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2026 5

  1. Better AI Voices & iPhone Duo Support
  2. Instapaper API v2
  3. Instapaper in your Palma
  4. New Website, Instapaper 10 for iOS, and AI Voices for Android
  5. Relaunching the Instaparser API

2025 7

  1. AI Voices, Text-to-Speech Redesign, and Android Update
  2. Rakuten Kobo Integration is Live!
  3. PDF Support, Localization, and International Pricing
  4. Instapaper Rakuten Kobo Integration
  5. PDF Beta, TTS Fixes on iOS, and Logged-In Sites on Android
  6. Features Instapaper 9.1: Logged-In Sites, Paywall Detection, and Settings Redesign Today, we’re launching Instapaper 9.1 for iOS and macOS, which includes support for Logged-In Sites, Paywall Detection, Settings Redesign, and more. Logged-In Sites On Instapaper iOS and macOS, you can... February 4,
  7. Features Instapaper Android 6.1: View Notes, Multiselect Tagging, and More! Happy new year! Today we’re excited to launch Instapaper Android 6.1, which includes View Notes to make it easy to view an article’s notes in one place, multiselect tagging for... January 16, 2025 2 min read

2024 4

  1. Features Bringing Highlights to the Open Web Today we’re launching updates to our extensions for Chrome (including Arc/Edge), Firefox, and Safari. These updates bring support for highlights on the open web, archiving articles after saving, and Send... June 11, 2024 4 min read
  2. Features Summaries, Custom Article Actions, Obsidian Integration, and More Today we’re launching Instapaper 8.6 for iOS and macOS, which includes Summaries to quickly get a snapshot of an article, Custom Article Actions to customize the toolbar in the article... April 24, 2024 3 min read
  3. Features Instapaper Android 5.0: Article list redesign, improved reader settings, and many bug fixes Today we’re launching Instapaper Android 5.0, which completely redesigns the article list view, improves reader settings, reintroduces Send to Kindle, and fixes a number of longstanding issues and bu
  4. Instapaper Premium

2023 4

  1. Pricing Permanent Archive and Premium Price Change Today, we’re launching Permanent Archive, an Instapaper Premium feature that ensures you will always have access to the content you save. That means articles you read, highlight, and create notes... December 4, 2023 2 min read
  2. Features Note Search, Article Notes View, Notion Integration, and More! Today, we’re launching our biggest updates to Notes since first introducing it on Instapaper. New features include Note Search, Article Notes View, an integration with Notion, and more! Note Search... November 6, 2023 3 min read
  3. Features Improved Organizing and Sorting Tools We just launched updates to improve Instapaper’s organizing and sorting tools for iOS, macOS, and web. Features include drag & drop to reorder, sorting improvements, modern swipe actions, better integrations... July 25, 2023 4 min read
  4. Features Instapaper iOS 8.3: CarPlay, Text-to-Speech Improvements, and more Today, we launched Instapaper iOS 8.3 on the App Store. This release features a new CarPlay app for playing articles, a number of text-to-speech improvements including access to more voices,... May 4, 2023 3 min read

2022 2

  1. Features Instapaper iOS 8.2: Search in Article, Text Justification, and more Instapaper iOS 8.2 is now available on the App Store. This release includes in-article search, text justification, and several design updates that make it faster and easier to access some... October 10, 2022 3 min read
  2. Features Public Folders, Custom App Icons, and More Today we’re launching public folders to make it really easy to share a list of articles. On the iOS app or instapaper.com, you can create a public folder or edit... January 20, 2022 2 min read

2021 1

  1. Features Improving saves from Twitter and YouTube Being able to save tweet threads has been a top feature request this year, and we’re excited to be introducing full support for tweets–and tweet threads–on Instapaper. We’ve also rebuilt... September 16, 2021 2 min read

2020 4

  1. Announcements Instapaper Weekly Sponsorship We are excited to announce that we are once again opening up sponsorship slots on the Instapaper Weekly email. About Instapaper Weekly Instapaper Weekly is an algorithmically-generated newsletter that goes... December 3, 2020 2 min read
  2. Features Instapaper now available on macOS We’re excited to announce that Instapaper is now available on macOS! You can download Instapaper from the App Store on your Mac to read all your articles offline, in full... November 11, 2020 3 min read
  3. ✨ Features Instapaper Save for macOS v1.1 Today we updated the Instapaper Save macOS app to include more features including inline saving on Twitter, keyboard shortcut to save (Ctrl + S), and support for pasting credentials from... April 24, 2020 1 min read
  4. Features Return of the Weekly We’re excited to announce the return of the Instapaper Weekly, a Sunday morning email with the most popular Instapaper articles from the previous week. The articles are chosen based on... April 17, 2020 2 min read

2019 2

  1. Features Instapaper Save now available for Safari on Mac Today we’re launching Instapaper Save for Safari on Mac. You can download it now from the Mac App Store. Once you’ve downloaded the app, you can set up the Safari... October 2, 2019 1 min read
  2. Features Instapaper iOS 7.8: Dark Mode, Improved Scroll Performance, and “Share Image” Today we launched Instapaper 7.8 for iOS 13. In the new version, dark mode will automatically turn on when you enable dark mode at the system level through iOS Settings... September 26, 2019 1 min read

