Nic Healey is a Senior Editor with CNET, based in the Australia office. His passions include bourbon, video games and boring strangers with photos of his cat. The Livescribe series has always been ...

The Livescribe smart pen allows users to combine the analog with digital to more effectively capture handwritten notes and drawings, something that could be difficult on a smartphone. We’ve seen ...

Livescribe is making it easier to share content from its digital pen with a new service called LiveScribe Connect. Livescribe makes digital pens--the Echo and Pulse--that write with regular ink on ...

Smartphones and tablets might be more popular than ever, but according to Livescribe CEO Gilles Bouchard, so too is paper. “Roughly 60% of mobile users still say they prefer to take notes on paper–and ...

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Livescribe's Pulse smart pen that can automatically digitize written notes is a big hit among students and business professionals who want to move away from paper. Now the company has introduced a ...

Livescribe has popularized the art of putting a computer in a pen, and today it’s launching its new “smartpen,” the Echo. The pen is targeted at serious note takers, business professionals and ...

Livescribe smartpens aren't just pens. They're "multimodal computers," according to CEO Jim Marggraff. And with the launch of Livescribe's Connect service, his multimodal computers get an array of ...

The Livescribe pen is something of a niche tool, but for those who need its services, it's absolutely essential. It's long been a friend to journalists and students in particular, making note-taking ...

The notepad has stubbornly resisted the digital revolution. Sure, there are some great note-taking apps, such as Evernote and Microsoft OneNote, but these still rely on a keyboard. Over the years many ...

Many people take notes. Many people record audio while taking notes. But few people have figured out how to synchronize the two. And no one, until now, has figured out how to turn that trick into an ...

is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Livescribe’s basic sales pitch is simple, ...