February 01, 2010

AquaMinds Software in 2010 - your notebooks in the cloud and accessible from your favorite internet devices

We're very excited about Apple's mobile computing solutions especially the new iPad.  As previously announced, we are bringing our interactive notebook sharing and collaboration technology to the cloud as a service called NoteShare.net™.  Whenever you need to take notes, clip some information or access your notebooks, it will be at your fingertips; literally.    And it will look beautiful.

With NoteShare.net, you'll be able to work on your notebooks from your favorite mobile and computing devices without worrying about synchronization or device access or location.  From home to office to cafe to campus to any location, seamless access to your notebooks.  And you'll always have the option to work in groups if you need to share or collaborate on a project.  And best of all, cloud notebooks will work with all of our client applications including popular web browsers running our NoteShare Express™ applet, Windows PCs running NoteShare Express Desktop™ and Mac users running NoteTaker™ or NoteShare™.  And yes, cloud notebooks can be downloaded, saved and used for working offline.

We love the idea of the iPad and its touch-driven UI.  The iPad will usher in a new era of collaborative work styles which we'll deliver to our iPad users as a media-rich, immersive

Case 5 20100127 notebook with to do lists, outlines, notes, hyperlinks, clippings, video, voice annotation and more.  The iPad and our cloud are going to be a very powerful productivity solution for all kinds and types of knowledge-driven scenarios especially within workgroups and enterprises.


We intend to be the leaders in mobile notebook document access.  Not just accessing and viewing notebooks in the cloud but editing them synchronously and asynchronously.    And NoteShare.net is for everyone, from individuals on the go to project teams to students to educators to professionals; your notebooks, anywhere, anytime.

NOTE: NoteShare.net is designed to work with Apple mobile and OS X devices, Windows PC systems, Android devices and Linux-based systems.

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January 26, 2010

What's coming in 2010 - the NoteShare cloud with mobile and desktop client access

CloudsketchforblogWhen we introduced notebook sharing and collaboration in 2006, we knew back then that notebook sharing would eventually become more transparent for users.  Easier, faster and more flexible.    That day is soon approaching as we have begun internal testing of our new NoteShare cloud technology for anytime, anywhere notebook access and sharing.  Everything we're doing in 2010 will support seamless access to your notebooks from multiple devices including smart phones (iPhone), new tablet devices (iWantOne) and your current desktop or laptop systems (running OS X, Windows and Linux).    And yes, not just access but real-time editing (and collaboration on-demand whenever you need or want it).

Next month we'll release more details on our testing schedule for new products and cloud-based services.  Until then, it's back to work on the future of notebook sharing technology.

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August 28, 2009

NoteTaker and NoteShare are ready for Snow Leopard

Just a quick note to our user community that we've been testing and running Snow Leopard over the past year with each seed release to developers.  Both NoteTaker and NoteShare run great on Snow Leopard.  However, we do realize there may be some minor issues while more users begin to install and run Snow Leopard.  As with every major release from Apple, our team will promptly address compatibility issues with a free update on our site if required.  We will continue to provide backward compatibility to Tiger (OS X 10.4.11 or higher) until otherwise announced.  If you migrate or move your NoteTaker or NoteShare applications around (and can't find your license or it won't run because it's not licensed), please send us a message at support@aquaminds.com or look it up online from our support site.

Cross Platform NoteShare Express Preview - Testing to Begin this September
We've been building new installers for NoteShare Express Desktop (cross platform application for Windows and Linux users) this past month to prepare for field testing with beta sites.  If you're interested in joining our beta test program, please fill out the request form here.

Back to School - It's never too late to get organized for the new academic year.
If you're using a Mac to organize your homework and course projects, download a copy of NoteTaker or NoteShare today to help set up your study notes.  See how students everywhere are using AquaMinds software to organize their academic life with better note-taking and course review.

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June 10, 2009

NoteShare everywhere this year - the beginning of cross-platform notebook collaboration and sharing

Lots of news to share as we head into the summertime.  NoteShare Express 2.0 is now available for customers who are running NoteShare or NoteShare Server.  NoteShare Express is a powerful Java applet for viewing and editing shared notebooks using a standard web browser such as Safari, Firefox or Microsoft IE.  You can learn more about NoteShare Express here.

We are starting to organize beta-testing teams for some new products we plan to launch over the next 6 to 9 months.  If you're interested in being considered for new product testing, please take a few minutes to fill out the candidate form.  We will begin our first round of early beta testing this July for both Windows and Linux systems.  Sign-up here.   

What's on YouTube?  The AquaMinds channel is now available for viewing and sharing.  We've posted three of our favorite NoteShare videos and hope to add more throughout the year.

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January 30, 2009

NoteShare wins award as District Administration Readers' Choice Top 100 Products for 2008

This announcement is a nice surprise for our development team.  It's a software recognition award that we're very proud of since we've been shipping NoteShare for OS X since 2006.  It's not always the case that a small software company can achieve recognition so soon especially since we depend upon our users telling other users about NoteShare. 

Much of NoteShare's success in education also goes to working with terrific school districts and educators around the country.  In particular,  the state of Maine's 1:1 Apple laptop program for middle schools is one of the most dynamic initiatives where NoteShare is in service daily supporting classroom collaboration and learning.

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The readers of District Administration magazine are school leaders, educators, technology integrators and learning specialists.  Our relationship to the education market (especially K-12 schools) goes all the way back to 2002 when we first introduced NoteTaker for Mac OS X.  Since then, we've been innovating and integrating our notebook sharing technology with flexible collaboration support to enable our users to work alone and work together, anywhere, anytime.    NoteShare enables learning to happen in the classroom, on the campus and in the cloud via the Internet.

Going forward, we plan to introduce new services and products in 2009 that will enable even more powerful cloud-based computing and notebook collaboration on laptops and netbooks including OS X, Windows, Linux and smartphones (iPhone and Android).  There is no standing still in meeting the needs of educators, students and lifelong learners as schools and organizations advance towards the 21st century classroom model of anywhere, anytime learning.


And finally, to the readers of District Administration, thank you for this honor!

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