It seems to be like Evernote’s 2020 redesign wasn’t sufficient to maintain it impartial. Today, the previous darling notetaking app for productiveness hounds, which was as soon as valued at 1 billion {dollars}, introduced that it has been bought by Bending Spoons. If that title sounds unfamiliar to you, you are not alone. It’s a Milan-based developer behind cell apps just like the video editor Splice, and the AI picture modifying software Gemini. They appear like well-designed and genuinely helpful apps, however they’re removed from Evernote’s as soon as lofty purpose of serving to you to recollect every little thing.

In a blog post, Evernote CEO Ian Small mentioned the corporate is at the moment testing out collaborative modifying between a number of customers, and it is near launching beta checks for deep Office 365 calendar integration. While that is good to listen to, particularly for the few remaining Evernote addicts like this reporter, these are additionally options which have existed in different platforms for years. It might also be robust to persuade mates and colleagues to collaborate on an Evernote doc — which can contain signing up for an account and studying a brand new interface — when Google Docs has made that straightforward for years.

“While ownership is changing hands, our commitment to keeping your data safe and secure remains as steadfast as ever, and the Evernote you know and love will continue to thrive,” Smalls mentioned within the put up. “Joining Bending Spoons allows us to take advantage of their proven app expertise and wide range of proprietary technologies.” 

Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. But the truth that Evernote was bought by a small app agency, fairly than a notable tech big, could also be telling. Evernote raised almost $300 million throughout the preliminary hype cycle round cell apps. But the corporate finally misplaced focus, branching out to real-world merchandise like a wise pocket book with Moleskin. Its apps have been extremely buggy for years, and it did a poor job of convincing customers to really pay for its product. 

Somehow, I caught with it although. I’ve over a decade’s price of notes residing in Evernote — numerous information tales, interviews (with their accompanying audio), evaluations and PDFs. My makes an attempt at discovering replacements have sometimes led to failure (sorry OneNote, I simply do not like your editor). This acquisition is not precisely the dying knell for Evernote, but it surely definitely seems like the top of an period. Will my information be secure beneath a brand new proprietor? Can I depend on quick and correct synchronization? I’ll most likely stick round for a bit longer, however abruptly, the options are trying much more compelling.