Instapaper

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Instapaper
Online bookmarking, saving articles to read later
operator Betaworks and Marco Arment
editorial staff Marco Arment
Registration Yes
On-line January 2008 (currently active)
http://www.instapaper.com

Instapaper is an online service that saves articles in order to read them later in the web browser , on devices with iOS and Android (operating system) , as well as Amazon Kindles . After creating a free account, the service saves the websites that you select via bookmarklet and presents the articles contained therein in a minimal layout that is optimized for reading. The service was founded by Marco Arment in 2008 and had around 2 million users in 2011.

In 2013, Arment sold a large part of Instapaper to Betaworks .

On August 23, 2016, the company announced the takeover by Pinterest .

history

Instapaper's bookmarking website, Read Later bookmarklet, and Read Article View launched in late 2007 and went online on January 28, 2008. Its simplicity was quickly recognized by the press, including Daring Fireball and TechCrunch .

Instapaper is profitable and has not received any venture capital. While most features are available for free, the iOS app generates a $ 1 / month subscription for more advanced features - e.g. B. Full text search - and advertising on instapaper.com to generate revenue.

Instapaper's free iPhone app (no longer available) with offline reading option was one of the first apps in the App Store on July 12, 2008. The paid Instapaper app, later renamed Instapaper Pro , appeared a little later on August 26, 2008 and brought " tilt scrolling “, which automatically moves the text when you tilt the iPhone slightly up or down.

In May 2018, the website was blocked for users from the European Union and was no longer usable for over two months. At the beginning of August 2018, the service announced that it would be available again for EU users.

Functions

An “automatically send to Kindle ” feature was added on March 8, 2009. The Kindle feature was used by more than 60,000 readers at the end of 2011.

The Instapaper iPad app started when the iPad went on sale in the US on April 3, 2010 and was very well received.

Version 3.0 of the app was released on March 10, 2011, adding social sharing and browsing features. Version 4.0 was released in the course of 2011, bringing full-text search to users who had taken out the $ 1 / month subscription.

Give Me Something To Read

On June 1, 2008, Instapaper launched “Give Me Something To Read”, a website that featured long, high-quality articles every day that came from the most saved articles in Instapaper.

Instead of automatically publishing popular articles as classic social news websites do, “Give Me Something To Read” is curated . Marco Arment was the editor in the first year. On July 27, 2009, Arment hired Richard Dunlop-Walters as a part-time contractor to take over as editor. Since March 2011, Dunlop-Walters has been Instapapers' only employee besides Arment.

The articles selected for “Give Me Something To Read” are listed on the Instapaper website as “Editor's Picks” and in the iOS app in the “Editors” area.

On March 22, 2012, "Give Me Something To Read" was renamed "The Feature".

criticism

Instapaper has been very well received by publications including the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , PC Magazine , Macworld , and Wired .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Instapaper: Press and Media Kit . Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 20, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.instapaper.com
  2. ^ The next generation of Instapaper
  3. ↑ Instapaper is joining Pinterest. In: blog.instapaper.com. Retrieved August 24, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Marco Arment: Instapaper . In: Marco.org . January 28, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  5. ↑ John Gruber: Instapaper . In: Daring Fireball . January 30, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  6. ^ Henry Work: Simple Bookmarking Now Available with Instapaper . In: TechCrunch . January 30, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  7. ↑ Instapaper: Now available offline . July 12, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  8. ↑ Instapaper Pro with tilt scrolling . August 26, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  9. ↑ heise online: Because of GDPR: Instapaper locks Europeans out. Accessed June 7, 2018 (German).
  10. ↑ heise online: Instapaper available again for EU users. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 (German).
  11. ↑ Kindle support now available . March 8, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  12. ^ Build and Analyze # 56 . December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  13. ^ Brian X. Chen: 10 Apps We're Excited to Try on iPad Launch Day . In: Wired . April 1, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  14. ↑ Mitch Wagner: The eight best iPad apps so far . In: Macworld . April 13, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  15. ↑ Instapaper 3.0 is here . March 10, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  16. ↑ Introducing Instapaper 4.0 for iPad and iPhone . October 17, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  17. ^ Officially launching Give Me Something To Read . June 1, 2008. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  18. ↑ About Give Me Something To Read . Retrieved on December 21, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / givemesomethingtoread.com  
  19. ↑ How many employees does Instapaper have? . March 21, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  20. ^ The Feature . Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  21. ↑ Damon Darlin: Feel Free to Read This Later, on Your Phone . In: The New York Times . December 11, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  22. ↑ Emily Glazer: Worth It? Saving Websites to Read Offline . In: The Wall Street Journal . October 21, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  23. ↑ Dan Costa: Instapaper Pro v2.2 . In: PC Magazine . October 8, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  24. ↑ Dan Frakes: Instapaper . In: Macworld . May 14, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  25. ^ Charlie Sorrel: Instapaper 3 Adds Sharing, Curated Articles and Plain Old Speed . In: Wired . March 11, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.