2018 4

  1. Features Instapaper iOS 7.7: iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard, and True Black Instapaper 7.7 is now live in the iOS App Store with support for iPad Pro, Smart Keyboard shortcuts, and a True Black theme for iPhone X devices. For Smart Keyboards,... December 6, 2018 2 min read
  2. T ✨ Pricing The next ten years of Instapaper This year Instapaper celebrated its tenth birthday and, now that we are an independent company, we’ve been thinking a lot about the next ten years of Instapaper and beyond. To... August 7, 2018 2 min read
  3. 📖 Company Instapaper is going independent Today, we’re announcing that Pinterest has entered into an agreement to transfer ownership of Instapaper to Instant Paper, Inc., a new company owned and operated by the same people who’ve... July 16, 2018 2 min read
  4. Company 10 Years of Instapaper On January 28, 2008, Marco Arment announced a new side project called Instapaper. Ten years and billions of articles later, we’re thrilled to be helping our readers learn, research and... January 28, 2018 8 min read

2017 5

  1. Features Instapaper is now optimized for iOS 11 Today we’re launching our iOS 11-tailored update with drag and drop support for iPad and iPad Pro as well as performance improvements for Instapaper across all iOS devices. Drop to... September 20, 2017 2 min read
  2. I ⚠️ Outages Instapaper Service Fully Restored After suffering from an extended outage on Wednesday, February 9 at 12:30PM PT through Thursday, February 10 at 7:30PM PT, we brought the Instapaper service back up with limited access... February 14, 2017 2 min read
  3. ⚠️ Outages Instapaper Restored, Access to Archives Limited As we shared earlier today, Instapaper is experiencing an extended outage. After 31 hours of downtime, we were able to rebuild a database instance to get Instapaper back online! In... February 10, 2017 1 min read
  4. ⚠️ Outages Extended Outage Yesterday, February 8th, at 12:30PM PT Instapaper suffered from an outage that has extended through this morning. After spending multiple hours on the phone with our cloud service provider, it... February 9, 2017 1 min read
  5. Features Introducing the Instapaper Firefox Extension Today we’re launching an official Instapaper extension for Firefox! We’ve been getting a lot of requests from Firefox users to build an extension to match the ones we offer for... January 19, 2017 2 min read

2016 7

  1. ✨ Pricing Instapaper Premium is now free for everyone Edit: This post was created 2016 shortly after Instapaper was purchased by Pinterest. As part of the acquisition, Pinterest decided to make Instapaper Premium free for everyone. In 2018, Instapaper... November 1, 2016 2 min read
  2. Features Introducing a new search experience for iOS Earlier this year, we rebuilt our search backend as a first step in making search on Instapaper faster and easier to scale. Today, we’re launching a completely overhauled search experience... September 28, 2016 2 min read
  3. 📖 Company Instapaper is joining Pinterest Today, we’re excited to announce that Instapaper is joining Pinterest. In the three years since betaworks acquired Instapaper from Marco Arment, we’ve completely rewritten our backend, overhauled our mobile and... August 23, 2016 2 min read
  4. ✨ Features New and Improved Search For a while now, some of the most consistent feature requests we’ve gotten from users have involved improvements to Instapaper’s full-text search engine. For months now, the existing search infrastructure... May 5, 2016 2 min read
  5. Announcements Instapaper Weekly Sponsorship _ Update 8/29/2016 : Since Instapaper is now a Pinterest product we no longer offer sponsorships for Instapaper Weekly. Thanks to all of our previous sponsors!_ We’re excited to announce... April 11, 2016 2 min read
  6. API Instaparser API Today, we’re very excited to announce the launch of the Instaparser API. Instaparser is a new API that gives developers access to the same parsing tools we use for the Instapaper service.... April 5, 2016 3 min read
  7. Features A New Parser 2015 was a big year for Instapaper and in addition to all of our updates and feature developments, we were also quietly working on rewriting Instapaper’s website parser with a... January 14, 2016 3 min read

