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Pulse: Your Summer Travel Companion

June 30th, 2010

It’s summer and we’re excited to share how Pulse is a great travel companion for your vacation!

Headed to a foreign country this summer? Need a cheat sheet with some key phrases to help you feel like more of a local? No problema – travel apps for Pulse are available in many languages, including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Each app provides a simple way to learn to speak over 100 foreign language travel phrases, including important topics ranging from transportation to food and drink.

Interested in more apps you can use on your trip? With the tap of pen to paper the American Heritage® Spanish Dictionary makes learning a language easy. By simply writing a word in English, Pulse will both show you the translation on the smartpen’s display and say it so you can hear the correct pronunciation. New apps like Tipper, can easily calculate the amount you should tip your server, while games like Blackjack, Video Poker and Hangman help pass the time on a long road trip or plane ride. Check out Livescribe’s Beta Application store for even more apps.

The Pulse smartpen also makes it easy to record vacation memories in a virtual scrapbook that you can email to friends and family. Summer travelers are also bound to appreciate the portability of this dependable and light-weight travel companion.

Already planning to use the Pulse smartpen during your summer travel? Let us know how on Facebook or Twitter. You can also visit Livescribe’s website for our summer sale discounts for 50% off select accessories.

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Livescribe at ISTE 2010 in Denver

June 23rd, 2010

Heading to ISTE? We’d love to see you there!

ISTE stands for the International Society for Technology in Education AND one of the largest education conferences in the U.S. The 2010 show kicks off this Sunday, June 27 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

In addition to our booth (#1084), Livescribe is hosting a breakfast event and participating in the conference’s poster sessions. We’ve included more details about these events below.

Stop by the booth or attend one of the events to catch a demonstration, meet the team or share your smartpen story with us. You can also connect with a customer or two (click here to read customer Sue Glascoe’s recent blog post about the conference). And, we’ll raffle off two-to-three Pulse smartpens a day – can’t beat that!

Livescribe Breakfast Event

  • What: Learn how to bring smartpen technology to your classroom or district.
  • Who: Jim Marggraff (Livescribe founder and CEO) will speak along with Holly De Leon (VP of Sales, K-12) and Andy Van Shaack (Senior Science Advisor). Livescribe customers will also discuss how they are using Pulse in their districts today.
  • Where: Curtis Hotel – 1405 Curtis Street, Denver; hotel is right next door to the conference center and the event is being held in the “Patty Cake Room.”
  • When: 7 a.m. on Tuesday, June 29.

Interested in attending? Please e-mail lparker@livescribe.com for more information.

Livescribe Poster Session

  • What: Informal session covering the Pulse smartpen and how schools and districts are using Pulse today. Click here for more information.
  • Who: Andy Van Shaack (Senior Science Advisor) and Sue Glascoe (community college math instructor, Livescribe customer and avid pencaster) will co-present.
  • Where: Show floor – CCC Lobby A, TableP23.
  • When: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30 (10 minute presentation repeats over 2 hour period).

Hope to see you there!

The Livescribe team

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Milestone: Livescribe Reaches ½ Million Pencasts

June 14th, 2010

Livescribe is excited to share a recent milestone in the company’s history… We have hit the ½ Million Pencast mark! That means over 500,000 unique pencasts have been uploaded to the Livescribe Community since we officially announced the technology just over a year ago. This is exciting news, considering we’ve seen an enormous spike in pencasting the last couple months.

In honor of this exciting milestone, we’d like to highlight a few fun pencasts we’ve seen along the way.

Check out this pencast from a Popular Mechanics interview with SpaceX vice president Tom Mueller describing how the merlin rocket engine works and this pencast featuring illustrations of Star Wars characters. The City of Sacramento uses pencasts to share their Town Hall Meeting notes, and we’ve also seen many teachers, like Sue Glascoe, using pencasts to help students with their homework by sharing online modules of their lessons – word for word, diagram by diagram. Additionally, pencasts are used in the university setting and this pencast from a Purdue University student details how to solve mechanical engineering problems.

