Evernote is a note-taking and task management application developed by the Evernote Corporation. Evernote was founded in 2007 by Russian entrepreneur Stepan Pachikov. The company released the first public version of the Evernote web application on June 24, 2008. The service gained popularity for its ability to synchronize notes across multiple devices and platforms, allowing users to capture and organize information such as text, images, and web content.
In 2012, Evernote launched Evernote Business, a version of the service for teams that enabled users to share notes and collaborate within an organization.
Evernote was acquired by the Italian technology company Bending Spoons in November 2022.
Notes are stored in virtual "notebooks" which can be arranged hierarchically, and can be tagged, Annotation, edited, searched, and exported.
Evernote supports touch and tablet screens with handwriting recognition and the ability to e-mail notes to the service, allowing for automated note entry via email rules or filters.Westfall, Jonathan. Scan Directly from your Office to Evernote JonWestfall.com, September 28, 2010. (Accessed July 18, 2011)
Where suitable hardware is available, Evernote can automatically add geolocation tags to notes.
This approach gives a user access to edit their data across multiple machines and operating system platforms from anywhere, but still view, input, and edit data when an internet connection is not available. Offline changes will only be saved as a draft until internet connection is established.
Evernote uses industry standard security to encrypt and protect users information.
Where Evernote client software is not available, online account holders can access their note archives via a web interface or through a media device. The service also allows selected files to be shared for viewing and editing by other users.
, Evernote has a free plan of 50 notes (of a maximum size of 200 MB) and 1 notebook, syncing to 1 device. Paid plans include Personal, Professional and Teams offerings. Enterprise services are also available upon request.
Accounts on the Professional tier have a 20 GB upload limit per month, can export notes as PDF files, and can forward emails directly into Evernote, which includes a 20% discount on Adobe Acrobat.
The free service, meanwhile, does not make files available offline on iOS and Android devices; while sometimes they are available from cache, editing these files can cause conflicts when synchronizing.
Additionally, portable versions of Evernote are available for and U3 drives. There are no officially supported native clients for BSD or Linux, but the company provides an API for external Linux clients.
There is substantial variation in supported features on different platforms. For example, it is possible to edit Rich Text Format and sketches on Windows, while on Apple Macintosh it is possible to edit rich text, but only view sketches.
Web clipping support is installed by default on the Internet Explorer and Safari browsers when the Evernote software is installed on Windows or macOS.
The app permits the user to add shapes and text to an image, and then share it online. Images can also be exported to various image formats.
Originally developed by Plasq, Skitch was acquired by Evernote on August 18, 2011.
Evernote discontinued Skitch for Windows, Windows Touch, iOS, and Android in January 2016. Evernote continues to offer Skitch for Mac.
In 2013, Evernote discontinued its direct integration with Twitter, recommending IFTTT and Zapier as alternatives.
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In January 2014 the partnership was expanded to additional European and Asian markets.
Under this global deal, Telefónica users in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, the UK, and Spain were also offered the promotion. "Los usuarios de Movistar tendrán un año gratis del servicio premium de Evernote" , El Economista, December 11, 2013, retrieved February 28, 2014
A denial-of-service attack on August 8, 2014, resulted in a brief period of downtime for evernote.com; service was quickly restored.
In the wake of this, Evernote accelerated plans to implement an optional two-factor authentication for all users.
In response to the concerns, Evernote apologized and announced the policy would not be implemented, and that its employees would not have access to users' content unless users opted in.
Some users noted the new app was much slower than the previous Windows and iOS versions, had many features removed, and did not work with some default keyboard layouts, including Turkish, Latvian, and Polish, due to a conflict of hardcoded key bindings. Hate the new Evernote (
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This was later changed to allow customization of keyboard shortcuts and some of the previous features were added again.
From early April 2018, Evernote Plus was no longer available for purchase; However, users who had the Plus subscription can maintain it as long as their subscription is remains active. In July 2024 these users received email saying that their next renewal would automatically upgrade them to the Personal plan.
In December 2023, Evernote reduced its free plan drastically (to a maximum of 50 editable notes), taking effect the same day. This change and the lack of transition period have been considered unfavorable to free users who have used Evernote for years.
In August 2024, Evernote further reduced its free plan to allow only one connected device at a time, with a maximum of two "desyncs" per month.
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