2015 10

  1. Features Instapaper 7.1 Instapaper 7.1 is now live on the App Store! With this release, we’re happy to announce 3D touch support for iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, alongside a bunch of improvements... October 29, 2015 2 min read
  2. D 📢 Announcements Deprecating Mobilizer As of today, we are deprecating the Instapaper Mobilizer service and will no longer operate Instapaper Mobilizer after December 1st, 2015. Instapaper Mobilizer has been a popular way for individuals... October 1, 2015 1 min read
  3. Features Instapaper Notes for Android In June, when we introduced Notes for web and iOS, we promised that our Android app would follow suit shortly. Today is that day, and we’re very happy to be... September 29, 2015 3 min read
  4. Features Instapaper 7 Today, we’re launching a brand new Instapaper experience tailored specifically for iOS 9. In addition to implementing a lot of great iOS 9 features, we’ve thrown in some core enhancements,... September 16, 2015 3 min read
  5. Features InstaRank v2 Today, we’re excited to announce the release of InstaRank v2, an update to our InstaRank algorithm, which identifies popular, high-quality content across Instapaper. In this update, InstaRank will retain its... July 8, 2015 3 min read
  6. Features Updated Evernote Integration As of today, we’ve replaced our former email-based Evernote integration in favor of using the Evernote API. We decided to move over to the API because, starting July 6th, Evernote’s... June 30, 2015 2 min read
  7. ✨ API Opening the Instapaper API Today, we’re opening Instapaper’s Full API for all users rather than just Premium subscribers, which has traditionally been the case. In 2011, when Instapaper’s full API was introduced, Marco “made... June 17, 2015 2 min read
  8. Features Introducing Notes https://player.vimeo.com/video/129800846?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 When we launched highlights in May 2014, the response was overwhelmingly positive. In the following year, we’ve had over 55 thousand users create over 1.1 million highlights! From the... June 4, 2015 3 mi
  9. Features Instapaper on Apple Watch https://player.vimeo.com/video/125853815 Today we’re introducing a whole new way to get through your articles with Instapaper for the Apple Watch. The Watch app allows you to navigate to any saved article and... April 24, 2015 2 min read
  10. Features A Faster & More Efficient Instapaper Instapaper 6.2 just hit the App Store! Our focuses for this release were speed and efficiency, which are evident in three new features: Speed Reading Instant Sync Faster Saving Speed... March 26, 2015 3 min read

2014 9

  1. Features Improving “Save to Instapaper” In the year and a half since betaworks acquired Instapaper from Marco Arment, we’ve worked really hard to upgrade Instapaper’s user interface to a more modern look. From the website... December 4, 2014 2 min read
  2. Pricing iOS 8, Text-to-Speech, Premium, and Profiles We just launched Instapaper 6 for iOS and Instapaper 4 for Android. It’s a huge update several months in the making, and we’re extremely proud of the result. iOS 8... September 17, 2014 5 min read
  3. Announcements Instapaper on IFTTT Today, we launched a brand new Instapaper Channel on IFTTT with new triggers and an enhanced Save Item action. Now you can set up Recipes that run every time you... June 12, 2014 2 min read
  4. Announcements Save to Instapaper with Zapier We’re excited to share that Instapaper now integrates with Zapier, an app automation platform connecting over 300 apps. This means you now have even more options when saving articles to... May 15, 2014 1 min read
  5. Features Introducing Highlights For the past few months we’ve been working hard on a feature a whole lot of you requested: highlights. Today, we’re happy to announce that we’ve shipped text highlighting across... May 8, 2014 3 min read
  6. I 📢 Announcements Instapaper, SSL, and You So a funny thing happened on the way to this blog post. Last week, Instapaper enabled SSL by default. Great news, no? We pushed the change to production, drafted our... April 10, 2014 3 min read
  7. Features Instapaper iOS 5.1.5 Instapaper iOS 5.1.5 launched today! The update contains several new features that have been high on users’ wish lists: Instapaper Daily is now integrated into the “Browse” section. Instapaper Daily... February 27, 2014 2 min read
  8. Features Instapaper Safari Extension Safari users: Saving to Instapaper just got a whole lot better. Last December we rolled out a big update to Instapaper’s Chrome extension, and today we’re happy to announce we’ve... February 6, 2014 2 min read
  9. Features Instapaper Weekly Just before the holiday we quietly rolled out Instapaper Daily: a website that shows you the most popular article on Instapaper for any given day. Following the launch we added... January 21, 2014 1 min read

