evernote heads for the hills with a new Austin studio

Mountain View-based Evernote, the company that offers a memory-like app for taking and organizing notes, is opening a “studio” in Austin, TX. That office, er, studio, will eventually be home to 100 Evernote employees. Just don’t call it a “satellite.”

“One of the things that’s prevented us from expansion is this notion of a satellite office,” said Phil Libin, the BBQ-lovin’ CEO of Evernote. “We didn’t want to lose the culture at Evernote and … Continue Reading

Evernote acquires image-sharing app Skitch

Note taking service Evernote has acquired best-selling OS X image app Skitch, Evernote CEO Phil Libin said today at the Evernote Trunk event in San Francisco.

Skitch, which was originally produced by acclaimed developer company Plasq, lets you add visual annotations to photos and images. Those images can then either be saved to a computer or uploaded to the company’s online service.

“It is the app I probably use most often other than Evernote,” Libin … Continue Reading

Evernote nabs $50M for expansion and acquisitions

Note-taking service Evernote has secured a $50 million funding round, the company announced Wednesday.

The Mountain View, California-based startup said it plans to use the new funds to aggressively expand its operations and acquire companies that will increase growth of its note-taking service.

Evernote’s service, which allows individuals to easily capture notes on a variety of devices, has 11 million users and a community of over 5,000 third-party application developers. The service has nearly doubled … Continue Reading