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Introducing Pocket’s Send to Friend: Share with the People Who Matter Most

April 17th, 2013  •  By Mark

One year ago, we became Pocket. When we first decided to change our name (from Read It Later), we wanted to dramatically change the experience of saving for later—and your response has been incredible.

Pocket users now save more than 35 million items per month, our service has expanded to new platforms (Pocket for Mac, Chrome and Safari), and our network of developers and publishers has grown to nearly 12,000.

To our users, we just want to say a heartfelt: Thank you.

It seems only fitting that we’d celebrate Pocket’s first birthday with a new feature designed to rethink another core element of the Pocket experience:

Sharing with the People Who Matter Most

While “broadcasting” to social networks (like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr) is popular, Pocket users still share via email more than twice as often.

Today’s Pocket update introduces a completely redesigned Share Menu—and we’re excited to introduce Send to Friend, a simple way to share with anyone without leaving Pocket.

Like all Pocket releases, it’s available now across our platform—including iPhone and iPad, Android, Mac and the web.

Here’s what’s new:

1. All-New Share Menu with Friend Shortcuts

Pocket’s redesigned Share Menu with Send to Friend includes shortcuts that make it easier to share with recent friends. The Share Menu also adapts to your most recently used services, like Twitter, Facebook, Evernote or Buffer.

2. Send to Friend

The all-new Send to Friend makes it easier to share content that matters to you with the people who matter most. With just a couple of taps you can share content from Pocket with anyone, along with a comment and a highlighted quote. They’ll receive an email with the link, and if they’re a Pocket user, they’ll also be notified right in Pocket.

3. An Inbox to Add Shared Content to Your List

When another Pocket user shares with you, it will appear in your Pocket inbox. Here, you can see their comments along with any highlighted quotes they chose to share with you.

4. Notifications When Someone Shares with You

We’ve enhanced notifications so that, in addition to email, you can now choose to receive a push notification right on your phone or tablet when a friend shares with you.

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We’re excited to see what you think of these new features, and thank you again for an amazing first year as Pocket. As always, can find us at Pocket Support to share your questions or feedback.

Get Pocket for iPhone and iPad, Android, Mac and the web. It’s free.

 

For our users in China: Pocket现已正式登陆豌豆荚！

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Pocket 4.3 for iOS: Native Facebook Sharing, Ability to Delete while Reading, and More

January 31st, 2013  •  By Mark

Our latest Pocket update is available now for iPhone and iPad, with new features for sharing, reading, and deleting from your list.

With Pocket 4.3 for iOS, you can share to Facebook more easily using iOS 6′s native integration for iPhone and iPad. We’ve also added an increased font size for reading in the Article View, and a shortcut to delete items after you’re finished with an article or video.

Download Pocket 4.3 for iPhone and iPad

Here’s a list of what’s in our latest update:

NEW
• Share to Facebook and Sina Weibo (新浪微博) using the account on your device (iOS 6 only)
• Delete articles directly while reading—just tap and hold the Archive button
• Jump all the way back to your list after opening links while reading—just tap and hold the Back button
• Increase the maximum font size in Article View
• The Get Started tutorial is now available from Help at any time

FIXED
• Sharing certain articles to Evernote no longer displays an error
• Evernote International users in China can now log in
• Saving to Evernote while offline no longer causes a crash
• Tweet Attribution will now appear while using Pocket offline
• Gap no longer appears below the last item in the list
• Other bug fixes, design refinements, and improvements

As always you can go to Pocket Support for questions or feedback. We’re excited for what’s to come in 2013—thanks for your continued support!

-Team Pocket

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Introducing Pocket for Mac

October 25th, 2012  •  By Mark

 

Pocket’s mission is to make it easier for you to save and enjoy the content you love, no matter where you are.

Today we’re thrilled to introduce a brand new app on our next supported platform: Pocket for Mac.

We brought everything you love about our iOS and Android apps—offline access, distraction-free reading, streaming video, and more—into a beautiful app that is optimized for Mac.