2013 18

  1. Features Introducing Instapaper Daily At Instapaper, we’re really into sorting the real-time stream of great reading content that flows through our servers. Today, we’re proud to announce our newest experiment - the Instapaper Daily,... December 23, 2013 2 min read
  2. Pricing Freebies from Instapaper Instapaper is feeling a surge of holiday spirit this year. From December 12th through the 19th, Instapaper for iOS will be free to download as part of Apple’s App of The Week... December 12, 2013 2 min read
  3. Features More love for Instapaper’s browser extension The easiest, most useful way to get an article into Instapaper is using a browser extension. If you use the Chrome browser, for example, you can install the Instapaper browser... December 3, 2013 2 min read
  4. Features Instapaper for Android: Now Optimized for Tablets We updated the Instapaper Android app today, focusing on a range of design and performance improvements, new functions, and usability enhancements for Android tablet users. These upgrades were introduced for... November 22, 2013 1 min read
  5. Features Redesigned Instapaper for iPad Over the past few months we’ve been steadily upgrading Instapaper, starting with the backend & web app, and then the rollout of the new iPhone and Android apps. The iPad app quickly... November 6, 2013 2 min read
  6. Features Launched: Updated Instapaper App for Android Don’t look now (actually, look now!), but there’s an all-new Instapaper for Android app update in Google Play Store. Like our iOS app, this new version has an updated look and... October 22, 2013 2 min read
  7. ⭐ Reviews Easier saving from your favorite sites I spent the weekend building a chrome extension that lets you Save to Instapaper directly on your favorite sites. Now when you go to Twitter, Hacker News, Reddit, and the Digg... October 17, 2013 1 min read
  8. I ✨ Features Instapaper iOS Background Updates We just published an update to the Instapaper iOS app to include background updates! The team has been using it for about a week, and it’s pretty magical… No more... October 2, 2013 2 min read
  9. Features What to Read Next : InstaRank - v1.0 One of our ambitions since taking on Instapaper has been to build useful ways to make the reading experience more productive. To us, that means making it easy to find... September 20, 2013 3 min read
  10. Features Instapaper 5.0 for iOS 7 - What's New And voila! As of a few minutes ago, there’s an all-new Instapaper in the App Store. Instapaper 5.0 has a updated look and feel, new features for sorting, filtering, and... September 18, 2013 3 min read
  11. Features Redesigning Instapaper on the Web “Well-written content is out there, and we do have opportunities every day to read it – just not when we’re in information-skimming, speed-overload mode.” Marco Arment, in the old Instapaper... August 28, 2013 4 min read
  12. Features On Folders Hi, this is Grant. I’ve been working on the Instapaper website redesign. An overview of our thoughts behind the new design is coming, but in the meantime I’d love to... August 15, 2013 2 min read
  13. ✨ Features Ready for your testing: the new Instapaper web beta When the betaworks team sat down with Instapaper’s creator, Marco Arment, back in April to get a download of his ideas and to-dos for improving Instapaper, the first thing on... August 9, 2013 2 min read
  14. ✨ Features We're Listening As we put the finishing touches on Instapaper’s new website, we thought we’d let you know it’s starting to come together. You wanted us to refresh the website design for... August 1, 2013 2 min read
  15. ✨ Features Almost... there...: A New, Improved Infrastructure After a few weeks of intensive engineering and prep, we’re now ready to move Instapaper onto a new, vastly improved back-end infrastructure. We’re starting the cut-over shortly after midnight US... June 11, 2013 2 min read
  16. ✨ Features Instapaper: Your Input, Please So it’s time. It’s been a few weeks since betaworks took responsibility for Instapaper. With Marco’s cheerful, tireless help, we’ve dug into the infrastructure, explored its nooks and crannies, and... May 29, 2013 4 min read
  17. I 📖 Company Instapaper acquired by Betaworks Instapaper acquired by Betaworks Big (and very good) news! April 25, 2013 1 min read
  18. S ✨ Stacks: Instapaper app for Windows 8 Stacks: Instapaper app for Windows 8 Great update to Stacks for Instapaper, now a fantastic native Instapaper app for Windows 8. January 5, 2013 1 min read

2012 8

  1. I ✨ Features Instapaper 4.2.6 with yet another accessibility font This minor update contains more iOS 6 bugfixes, including email composing and the Search sheet on iPad. The 4.2.5 update’s dyslexia-optimized font addition prompted an influx of positive feedback, and... September 24, 2012 1 min read
  2. I ✨ Features Instapaper 4.2.5: iPhone 5 support, Open-Dyslexic font option Instapaper 4.2.5 was just approved with support for the iPhone 5, iOS 6 compatibility improvements, and bugfixes. Many people use Instapaper for improved accessibility, especially customers with low or no... September 18, 201
  3. 9 ✨ 9to5 Last week, 9to5mac published this article in which the author intentionally derided me and Instapaper, called it “Instascraper”, and initially accused Instapaper of being responsible for the now-debunked “FBI” UDID... September 10, 2012 3 min read
  4. Features Introducing Instapaper for Android Instapaper is now available for Android devices, including the Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet, and Nook Color! I partnered with my friends at Mobelux, a great development shop, to create and... June 6, 2012 1 min read
  5. Features Instapaper 4.2.2 with Background Update Locations Now, with Background Update Locations, Instapaper can automatically download new articles whenever you enter or leave locations such as your home or workplace. Visit the Settings panel to set it... June 2, 2012 2 min read
  6. Features Instapaper 4.2 now available in the App Store This is a significant update with many fixes and new features, including a new iBooks-Style Pagination option: New iBooks-Style Pagination option. The old animation is available in Fast Pagination mode.... May 9, 2012 1 min read
  7. Features New bookmarklet with multi-page article saving The Instapaper “Read Later” bookmarklet is now redesigned as a faster, more compatible full-page overlay that’s easier to see. The previous little “Saved!” frame had a great run, but its... March 1, 2012 2 min read
  8. I ✨ Features Instapaper on the Kindle Instapaper on the Kindle David Smith walks through Instapaper’s new Kindle features: Getting an $80 Kindle 4 and pairing it with an Instapaper Subscription will revolutionize your reading of web... January 13, 2012 1 min read

