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Good news for students going back to school this month—Pulse is a winning pick! Scholastic’s Instructor Magazine challenged teacher testers from around the country to evaluate learning tools, and Pulse is officially named a Teacher’s Pick!
Look for us in Instructor’s August issue. A big thank you to the teachers out there that have been bringing Pulse into the classroom, and to Instructor Magazine for the honor!
BusinessWeek and research company YouNoodle have selected Livescribe in addition to 49 other buzz-worthy tech startups from around the world worth paying attention to in their 2009 list.
Livescribe is honored alongside the likes of Ning, AdMob, RockYou, Slide, and Monitise.
Read about it on BusinessWeek’s Fifty Tech Startups You Should Know!
Hot on the heels of the launch of Livescribe Desktop for Mac version 1.0, the editors at Mac|Life Magazine deemed the Pulse smartpen an “Editor’s Choice” award and gave the Pulse smartpen the score 5 out of 5. Mac|Life’s Susie Ochs wrote, “Businesspeople, journalists, students, secretaries, and anyone who takes a lot of notes during talks will find this an invaluable tool.” Click the link below for the full review, or grab the April issue of Mac|Life.
Mac|Life: Livescribe Pulse review
Paul Taylor at the Financial Times recently test drove Pulse and came away impressed, he commented, “the Livescribe Pulse smartpen package is impressive and should appeal particularly to anyone who regularly takes note.” A link to his in-depth review is included below.
Financial Times: Catch Every Spoken Word
Bill Plefling at Inc. Magazine also published an overview of the Pulse smartpen system and commented, “Livescribe is opening an application store later this year and hoping developers will come up with new, even cleverer uses for the pen.” Stay tuned…
Inc. Magazine: A Computer In a Pen
The awards keep on rolling in for Livescribe as Laptop Magazine names Pulse a 2009 Mobile Innovation Awards Recipient. Also, Ross Rubin at Engadget awarded Pulse one of his annual “Switchie” awards, honoring the most innovative devices of the year.
Laptop Magazine - 2009 Mobile Innovation Awards
Engadget - The 2008 Switchies
Also, Etan Horowitz at the Orlando Sentinel posted a great review of the Pulse smartpen for all of you to pass on to friends and family still on fence. Etan offers, “For reporters, students or others who take a lot of notes, it’s a pretty ingenious gadget,” and embeds a video of Pulse in action.
Orlando Sentinel - Take note: The Pulse pen is the future
