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Paper App Draws $15 Million in Funding From Andreessen Horowitz, Jack Dorsey
FiftyThree, the New York-based company behind the popular iPad sketching app Paper, has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Chris Dixon of Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Shana Fisher of High Line Venture Partners, Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital, Ron Conway and Jack Dorsey. FiftyThree is comprised of ex-Microsoft designers and engineers who created Paper to enhance productivity on the iPad. The app is free to download, and includes in-app purchases for utility tool kits. The company plans to hire talent and expand the collaborative features of the app with the fresh funding.
With iPad Mini Keyboards, It’s (Literally) the Little Things
Tablet users are finally starting to accept the iPad as a productivity device. Can the iPad mini be one, too?
On the Road to Self-Betterment, Apps That Keep You on Track
Setting goals is easy. Keeping them is the hard part.
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Yahoo Scoops Up Another Small Startup: Gaming Platform PlayerScale
Yahoo said it had bought PlayerScale, a small gaming infrastructure startup for cross-platform gaming. Yahoo has been on a bit of a tear in buying up small companies for low prices, to strengthen its talent and expertise in a wide variety of arenas, including mobile, productivity and gaming. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but PlayerScale said on its blog that it would “continue to support our existing product,” which is Player.IO.Yahoo Falls For Tumblr, Google I/O, and Bill Gates on Steve Jobs — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week
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Apps Raise the iPad’s Aptitude for Real Work
iPads and other tablets are being used every day for productivity tasks once reserved for laptops. Walt Mossberg looks at apps that attempt to emulate the features of Office.
Jerry Yang Is Back (And Investing More Than Ever)
Frankly — and I would know — the Internet pioneer also seems better than ever.
A Fresh New Office Finds a Place in the Cloud
Microsoft’s newest version of Office is a radical change from previous versions. It’s more closely tied to the cloud and has a surprising new price model.
Going Beyond Personal Productivity, Evernote Launches App for Businesses
Evernote is getting down to business.
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