Inside Pocket for Mac

 

Pocket for the Mac includes all the features you’d expect from a native Pocket experience, plus some new ones just for Mac:

  • Fast, seamless syncing across all devices
  • Keyboard shortcuts for key actions
  • Tweet attributions for any items saved from Twitter
  • The ability to share to Twitter, Facebook, Buffer, Evernote and email
  • Easy organizing and super fast search features
  • New ways to save from your clipboard and via drag and drop

Download Pocket for Mac, free from the Mac App Store

 

Community Powered

To create the new Mac app, we tapped into Pocket’s developer community. Michael Schneider, the creator of the popular third-party Mac app Read Later, joined Pocket to help us create this official Mac version of Pocket. If you’re an existing Read Later Mac App user you can upgrade for the full Pocket experience here.

If you’re an Instapaper user, have no fear, the existing version of Read Later will continue to work. However, there will be no future updates. If you are searching for an actively developed client, here are a few recommendations for you.

We’re thrilled to bring Pocket to your Mac. And, as always, you can reach out to us at Pocket Support with questions or feedback.

Thanks for your continued support!

-Team Pocket

Learn more about Pocket for Mac’s keyboard shortcuts and ways to save in the new app

Download Pocket for Mac, free from the Mac App Store

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More than 60% of Pocket’s Daily iOS Users Are Now on iOS 6

September 24th, 2012  •  By Mark

 

Less than a week after Apple’s introduction of its new iOS 6 and iPhone 5, we’re already seeing rapid adoption of the new software—as well as evidence of just how briskly the new device is selling.

The above chart shows the proportion of daily active Pocket users on each of the Apple iOS versions. By the end of this weekend, 63% of our iOS users were already on iOS 6.

Pocket users are also snapping up the iPhone 5—not a surprise given the latest sales numbers. Over the weekend, 20% of Pocket’s daily iPhone users were accessing Pocket from an iPhone 5. Of course, some of that popularity can be attributed to promotion of Pocket alongside the new device, but we’ll continue to keep a close watch on its popularity.

For now, here’s how iPhone 5 daily use looks alongside the earlier Apple iPhones:

 

If you haven’t downloaded Pocket yet, our latest iOS update is optimized for both iOS 6 and iPhone 5, to give you the best reading and viewing experience. Get it free in the App Store.

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How to View Pocket on Your Apple TV with AirPlay

July 31st, 2012  •  By Mark

By now you probably know that Pocket is great for saving video for later. Now, thanks to Apple’s AirPlay mirroring feature—and Apple TV—you can view Pocket and watch your saved videos on your TV.

All you need is an Apple TV and your iPhone, iPad, or a Mac with the new OS X Mountain Lion, and you can set up Pocket on your television. Here’s how:

For iPhone/iPad

1. See if your iPhone/iPad supports AirPlay.

According to Apple’s requirements, you’ll need iOS 4.3 or later.

2. Make sure your iPhone/iPad and Apple TV are on the same WiFi connection.

3. Open your Pocket app.

If you don’t already have it, download it here free. Filter your saved items to show just the videos.

4. Select a video to watch, then look for the AirPlay button in the embedded video player. Select your Apple TV from the menu.

For Mac

With Apple’s new OS X Mountain Lion, released last week, you can also use AirPlay and Apple TV to access the Pocket web app from your Mac:

1. Check to see if your Mac supports AirPlay.

AirPlay is supported on the following Mac models: iMac (Mid 2011 or newer), Mac mini (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer), MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)

2. Select your Apple TV from the AirPlay icon in your menu bar

3. Access Pocket from your browser, and choose the video filter:

4. Click a video to start watching it—and be sure to click the full-screen button and HD when available.

Now: What to Save?

Looking for more video to save for later? Here is a small handful of channels with both short and long-form video options:

• PocketHits: Check out our own curated Twitter channel featuring the most-saved content inside Pocket. For videos you can also follow our daily picks on Vimeo and YouTube.

• Short of the Week: Handpicked short films (mostly over 5 minutes) from independent directors and producers.