2011 14

  1. ✨ Features Instapaper 4.0 for iPad and iPhone released Instapaper 4.0 for iPad and iPhone released This is a huge update. See what’s new. October 22, 2011 1 min read
  2. W ⭐ Reviews Worth It? Saving Websites to Read Offline Worth It? Saving Websites to Read Offline Great video review and article from the WSJ. Thanks! October 22, 2011 1 min read
  3. ⚠️ Outages A (hopefully) final update on the FBI raid I’ve had a chance to correspond with DigitalOne over the last few days to clarify what happened with the server raid last week in which the FBI (seemingly accidentally) took... June 27, 2011 2 min read
  4. S ⚠️ Outages Server update About 40 minutes ago, at 11:45 PM EST on June 23, the server that I believe the FBI took during the DigitalOne raid came back online for the first time.... June 24, 2011 2 min read
  5. ⚠️ Outages The FBI stole an Instapaper server in an unrelated raid UPDATE: The server has been returned. Please read. One of Instapaper’s five leased servers was hosted at DigitalOne, a Swiss hosting company leasing blade servers from a Virginia datacenter. Early... June 23, 2011 5 min read
  6. M ✨ Mini-FAQ on iOS updates, Reading List, iCloud A lot of people have asked these questions on Twitter or via email since the WWDC keynote last week, so I’ve consolidated my answers here: Will Safari’s Reading List feature... June 12, 2011 4 min read
  7. ✨ Features Instapaper 3.0.3 update This is mostly a bugfix update: Fixed bugs with pagination, tilt-scrolling, AirPrint, and other minor issues. Consolidated search bar to always search all titles and content. Added support for more... April 25, 2011 1 min read
  8. Features Instapaper 3.0.2 for iPhone and iPad now available tl;dr version: New dictionary, zoomable images, lots of bugfixes. Get it. New dictionary Did you know that Instapaper has a built-in, offline English dictionary? (It takes up most of the... April 15, 2011 3 min read
  9. Features Instapaper 3.0 is here! Instapaper 3.0 for iPhone and iPad is now available in the App Store, and I’ve updated the Instapaper website to include many of its new features as well. This is... March 10, 2011 5 min read
  10. API Full API now available The full Instapaper API is now available for developers. See the Full API documentation to get started. I’ve made an unusual decision for it that I’d like to explain. I... February 9, 2011 4 min read
  11. Announcements send your instapaper reading log to readability Send your Instapaper reading log to Readability Readability just launched a great new service: you pay a small monthly fee, and most of it is split up and given to... February 5, 2011 1 min read
  12. ⭐ Reviews Instapaper named "Best Publication App" by Best App Ever Awards Instapaper named “Best Publication App” by Best App Ever Awards Instapaper won a Best App Ever award for the second year in a row! (Last year’s.) Winner, Best Publication App... January 29, 2011 1 min read
  13. ⭐ Reviews WSJ: How to Have a Paperless Office WSJ: How to Have a Paperless Office Great Instapaper blurb in this print-edition article of todays’ Wall Street Journal. Thanks! January 8, 2011 1 min read
  14. S 📢 Announcements Slate's iPad app now supports Instapaper Slate’s iPad app now supports Instapaper Thanks, Slate! (The app is slick, and I love Slate. Check it out.) January 5, 2011 1 min read