Interested in even more? This avid smartpen user described Geoffrey Moore’s Crossing the Chasm concept in this pencast and several Pencast interviews were even recorded at the 2009 New York Comic Convention (Spiderman pencast, Ninja Turtle pencast, Joker pencast).

Additionally, many business professionals are sharing their pencasts of meeting notes, client briefs and more privately with colleagues or clients.

Want to upload some of your favorites, but aren’t sure how? Take a look at this blog post for some tips and tricks. If you have a pencast you’d like us to feature, send us a message on Facebook, Twitter or to press@livescribe.com.

Thanks for helping us reach this exciting milestone!

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Livescribe Wins AEP Golden Lamp and Distinguished Achievement Award

June 10th, 2010

We are excited to announce that Livescribe has won both a Golden Lamp and a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP). This is the first time that one company has won AEP’s two top awards in technology. One of the largest and longest-running award programs for educational products, the AEP Awards have honored exceptional resources for teaching and learning for more than four decades.

According to AEP the Golden Lamp is the gold standard for educational products. Only four Golden Lamps are awarded each year – one for Curriculum, one for Periodicals, one for Professional Development, and one for Technology & New Media. The 2010 Golden Lamp was presented to Livescribe in the Technology & New Media category.

The Distinguished Achievement Awards (DAAs) recognize the year’s top educational products in the same four categories (Curriculum, Periodicals, Professional Development, and Technology & New Media), but are judged only against products in their entry category, subcategory and grade level. Livescribe was recognized as the 2010 DAA winner in the Technology & New Media, administrative tools category.

Livescribe was selected as a winner by a two-tiered judging process made up of highly qualified industry experts. Winners were announced at an awards banquet on Tuesday during AEP’s Annual Content in Context Conference (CIC) at the Capital Hilton in Washington D.C.

Check out the Golden Lamp Award Announcement on YouTube.

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Calling all Inventors, Tinkerers and Makers!

June 2nd, 2010

Were you at the Maker Faire Bay Area 2010 last weekend in San Mateo? We were and it was great! With over 70,000 attendees, we enjoyed seeing everyone who stopped by the Livescribe booth. In case you missed it, here’s a snapshot of Livescribe’s Maker Faire experience.

Livescribe customer and artist Ali Sabet held “hyper creativity” demos throughout the day in our booth. We have talked about Ali on the blog before and we were thrilled to have him in our booth demonstrating the Pulse smartpen. He created custom sketches on pre-printed dot paper for attendees and then used each drawing to create a pencast for attendees to view online. To see example pencasts from the Maker Faire, take a look here.

Ali Sabet demos the Pulse smartpen at Livescribe’s booth.

For any aspiring developers out there, a Livescribe senior staff engineer also showed attendees how to create a simple application for the Pulse smartpen using Livescribe developer tools. The session called, “”Creating Interactive Paper with the Livescribe Smartpen Platform” provided a great way for folks to learn the ins and outs of developing for the Livescribe platform.

We always love to hear from you! Check us out on Facebook or Twitter and tell us what you thought of the Maker Faire.

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Corsicana ISD Orders 600 smartpens for Credit Recovery Program

June 1st, 2010

Livescribe recently received a 600 Pulse smartpen order from the Corsicana Independent School District in Texas and since they have an interesting plan for their smartpens, we wanted to share their story with you.

The Corsicana Independent School District is planning to use Pulse smartpens to combat the district’s high dropout rates, especially in minority groups. With the national high school dropout rate at roughly 9 percent – and 21 percent for Hispanics – it’s no wonder this eight-school district considers credit recovery a top priority.

In case you’re unfamiliar, credit recovery options allow students to retake courses they haven’t passed, though they’ve met the minimum class time requirement. It’s a pretty common practice to prevent dropouts among high school students since credit recovery lets students finish coursework on a flexible schedule (generally speaking) to earn graduation credits. Corsicana is revamping its entire credit recovery program using the Pulse smartpen.

