Evernote Raises $20M from Japanese Media Giant Nikkei

Re:Evernote Raises $20M from Japanese Media Giant Nikkei by fwn on Monday November 10, 2014 @10:16AM (#8583913)

I use and pay Evernote. I love the idea.

But lately I think they stopped innovating their software and focused on office supplies and messenger bags. There are many things they could've improved by now.

I hope their easy money won't mislead them even more.

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Re:Evernote Raises $20M from Japanese Media Giant Nikkei by jdonnici on Monday November 10, 2014 @03:04PM (#8585914)

Like you, I pay for Evernote's premium service, love the idea, and - until recently - thought their execution was great.

Now, I think they're too distracted by the "accessories" market and ill-fitting social features that don't fit what the service was sold to be... a digital shoebox.

I don't need WSJ or Nikkei articles to appear in my Evernote searches. Sure, I can turn this "Context" feature off but it's on by default and doesn't do anything I don't get with CMD+T in my browser. Resources were spent on it.

I feel the same way about the Chat feature. Who are these people who want to chat with friends/colleagues from inside of Evernote? Again, more resources spent on that.

In the meantime... Premium features are broken on iOS (passcode security turns itself off), the Windows version doesn't work with HiDPI displays, and the editing/formatting of notes doesn't sync correctly across Windows->Mac->iOS.

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Re:Evernote Raises $20M from Japanese Media Giant Nikkei by acjohnson55 on Monday November 10, 2014 @10:46AM (#8584144)

To be fair, the messenger bag is pretty rad. I bought it and it's one of my favorite accessories. For my commute and for travel, it's nearly perfect.

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