Livescribe Awards $10,000 in Scholarship Funds and Pulse Smartpens to 18 Facebook Contest Winners

Scholarship Contest Receives Over 3,000 Written Entries from Students at 1,000 Different Universities

OAKLAND, Calif. – September 30, 2009 – Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com) announced the winners of the “Make Your Mark” Facebook contest on Facebook, which encouraged students to share in 140 characters or less how they were going to make a difference at their college.

Livescribe received over 3,000 entries from students at 1,000 different universities across the country and will award a total of $10,000 in scholarships and Pulse smartpens to 18 college students who best demonstrated creativity, originality and inspiration in their written entries.

Hannah Claire Nicole Halcomb of Eastern Kentucky University won $1,500 and a Pulse smartpen as the grand prize winner for her following entry: “I am a 19 year old raising a baby and going to school full time. I want to show others in my situation that it is possible to graduate on time from a university with a child.” In addition, 15 first–prize winners to date have been awarded $500 in scholarship funds, and each received a Pulse smartpen.

Livescribe's confirmed Make Your Mark scholarship winners are:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER:

• Hannah Claire Nicole Halcomb from Richmond, Ky. (attending Eastern Kentucky University)

FIRST PRIZE WINNERS:

• Kathleen Anders, Washington DC (attending Georgetown University)
• Sean Clark, Reno, Nev. (attending UN Reno)
• Emmanuel Coloma, Berkeley, Calif. (attending UC Berkeley)
• Lisa Dewart, Toledo, Ohio (attending MIT)
• Marvinlette Dorsey, Vacherie, La. (attending Xavier University of Louisiana)
• Alyssa Dotson, Duncanville, Texas (attending UT Austin)
• Kathleen Fell, Stillwater, Okla. (attending Oklahoma State University)
• K. Tavane Griffith, Gainesville, Fla. (attending Santa Fe College)
• Erin Judge, Austin, Texas (attending UT Austin)
• Reeca Mitchell, Memphis, Tenn. (attending Tennessee State University)
• Ashley Pietzsch, Austin, Texas (attending UT Austin)
• Rachel Pollack, Minneapolis, Minn. (attending UM Twin Cities)
• Christa Pluff, Pittsburgh, Pa. (attending Georgetown University)
• Waytao Shing, Austin, Texas (attending UT Austin)
• Heather Stevens, Salado, Texas (attending UT Arlington)

Pulse Smartpen

The Pulse smartpen launched in 2008 and quickly garnered consumer and industry support, winning innovation awards from Popular Mechanics and Popular Science, as well as the 2008 Duke’s Choice Award at last year’s JavaOne Conference and a 2009 Macworld Best of Show award. Pulse is a computer in a pen that captures handwritten notes and simultaneously records and links the audio to the notes. By simply tapping on the notes with the smartpen, consumers can hear the conversation play back from that exact moment in time. All of this information can be uploaded to a computer for storage, easy keyword search or to share with others.

About Livescribe

Located in Oakland, Calif., Livescribe has developed a new low–cost mobile computing platform that enhances productivity, learning, communication and self expression for anyone that uses pen and paper. The Pulse smartpen revolutionizes the act of writing by recording and linking audio to handwriting, so users never miss a word. For more information, visit Livescribe at www.livescribe.com.

About Anoto Group AB

Anoto Group is the world leader in Digital Pen and Paper technology and inventor of the first commercialized Digital Pen and Paper system allowing quick and reliable transmission of handwritten text from paper to digital media. Anoto works with a global network of partners focusing on user–friendly forms solutions for efficient capture, transmission and storing of data for a variety of business segments including healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics, government and education. The Anoto Group has around 100 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Boston and Tokyo. Major shareholders are Norden Technology A/S, Robur and SEB. The Anoto share is traded on the Mid Cap of the OMX Nordic Exchanges in Stockholm under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anoto.com

 

Press Contact:
Jody Farrar
A&R Edelmen for Livescribe
650.762.2925
jfarrar@ar-edelman.com