Instapaper is Going Independent (instapaper.com) 16
Popular bookmarking and read-it-later app, Instapaper made the following announcement in a blog post: Today, we're announcing that Pinterest has entered into an agreement to transfer ownership of Instapaper to Instant Paper, Inc., a new company owned and operated by the same people who've been working on Instapaper since it was sold to betaworks by Marco Arment in 2013. The ownership transfer will occur after a 21 day waiting period designed to give our users fair notice about the change of control with respect to their personal information. We want to emphasize that not much is changing for the Instapaper product outside the new ownership. The product will continue to be built and maintained by the same people who've been working on Instapaper for the past five years. We plan to continue offering a robust service that focuses on readers and the reading experience for the foreseeable future.
wow (Score:3, Funny)
I am sure all 5 people that use whatever this is are happy or sad or something about whatever this means.
Just add water? (Score:1)
What is instant paper and why is it better than dehydrated paper? Are clouds involved?
Re: (Score:2)
"Elon just called a guy a pedo on Twitter. Stock collapses!"
Calling somebody a pedometer influences stock?
Re: (Score:2)
*buh dum tss*
Instapaper was the shit (Score:3, Interesting)
Instapaper used to the the shit several years ago, but server mismanagement destroyed the reliability of article syncing and ruined confidence in the product. Plus, it went from a paid app to free, which made nerds nervous about monetization. I switched to Pocket after that, which has some pleasant integration with Firefox.
That said, I’m fairly certain I read more Instapaper articles than Pocket. The interface was much cleaner, which helped focus on reading. Mozilla treats Pocket like a product rather than a service, designed to pull you in with suggested reading.
I may have to try Instapaper again.