2010 70

  1. Features Requiring email and passwords for new accounts Since its inception, Instapaper has had a famously simple, one-field registration form: The username can be anything, and there’s no password. You can always set a password in the Account... December 14, 2010 4 min read
  2. Reviews the new york times feel free to read this later The New York Times: Feel Free to Read This Later, on Your Phone Instapaper was featured in today’s print edition of The New York Times in this Sunday Business article.... December 12, 2010 1 min read
  3. 1 ⭐ Reviews 10 Apps That Make Magic on Your iPad 10 Apps That Make Magic on Your iPad More Instapaper love from the New York Times. Thanks! December 9, 2010 1 min read
  4. I ⭐ Reviews Instapaper awarded Macworld's Editors’ Choice Instapaper awarded Macworld’s Editors’ Choice Instapaper has made Macworld’s 26th Annual Editors’ Choice Awards, a very short list (especially if you don’t count products from Apple) and a very high... December 7, 2010 1 min read
  5. N ⭐ Reviews New York Times: Best Media Apps for the iPad New York Times: Best Media Apps for the iPad David Carr includes Instapaper in his four best media apps for the iPad: The $4.99 you fork over for the paid... December 2, 2010 1 min read
  6. ✨ Give Me Something To Read Best of 2010 Give Me Something To Read Best of 2010 This was my first full year at the helm of Give Me Something To Read, and to mark it, I’ve compiled this... November 23, 2010 1 min read
  7. Features Instapaper 2.3.1 iPhone/iPad update The 2.3.1 update for iPhone and iPad is now available. It’s mostly a bugfix and minor-enhancement release – for the major new features in the 2.3 series, see the Instapaper... November 22, 2010 3 min read
  8. N ⭐ Reviews NYTimes: Top 10 Must-Have iPhone Apps NYTimes: Top 10 Must-Have iPhone Apps You won’t see Twitter, Slacker or Facebook, among others, on this list. Although I find them indispensable, the services aren’t unique to a mobile... November 10, 2010 1 min read
  9. ⭐ Reviews Instapaper in iPhone Quick Tips Podcast </source> (Direct .m4v video link, much higher quality, 31 MB) This is incredible. The latest video in Apple’s official iPhone Quick Tips Podcast, entitled “Offline Reading”, features Instapaper. It’s also... November 10, 2010 1 min read
  10. Features Instapaper 2.3 for iPhone and iPad now available This is a major update with many improvements and fixes. The first change you’ll notice is the new layout of the list screen: Both the iPhone and iPad now include... November 10, 2010 5 min read
  11. ⭐ Reviews Salon: 20 essential apps picked by people we trust Salon: 20 essential apps picked by people we trust To help you find the best apps, we’ve asked some of our favorite tech-savvy people – writers, technology experts, actors, musicians,... November 9, 2010 1 min read
  12. ⭐ Reviews Instapaper included in Apple's Hall of Fame Apple published a special App Store Essentials section this week: the Hall of Fame. I’m honored that Instapaper’s included. View it in iTunes. Thanks, Apple! November 7, 2010 1 min read
  13. ✨ Features Use Safari Reader to Send Multi-Page Articles to Instapaper Use Safari Reader to Send Multi-Page Articles to Instapaper (Thanks for the link, Shawn Blanc.) This is a great workaround for multi-page articles until I build support for them into... November 4, 2010 1 min read
  14. P ⭐ Reviews PCMag reviewed Instapaper PCMag reviewed Instapaper I’d quote a representative sentence from it like usual, but their Director of Licensing’s (likely automated) email after publication scared me away from doing so: … We... October 14, 2010 1 min read
  15. W ⭐ Reviews Wired's Gadget Lab interview with me Wired’s Gadget Lab interview with me By Tim Carmody, and featuring my new theory of food-like information disorders. October 12, 2010 1 min read
  16. ⭐ Reviews Instapaper inducted into 148Apps' new App Hall of Fame Instapaper inducted into 148Apps’ new App Hall of Fame Not only is being inducted to such a site a great honor, but Instapaper was chosen to be one of the... October 11, 2010 1 min read
  17. N ✨ Pricing Now testing Subscriptions I’m beta-testing Subscriptions. I’d love to have your support if you’re so inclined. And if not, or if you’d rather wait to see what Subscribers will get in the future,... October 6, 2010 1 min read
  18. ⭐ Reviews New York Times Bits Blog: Instapaper Goes From Hobby to Startup New York Times Bits Blog: Instapaper Goes From Hobby to Startup This happened. Related articles: Business Insider VentureBeat TechCrunch The Next Web Yes, Instapaper is now my full-time job. September 23, 2010 1 min read
  19. 📢 Announcements Flipboard Tip: Now you can “Read Later” Flipboard Tip: Now you can “Read Later” Flipboard supports sending links to Instapaper. Just enable it in the Settings app, Flipboard, Experimental. They’ve actually supported this since the first release,... September 23, 2010 1 min read
  20. A ✨ Features Article limit calculation fix To keep update speeds fast and to avoid using too much space on your iPhone or iPad, the Instapaper app downloads only the most recent 250 articles. (The new 2.2.6... September 17, 2010 2 min read
  21. I ✨ Features Instapaper for iPhone and iPad 2.2.6 released Instapaper and Instapaper Free have just been updated to version 2.2.6 in the App Store with lots of new features and improvements. Both apps gained two major features: A prompt... September 10, 2010 3 min read
  22. ✨ Features Kindle 3 support coming The new Kindle model (“Kindle 3”) has a number of changes and new capabilities, and I’m planning first-class support for it just like I implemented for the Kindle 2 and... August 30, 2010 1 min read
  23. H ✨ How Technology Is Renewing Attention to Long-form Journalism How Technology Is Renewing Attention to Long-form Journalism When we’re constantly inundated with information via e-mail, text messages, push alerts, tweets and Facebook updates, it’s hard to make time for... August 19, 2010 1 min read
  24. ⭐ Reviews Barron's: Seven Great Apps Barron’s: Seven Great Apps By Jay Palmer: Instapaper: You can save a few trees, and a lot of time at the printer, by firing up this app. It lets you... August 1, 2010 1 min read
