Instapaper was initially distributed as a paid app. Every article is automatically reformatted to remove excessive formatting and graphics. Within a web browser, a "Read Later" bookmarklet can be used to save pages to a user's personal unread queue on Instapaper. Instapaper can be used via a web-based interface, or through mobile apps for Android and iOS. On May 23, 2018, Instapaper announced that it had suspended its services for residents of the European Union in order to address compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements. On November 1, 2016, Instapaper announced that it would discontinue its subscription model and offer its "Premium" features to all users. The service continued to operate, and the Instapaper staff worked on development for both Instapaper and Pinterest. On August 23, 2016, Instapaper was acquired by social networking service Pinterest. Afterward, the service's web interface was redesigned. In April 2013, Arment sold a majority stake in Instapaper to Betaworks. When Marco Arment launched the service publicly on January 28, 2008, its simplicity rapidly earned accolades from the press, including Daring Fireball and TechCrunch. Instapaper started out as a simple web service in late 2007 with a "Read Later" bookmarklet and stripped-down "Text" view for articles. The transition was completed on August 6, 2018. In July 2018, ownership of Instapaper was transferred from Pinterest to a newly formed company Instant Paper, Inc. In April 2013, Arment sold a majority stake to Betaworks and by mid 2016 Pinterest acquired the company. The service was founded in 2008 by Marco Arment. Instapaper is a social bookmarking service that allows web content to be saved so it can be "read later" on a different device, such as an e-reader, smartphone, or tablet. If you're an iPad app developer, or just a fan with a favorite app, let me know: Either email me or post to Twitter using the hashtag #MitchiPad.Online bookmarking, saving articles for later reading I'll have better recommendations after I get my hands on an iPad in two days (if the tension of waiting doesn't kill me first). I haven't had any hands-on time with them, or with an iPad either, for that matter. These are just my best guesses for some promising-looking iPad apps. Twitepad is a Twitter client native to the iPad, with multi-column views and a built-in Web browser. The iPhone app is great (or so my artistic friends tell me - I can't even draw a stick figure), the upcoming iPad version of Brushes should be even better.įinally, a computer is just plain naked nowadays without a Twitter client. The app got famous when artist Jorge Colombo used it to paint a cover of the New Yorker magazine. Developer the Omni Group plans to have OmniGraffle available for the iPad within weeks, along with the OmniFocus to-do-list manager, followed later by the OmniPlan project management software and OmniOutliner outliner.īrushes is an iPhone app for painting - fingerpainting, really. OmniGraffle is a tool for drawing charts and diagrams on the Mac, like Microsoft Visio. The iPad version will be included with the Pro version for the iPhone and iPod Touch, currently priced at $8.99, it will be a free upgrade for current 1Password owners. Developer Agile Web Solutions says it's optimistic 1Password for the iPad will be available Saturday, priced at $6.99 for an iPad-only version. Like Things, it has versions for the Mac and iPhone and synchs between them, and it will add iPad support and synching as well. They sent me this hand-drawn sketch of the UI:ġPassword manages and secures passwords and automates logins for Web sites, online banking, and other services. ![]() Things, an application for managing to-do lists, runs on the Mac and iPhone and synchs between them, and developer Cultured Code plans an iPad version to be available Saturday. Pricing information is unavailable, but the developer did say that Instapaper for the iPad will be free to users of Instapaper pro. Just install a bookmarklet in your Web browser, and click it, and the link is stored on the Instapaper server for reading on any device. Also, Instapaper makes it easy to bookmark articles from the Web when you're in a rush. ![]() Instapaper's advantages over reading in your Web browser: Articles are formatted for easy reading on the device display. Instapaper is a great iPhone app for downloading and reading articles from Web newspapers, magazines, and blogs, and Instapaper is coming to the iPad, says developer Marco Arent. IBooks is the iPad's free e-book reader software, that lets you buy books online, as you do with the Amazon Kindle.
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