Marti Shaner, Corsicana’s assistant superintendent, had the idea to assign smartpens to the district’s best teachers in various subject areas. Shaner notes, “Pulse is the best piece technology for the money I’ve seen … it offers more uses than I can think of.” Teachers assigned smartpens are asked to record their lessons and upload the resulting pencasts to the district website, which is being completely redesigned for this program. All lessons with be indexed by subject, grade and state standard, so credit recovery students can easily access teacher instruction. Sometimes just having something explained differently can make all the difference, which is why having multiple teachers record lessons is so helpful! Students can watch the pencast lessons at their own pace, as many times as they need to.

We think this is a very innovative way to address an important issue that is facing school districts across the country and we’ll be keeping a close eye on Corsicana’s program as it develops. Stay tuned for future updates and congratulations to the Corsicana Independent School District for such a great program idea!

SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics

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Pulse Smartpen Wins San Francisco Business Times Best Gadget Award!

May 21st, 2010

We are excited to announce that Livescribe won the Best Gadget award at the San Francisco Business Times Tech and Innovation Entrepreneur Awards gala and was profiled on the SF Business Times website today. With over 300 submissions in 12 categories, Livescribe was chosen by a panel of editors and independent judges as the Best Gadget award winner. Winners were announced at an awards gala last night at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square where a significant number of other innovative technology companies from around the Bay Area were in attendance.

Please join us in celebrating a big win for Livescribe and the Pulse smartpen!

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Jim Marggraff Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist!

May 18th, 2010

News flash, Livescribe fans!

Ernst & Young, one of the world’s leading professional services organizations, recently announced its Northern California finalists for the 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year Award – considered the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. We’re proud to say Livescribe CEO Jim Marggraff was selected as a finalist from over one hundred nominations.

We’re anxiously waiting for the official winner announcement on June 12. Please join us in wishing Jim luck!

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Try Out a Pulse Smartpen on May 1st or May 2nd at the Following Best Buy Stores

April 27th, 2010

If you live near one of the following Best Buy stores, stop in this weekend to see one of our Scribes demo the Pulse smartpen!  Our Scribes will be giving live demos in the following Best Buy stores this weekend.   Come out from 11:00am – 4:00pm to see how the Pulse smartpen can make your life easier!  Locations and schedules are subject to change, so please call the store ahead of time.

