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Handwriting Goes Mobile with the Introduction of the Sky™ wifi smartpen from Livescribe

Partnership with Evernote® Provides Seamless Access to Handwritten Notes Any Time, Anywhere

Oakland, Calif. — Oct. 29, 2012 —Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com) announced today the launch of the Sky wifi smartpen, the first digital pen to integrate WiFi technology and cloud services. Sky digitizes everything consumers write and hear and automatically sends it to their personal Evernote accounts, where it is securely stored and readily available to search, play back, organize and share. Perfect for today’s on-the-go world, everyone from busy executives to students can conveniently access their written notes and recorded audio directly from paper, as well as on all the tablets, smartphones and computers they use.

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Livescribe Celebrates Five Years of Digital Writing

OAKLAND, Calif. – May 23, 2012 – Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com), the innovative company behind the world’s first smartpen, is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Livescribe revolutionized the digital writing market by syncing recorded audio with handwritten notes and providing a valuable new tool, which saves times, improves learning and enhances business productivity. Livescribe is marking this milestone with a retrospective of the company’s history and a brief look at what’s next.

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Livescribe Appoints Gilles Bouchard as CEO

OAKLAND, Calif. – January 19, 2012 – Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com), maker of the award-winning Echo™ smartpen, today announced the appointment of Gilles Bouchard as chief executive officer. Livescribe founder and former CEO, Jim Marggraff, will remain on the company’s board of directors and serve as an advisor to the company.

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Livescribe™ Expands Connect™ Service to Include Microsoft OneNote and Google Sites™

Oakland, Calif. – Aug. 3, 2011 – Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com) today announced that it has expanded its Livescribe Connect service to include Google Sites and Microsoft OneNote. First introduced this May, Livescribe Connect for the Echo™ and Pulse™ smartpens makes it simple for business professionals, educators and students to send their handwritten notes and recorded audio, as interactive pencasts, to the people and online applications of their choice – all from paper.

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Livescribe Gives Customers a Free Year of Evernote® Premium with Every Smartpen Purchase

Oakland, Calif. – July 25, 2011 –Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com), maker of the award-winning Echo and Pulse smartpens, today announced a special back-to-school offer to give every customer who purchases and registers a Livescribe smartpen, between now and Jan. 31, 2012, a free year of Evernote’s Premium service (valued at $45).

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Livescribe CEO and Founder Jim Marggraff Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Northern California Award winner

OAKLAND, Calif. – June 27, 2011 – Livescribe Inc., maker of the award winning Echo and Pulse smartpens, today announced that Chairman, CEO and founder Jim Marggraff received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2011 Northern California Award in the technology category. According to Ernst & Young LLP, the award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Marggraff was selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at a gala event at the Fairmont San Jose on Saturday, June 25, 2011.

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Livescribe™ Connect™ Makes Handwritten and Spoken Information Easily Shareable with Facebook, Evernote®, Google™ Docs and Email – All from Paper

Oakland, Calif. – May 23, 2011 – Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com) today announced Livescribe Connect for the Echo™ and Pulse™ smartpens, a breakthrough software solution, which makes it simple for business professionals, educators and students to send their handwritten notes and recorded audio, as an interactive pencast, to the people and online applications of their choice – all from paper. Livescribe also announced the expansion of its smartpen product family with the introduction of the affordable 2GB Echo smartpen starter pack for $99.95.

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New Study: Handwritten Notes Essential to Knowledge Workers

Oakland, Calif. – May 23, 2011 – Livescribe, maker of the groundbreaking Pulse and Echo smartpens, today released a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Livescribe which shows that today’s device-centric information workers rely on handwritten notes and believe that better integration of handwritten notes and spoken information with their digital workflow would significantly improve professional productivity.

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Livescribe Launches Nationwide in Canada

OAKLAND, Calif. — December 7, 2010 — Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com) maker of the award-winning Echo™ and Pulse™ smartpens, today announced nationwide retail availability of its smartpens in Canada at Future Shop, Canada’s largest consumer electronics retailer and e-tailer. Future Shop is the first national retailer in Canada to sell Livescribe smartpens and accessories

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Livescribe Partners with Digital Wish to Provide Teachers with Education Discounts for Echo™ Smartpens

MANCHESTER CENTER, VT — November 9, 2010 — Digital Wish (www.digitalwish.org), an online registry for education technology funded by individual and corporate donations, announced today a partnership with Livescribe (www.livescribe.com), which allows individual educators to purchase a Livescribe Echo smartpen at a discounted price, along with supporting K-12 education-related materials and tools

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