  25. ⭐ Reviews MediaPost: The 100 Most Important Online Publishers MediaPost: The 100 Most Important Online Publishers #24 Instapaper In the spirit of Time magazine’s infamous “You” person of the year cover, we are going to go out on a... July 8, 2010 1 min read
  26. ⭐ Reviews Instapaper. Reinventing long-form reading… Instapaper. Reinventing long-form reading… Great article By Milind Alvares at Smoking Apples. When I was reading the exact same article he was in the third photo, I passed “aluminosilicate” and... July 2, 2010 1 min read
  27. ✨ Features Instapaper 2.2.5 for iPhone and iPad now available Note: 2.2.4 and 2.2.5 were only a week apart, so I’ve combined their notes into this post. First, I’ve renamed “Instapaper Pro” to simply “Instapaper” for a few reasons: It’s... June 29, 2010 3 min read
  28. P ✨ Features Preview: Community text-parser configuration I get questions almost every day from publishers asking how they can improve the way Instapaper parses their sites. And I get almost as many emails from web programmers among... June 24, 2010 3 min read
  29. I ✨ Instapaper Beyond for Safari Instapaper Beyond for Safari This is pretty incredible. Fair warning: I am, of course, working on an official Instapaper extension for Safari 5. But it’s likely to focus on a... June 9, 2010 1 min read
  30. ✨ Features Website update Text view on website, Mobilizer, Text Bookmarklet: Added font controls. You can now change the font, font size, line height, and margin (margin not available on iPhone due to impracticality).... May 13, 2010 2 min read
  31. Features Instapaper Pro 2.2.3 now available Changes: iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch: Added left/right pagination tap zones Fonts now scale after rotation Improved pagination scroll indicator’s accuracy iPad: Redesigned reading screen with controls moved to the... April 24, 2010 5 min read
  32. ⭐ Reviews Slate: Linsky and Lammer Love Long-Form Slate: Linsky and Lammer Love Long-Form Two writers curate a Web site devoted to feature-length journalism. Slate profiles the creators (and creation) of Longform.org, a great site to contribute content... April 23, 2010 1 min read
  33. N ✨ no title https://player.vimeo.com/video/11075261?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&app_id=122963 Put This On: Put This On, Episode 2: Shoes iTunes / Vimeo / YouTube Clothing Credits Funding Credits Related Posts This is the debut of Instapaper’s first ad! (At... April 21, 2010 1 min read
  34. Features updates from this weekend moved the site to a Updates from this weekend: Moved the site to a new, high-end server. It’s now much faster. Improved the Unread page to be even faster, and clarified the existence of direct-to-folder... April 19, 2010 1 min read
  35. R ✨ Features Reshaping the Night With Instapaper for iPad Reshaping the Night With Instapaper for iPad Creatively written review. April 16, 2010 1 min read
  36. A ⭐ Reviews App Store Review Instapaper makes me more productive, everywhere. On my desktop it dismisses distractions. On the go it transmutes idle time to knowledge. It remembers things I forget, but it has never... April 15, 2010 1 min read
  37. Announcements send to instapaper for blackberry small print Send to Instapaper for BlackBerry (SMALL PRINT: This is made by a third party, and I neither offer support for it nor accept any liability as a result of you... April 15, 2010 1 min read
  38. ✨ Give Me Stuff I Starred Give Me Stuff I Starred A jQuery plugin to get and embed your starred Instapaper items in your blog theme, by Bill Israel. April 14, 2010 1 min read
  39. my current server photo courtesy of kevin hazard My current server, photo courtesy of Kevin Hazard at The Planet. It’s just the middle one with the label (other people’s servers are pictured above and below), but I just... April 14, 2010 1 min read
  40. M ⭐ Reviews Macworld: The eight best iPad apps so far Macworld: The eight best iPad apps so far Names Instapaper as the second one. Thanks! April 13, 2010 1 min read
  41. ✨ Features iPad update Now that I’ve had a brief time to use the iPad, there are a number of interface and behavioral changes I want to make. Specifically: There are a few bugs... April 4, 2010 1 min read
  42. ⭐ Reviews 10 Apps We’re Excited to Try on iPad Launch Day 10 Apps We’re Excited to Try on iPad Launch Day By Brian Chen for Wired Gadget Lab. April 2, 2010 1 min read
  43. Features Preview: Instapaper on iPad I’m probably supposed to keep this secret and build everyone’s anticipation to hype this up. Oh well. Maybe I’ll do that for the Instapaper edition for Apple’s next revolutionary computing... March 23, 2010 5 min read
  44. ⭐ Reviews 148Apps reviews Instapaper Pro 2.2 148Apps reviews Instapaper Pro 2.2 Are you literate? Do you read long things online? If so, Instapaper Pro is a must-have. By Bonnie Eisenman. Thanks, Bonnie. March 17, 2010 1 min read
  45. Reviews if you love instapaper as much as this guy or if If you love Instapaper as much as this guy, or if you just like it a bit, or even if you don’t like it at all, I’d really appreciate it... March 9, 2010 1 min read
  46. B ✨ Features Bugfix update 2.2.1 now in App Store Instapaper Pro 2.2.1 is now in the App Store. This is a bugfix release that fixes crashes related to dictionary lookups, the in-app browser, missing articles, rotation locking in the... March 8, 2010 1 min read
  47. I ✨ Features Instapaper Update Adds Pagination, Dictionary and Browser Instapaper Update Adds Pagination, Dictionary and Browser Instapaper Pro, one of Gadget Lab’s favorite iPhone apps, has been updated to version 2.2. Despite that incremental number, there is a slew... March 2, 2010 1 min read
  48. Announcements instapaper pro just took the 2 spot in the news Instapaper Pro just took the #2 spot in the News category of paid apps in the App Store! This is a huge honor. Know how I say in the “Why... March 2, 2010 1 min read
  49. ⭐ Reviews Save Web pages to read later with Instapaper app for iPhone Save Web pages to read later with Instapaper app for iPhone There are myriad RSS readers for the iPhone, but there’s one app we use for storing and reading text... March 1, 2010 1 min read