West Region

Saturday, May 1st

Sunday, May 2nd


271 E Flatiron Cir
Broomfield, CO 80020

21601 Victory Blvd
Canoga Park, CA 91303

1501 N Victory Pl
Burbank, CA 91504 

4100 E. Mexico
Denver, Co.  80222

4820 Dublin Blvd
Dublin, CA 94568

149 Fletcher Pkwy
El Cajon, CA 92020


8401 Fletcher Pkwy
LA Mesa, CA 91942

11301 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064

3820 S Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas, NV 89119

1250 El Camino Real
San Bruno, CA 94066

2909 Los Feliz Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90039

5151 Mission Center Rd
San Diego, CA 92108

10861 Weyburn Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90024

25422 El Paseo
Mission Viejo, CA 92691

11855 N Oracle Rd
Oro Valley, AZ 85737

3260 Buskirk Ave
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 

1250 El Camino Real
San Bruno, CA 94066

1127 Industrial Rd
San Carlos, CA 94070

3090 Stevens Creek Blvd
San Jose, CA 95128

5065 Almaden Expy
San Jose, CA 95118 

32937 Us Hwy 79
Temecula, CA 92592

Central Region

Saturday, May 1st

Sunday, May 2nd

200 Lincoln Square
Arlington, TX  76011

12909 Shops Pkwy
Bee Cave, TX 78738

615 East Palatine Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

300 Northtown Dr NE
Blaine, MN 55434

1201 Barbara Jordan Blvd
Austin, TX 78723

650 Eastgate South Drive
Cincinnati, OH  45245

340 W Market
Bloomington, MN 55425

2041 Highway 287 N
Mansfield, TX  76063

16630 Royalton Road
Cleveland, Ohio

24230 Commercial Dr
Rosenberg, TX 77471

1375 Polaris Pkwy
Columbus, OH 43240

4800 State Hwy 121
The Colony, TX 75056

25525 Highway 290
Cypress, TX 77429


1550 Lake Woodlands Dr
The Woodlands, TX 77380

9378 N Central Expy
Dallas, TX 75231

1515 W State Hwy 114
Grapevine, TX 76051

3435 Princeton Road
Hamilton, OH  45011

11910 E 39th Street S 
Independence, MO  64057

5820 E 82nd St
Indianapolis, IN 46250

2510 Gulf Fwy S
League City, TX 77573

1072 Willow Rd
Northbrook, IL 60062

7202 S. I-35 Service Road
Oklahoma City, OK

17414 LA Cantera, Ste 106
San Antonio, TX 78257

8300 Eager Rd
St Louis, MO 63144

East Region

Saturday, May 1st

Sunday, May 2nd

600 E. Pratt St.
Baltimore, MD 21202

11230 Legacy Ave  Palm
Beach Gardens, FL 33410

8923 Bay Pkwy
Brooklyn, NY 11214

20540 State Road 7
Boca Raton, FL 33498

1 Worcester Rd
Framingham, MA 01701

402 E Fordham Rd
Bronx, NY  10458

125 18th St
Jersey City, NJ 07310

1 Worcester Rd
Framingham, MA 01701

1620 W Osceola Pkwy
Kissimmee, FL 34741

555 E Sandford Blvd
Mount Vernon, NY 10550

7751 Bird Rd
Miami, FL 33155

45575 Dulles Eastern Plaza
Sterling, VA 20165

11905 S Dixie Hwy
Miami, FL 33156

1717 York Road
Timonium, MD 21093

6325 Naples Blvd
Naples, FL 34109

60 W 23rd St
New York, NY 10010

622 Broadway
New York, NY 10012

801 Bethlehem Pike
North Wales, PA 19454

845 N Alafaya Trl
Orlando, FL 32828

12301 W Sunrise Blvd
Plantation, FL 33323

11655 W Hillsborough Ave
Tampa, FL 33635

5947 Wesley Grove Blvd   
Wesley Chapel, FL 33544

2730 Prince William Pkwy
Woodbridge, VA 22192

  

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Livescribe Application Challenge Winners Announced!

April 27th, 2010

Good Morning, Livescribe fans!

As you know from previous posts, we kicked off the Livescribe Application Challenge in December, asking developers from around the globe to create original education, productivity and entertainment apps for the Pulse smartpen. We received more than 45 clever, useful and fun submissions.

For the past month our Livescribe fans and an expert panel of celebrity judges have been reviewing submissions and casting their votes. Well, the votes are in.

Drum roll please…the winners are:

Expert Panel Grand Prize ($5,000):
-Audible Healthcare by developer Charles Caraher

People’s Choice Grand Prize Winner ($5,000):
-nodewave MasterMind by developer Michel Bagnol

People’s Choice Category Winners ($500):
-Education: iDK Words/Thesaurus by developer Phil Trevino
SpellingMe by developer Brad Rippe
-Entertainment: Sudoku by developer Chris Rogers
-Productivity: Swiss Knife All-in-One by developer Michel Bagnol

We want you to be the first to see these awesome new apps, most of which are now available for purchase in the Livescribe Beta Application Store. Additionally, the contest winners are featured in this pencast.

Thank you to everyone who offered their own app ideas and helped us select the People’s Choice winners and to our developer community for continuing to create innovative apps.

And a very special thanks to our panel of expert judges from around the world:
- Nick Broughall, editor of Gizmodo Australia
- David Hollingworth, editor of Atomic Magazine, Australia
- Harry McCracken, founder and editor of Technologizer, U.S.
- Shane Richmond, technology editor of The Daily Telegraph, U.K.

Congratulations to all of our Application Challenge winners!

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