Livescribe raises $7.5M more for Pulse smartpen

Livescribe raises $7.5M more for Pulse smartpen

Livescribe, the maker of the Pulse smartpen that creates an audio recording linked to your handwritten notes, has raised $7.5 million in a second round of funding.

The Oakland, Calif. company has been making funding announcements throughout the past year, but all the previous news was… Continue Reading

Smartpen maker Livescribe raises $10M

Smartpen maker Livescribe raises $10M

Livescribe, which makes a smartpen that includes its own display, microprocessor, and audio recorder, has raised another $10.175 million in funding.

The Pulse pen’s recording feature means users have an audio recording to supplement and correct their hand-written notes. That’s something I would have loved as… Continue Reading

Livescribe’s Pulse Smartpen gets Mac version, new Windows features

Livescribe’s Pulse Smartpen gets Mac version, new Windows features

Livescribe, the maker of a smart pen with its own display and microprocessor, is launching a new version for the Apple Macintosh today, as well as new features for Windows users.

The Oakland, Calif.-based company makes the Pulse Smartpen, which has built-in technologies that make it… Continue Reading

Smartpen maker Livescribe gets another $7M

Smartpen maker Livescribe gets another $7M

Livescribe, the maker of a high-tech pen that makes an audio recording of your conversation as you take notes, has added another $7 million to its funding, bringing its first round to a total of more than $30 million, VentureBeat has learned. Backers include VantagePoint… Continue Reading

Roundup: Social network Hi5 launches its developer platform, Facebook does regular old targeted advertising, and more

Roundup: Social network Hi5 launches its developer platform, Facebook does regular old targeted advertising, and more

Here the latest action:

Social network Hi5 publicly launches its developer platform — San Francisco-based Hi5 may be a big opportunity for developers of third-party applications that live on social networks. It is popular in places like Portugal, Thailand and select countries of Latin America. Overall,… Continue Reading

Livescribe, the pen with ears, gets big boost

Livescribe, the pen with ears, gets big boost

Livescribe, the company that has developed a computer pen that listens to what is said when you are using it, and which will let you post to your blog straight from your paper, has gotten $23.2 million in venture financing.

On Monday, at the DEMO conference,… Continue Reading

Roundup: LGC Wireless bought, RockYou also bought? and more

Roundup: LGC Wireless bought, RockYou also bought? and more

1) LGC Wireless to be acquired by telecom components company
2) Rumors abound that News Corp. is buying RockYou for hundreds of millions of dollars
3) Myspace + Skype: newly-joined parts of the “Web 2.0 address book”
4) Apple finally decides to return developers’ love
5) Treemo, another mobile… Continue Reading

LiveScribe lets the paper do the talking, and thinking

LiveScribe lets the paper do the talking, and thinking

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LiveScribe, an Oakland, Calif. company, releases tomorrow one of the more wondrous communication features we’ve seen lately.

It has developed technology that lets you take handwritten notes from a lecture or interview with a high-tech pen. The pen will remember everything that was being said when… Continue Reading