• TED Talks: What’s an online video post without some intellectual and creative inspiration? TED Talks are usually about 17 minutes apiece and perfect for the TV screen.

• Devour: Devour is the best of what’s viral right now, from movie trailers to parodies and homemade productions.

• Vice Magazine: News documentaries from some of the most dangerous places in the world.

• New York Times: A growing library of video segments from the paper of record, covering news, culture, food, business and more.

We’re working hard to continue making it easy to access what you save in Pocket, and we’re excited to make your TV experience even more seamless. Happy viewing!

-Team Pocket

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Introducing the all-new Read It Later – now called Pocket

April 17th, 2012  •  By Nate

Pocket Launch Lineup

The best way to save articles, videos and more—now available (and free) for iPhone, iPad, Android and Kindle Fire

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Read It Later started back in 2007, just a month after the iPhone debuted, but before the arrival of the App Store, and long before the Kindle and the iPad. A handful of users signed up and supported the service, and together we learned what was possible with a “read later” button.

More than 4.5 million users later, it’s clear that people have embraced the idea of saving content for later. But they’re not just saving articles to read later—they’re also using our service to save videos, images, recipes, things to buy and more. We soon realized that Read It Later was outgrowing its own name.

When we set out to build the next version of Read It Later, we wanted to build a better ‘view later’ experience. We believe that you should be able to take your content with you. No matter what type of content it is, no matter where or when you discover it, the act of grabbing it and taking it with you should be as simple an action as putting it in your pocket.

Today I’m thrilled to announce the release of the all-new Read It Later—now called Pocket.

Pocket is everything you’ve always loved about Read It Later, now with a cleaner, lighter viewing experience and a ton of new features to help you see what you’ve saved—from articles to videos, images and more. We’ve also made Pocket free for everyone.

Get your updated version now for iPhone/iPad, Android and Kindle Fire.

 

Use Your Existing Read It Later Account with Pocket: If you’re a Read It Later Pro user, you’ll get Pocket with our latest app update. (Read It Later Free users, you will need to download the new Pocket app separately.) Once the app is installed, getting started is easy: If already have a Read It Later account, just sign in to Pocket with that. Your saved content will be right there waiting for you.

What’s New in Pocket:

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Stunning New Design: Our new visual list includes thumbnail images for your saved content, so it’s easier to see what you’ve saved.

Beautiful Viewing Experience: We’ve created a lighter, cleaner and (in our humble opinion) more beautiful interface and full-screen reader view. It’s the best way to read articles or watch videos from your phone, tablet or browser.

Pocket Article

Easy Access to Video and Images: Pocket isn’t just the best way to save something to read, but it’s also the best way to save videos and images. (As we mentioned in a recent blog post, YouTube is now our most-saved site.) The new Content Filter makes it easier to see all your saved videos and images in one place.

Favorites: Want to remember the best stuff you saved? Mark them as a Favorite to make them simple to find and share.

Search and Tagging: With the new bulk edit feature and powerful search, it’s never been easier organize and find your content. Filter by tag, and search for keywords, publications and titles.

Plus, Pocket has everything you’ve come to expect from Read It Later, now improved:

Support inside all major apps: You can integrate your Pocket account to save stories easily from apps like Twitter, Flipboard, Zite, and more than 300 others. Any app that currently integrates Read It Later will work with Pocket, the same as before.

Access your list from nearly any device: In addition to iPhone and iPad, Pocket is available on Android smartphones and tablets, as well as Amazon’s app store and on the Kindle Fire. Support for even more platforms is coming soon.

API for Developers and Publishers: We’re dedicated to helping developers and publishers use Pocket to make the most of time-shifting and drive engagement inside their own apps and sites. Learn more about what you can build.

What’s Next

Thanks for all your support over the years, first as Read It Later and now Pocket. There’s a lot more to come, and we hope you find the new version as exciting as we do.

- Nate and the entire Pocket team (Nikki, Max, Matt, Jon, Steve, Mark, and Justin)

Download Pocket now for iPhone/iPad, Android and Kindle Fire

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