Evernote will also soon find news articles that are relevant to what the user is writing and import the content directly into the note. Through a connection with LinkedIn, Evernote can pull in bios of people mentioned in Evernote notes. In the Mac client, for instance, he showed how Evernote can bring in a notification when other people in the company are writing about the same topic the user is. Over the last six years, a lot of folks have begun to use Evernote’s note-taking software as a sort of “external brain,” say the company’s creators. Soon, when you’re writing in Evernote, the software will get busy in the background looking for information that’s relevant to your subject matter, Libin says. Your ‘external brain,’ now with artificial intelligence It will enable users to embed images in tables and create a full-screen mode to show whole documents or images, compete with headers or footers.īoth features will be available in November. Its new Presentation mode is the company’s solution. Libin said that traditional Powerpoint-like presentations are “hostile to the audience” and need to be improved upon. “This makes Evernote a great place to work we want you to do your life’s work in Evernote.”Įnterprise teams make lots of presentations, and Evernote wants to improve how they do it. “This takes us from note-taking to being the workspace,” Libin said. Then, a collaborative messaging session can ensue. As more people show up, a list of people (and some contact info) appear in a list on the mobile and desktop app.

Users are represented by thumbnails of their faces. For instance, if a coworker is working on the same note back at the office on desktop, that person can tell if a mobile user is looking at and working on the same document. Instead, Evernote offers an AI-powered workspace where team members can collaborate and communicate in real time. “We are trying to break the tyranny of the inbox, that long list of messages that you’re never going to get through.” Doing away with the ‘tyranny of the inbox’ and ‘hostile’ presentationsĮvernote also announced a digital workspace for teams called “Work Chat.” The idea is replace the dreaded email inbox - something quite a few companies are already trying to do. “The inbox made sense when it was actually a physical inbox - around the time of the Civil War,” Libin said. Above: The new “Scannable” feature in Evernote lets you scan documents directly into the app on a mobile device.

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