Webnotes Launch!

Congratulations to my friends at Webnotes for launching their invite-only beta yesterday. If you don’t already know, Webnotes was founded by a handful of MIT grads and it lets you annotate, share and organize notes on any web page.

•  Annotate the Web- “With Webnotes you can highlight text and stick notes to web pages”
• Organize Notes – “All highlights and notes are stored in folders with your Webnotes account”
• Share Comments – “Pages you annotate can be shared through email or online links”

On their first day Webnotes was featured on a number of blogs including, ReadWriteWeb, Mashable, and VentureBeat.

To register for their beta please visit www.WebNotes.net. I also have a handful of invitations available to my readers so if you’re interested just comment (with your email) to this post.

WebNotes

Many thanks to Alex King, Director of Marketing at WebNotes, for inviting me to visit their offices in Cambridge, MA.  Started by a handful of MIT grads, WebNotes is revolutionizing the way people collect and organize information on the web. WebNotes is currently in Beta and is expected to go live in the next couple of weeks – when they do make sure you check them out.

Online at http://www.webnotes.net/

Online Notes from WebNotes – A Cambridge Startup

I forgot to mention that I attended WebInno18 a couple of weeks ago.  The event was packed, which made it difficult to find anyone, however one great thing that came from the conference was being introduced (via their presentation) to WebNotes.  

Created by a bunch of MIT students in Cambridge, WebNotes enables users to “create and manage online annotations.”  In the simplest terms WebNotes makes it easy to highlight text on any web page, save that text to a folder, add sticky notes and share those highlights & sticky notes (directly on the web page) with anyone you want.  If you use the web for research, WebNotes is a terrific service for organizing your findings. Check them out at www.WebNotes.net.

In the last few weeks there has been a bunch of great tech events in Boston, including the WebInno mentioned above.  Next on the list is SummerMash Boston (Mashable) which I’ll also be attending – hope to see you there.

Peru Buys 260,000 Laptops from One Laptop per Child

According to an article in the Boston Globe sales of the One Laptop per Child have seen a recent surge thanks in large part to their Give One Get One campaign, Peru’s purchase of 260,000 laptops, and Carlos Slim’s purchase of 50,000 laptops.

The Give One Get One program has resulted in $2 Million (190,000 laptops) daily orders since the program was launched on November 12, 2007.

For additional information about One Laptop per Child please visit:

http://www.laptop.org