  50. jen rubio for valentines day i made my Jen Rubio: For Valentine’s Day, I made my boyfriend a handmade card declaring that my love for him was bigger than my love for [insert list of all-time favorite things... March 1, 2010 1 min read
  51. ✨ Features Instapaper, iPhone app for reading, gets update Instapaper, iPhone app for reading, gets update By Mitch Wagner for Computerworld. March 1, 2010 1 min read
  52. Features Scrollback Before Instapaper Pro 2.2, I got frequent emails from customers who were upset that they had inadvertently tapped the status bar, which scrolls to the top of the article and... March 1, 2010 3 min read
  53. I ⭐ Reviews Instapaper Kindle Review That Instapaper is such an attractive development for the Kindle feels a bit backwards. The Kindle sends you books over the air, but I don’t really want that, I’d continue... February 26, 2010 1 min read
  54. I ✨ Features Instapaper Pro 2.2 now available After months of development, Instapaper Pro 2.2 is now available. The full changelog is below, but first, a brief explanation if you’re interested. After the previous version’s release, I took... February 26, 2010 3 min read
  55. Features Choosing pagination tap zones Instapaper Pro 2.2’s tap zones for pagination: I debated about these for a while and tried a few others during development: Sides only: Didn’t fit with concept of... February 26, 2010 1 min read
  56. ⭐ Reviews Instapaper Pro named "Most Useful App" by Best App Ever Awards Instapaper Pro named “Most Useful App” by Best App Ever Awards The Best App Ever Awards just announced their 2009 winners, and Instapaper Pro was named: Winner, Most Useful App... February 11, 2010 1 min read
  57. ⭐ Reviews CNN names Instapaper Pro "Most useful" CNN names Instapaper Pro “Most useful” Since CNN republished the Best App Ever Awards from earlier today, I can now say that CNN named Instapaper one of its “Best iPhone... February 11, 2010 1 min read
  58. S ✨ Features Support for sites that require logins Instapaper now supports these sites that require logins for premium, single-page, or all content: Ars Technica Autosport.com Baseball Prospectus Chronicle.com Economist ESPN Insider Financial Times Harper’s Liberation.fr LRB LWN New... February 10,
  59. E 📢 Announcements Ephemera for Mac Ephemera for Mac Ephemera will comfortably synchronize your ebook reader with Instapaper.com via USB. It works with the Amazon Kindle, Sony readers and pretty much any device capable of reading... February 5, 2010 1 min read
  60. ⭐ Reviews Wired: 5 Apps We Can’t Wait to See on the iPad Wired: 5 Apps We Can’t Wait to See on the iPad Instapaper, not iBooks or anything else, is the thing that will turn your iPad into the ultimate, personal, newspaper.... February 4, 2010 1 min read
  61. S ✨ Features Sending from FeedDemon to Instapaper Sending from FeedDemon to Instapaper FeedDemon does have support for sending 3rd party blog posts to your own blog, though. It also allows you to specify your blog’s input however... February 4, 2010 1 min read
  62. Announcements Native Instapaper support in FeedDemon Nick Bradbury of FeedDemon emailed me to show me the new send-to-Instapaper support in FeedDemon’s update from this week. Nick says: To use it, first click the “gear” icon to... February 4, 2010 1 min read
  63. Reviews im honored I’m honored. January 22, 2010 1 min read
  64. 📖 Company Indie+Relief tally Yesterday, through participation in Indie+Relief (whether they realized it or not), Instapaper Pro’s new customers donated over $1500 to Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Thanks, everyone! January 21, 2010 1 min read
  65. 📖 Company Support Haiti relief by buying Instapaper Pro today All of today’s (Wednesday’s) proceeds from Instapaper Pro are being donated to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) as part of the Indie+Relief program. You have half of the day left to... January 20, 2010 1 min read
  66. K ✨ Features Kindle feature dramatically improved I’m very happy to announce the result of a lot of work that dramatically improves the Kindle edition of Instapaper: periodical formatting. (This is one of those things that’s much... January 18, 2010 2 min read
  67. I ⭐ Reviews Instapaper: Offline Reading On-The-Go Instapaper: Offline Reading On-The-Go AppStorm review of Instapaper Pro on the iPhone. January 14, 2010 1 min read
  68. Features new feature bulk archiving and deleting now you New feature: Bulk archiving and deleting Now you can bulk-archive any folder’s articles, or bulk-delete articles from the Archive. This has been a highly requested feature – it’s especially useful... January 10, 2010 1 min read
  69. check out the new extras page i bet theres at Check out the new Extras page. I bet there’s at least one feature on there that you didn’t know about. January 10, 2010 1 min read
  70. T ⭐ Reviews The Boston Globe: There’s an app for this The Boston Globe: There’s an app for this Joanne McNeil for The Boston Globe includes Instapaper on the short list of apps that let you “tap into the world of... January 10, 2010 1 min read

2009 71

  1. ⭐ Reviews Instapaper named Best Reader in Macworld's 2009 App Gems Awards Instapaper named Best Reader in Macworld’s 2009 App Gems Awards This is a great honor. Thanks! December 15, 2009 1 min read
  2. D ✨ Features Do you use Graphical mode in the iPhone app? I’m planning to make the “new” text parser (with inline images) the default setting as soon as it’s reliable enough, probably within a month or two. Eventually I’ll turn off... December 14, 2009 1 min read
  3. H ✨ Features How To Make Your Kindle Into an Automatic Instapaper How To Make Your Kindle Into an Automatic Instapaper Great idea by Charlie Sorrel for Wired: using OS X’s Automator to automatically download and transfer the new Kindle export whenever... December 11, 2009 1 min read
  4. ✨ Features Brief Kindle update I’m working with Amazon to keep the wireless-delivery feature running. This morning’s deliveries should have succeeded. If you still have wireless daily deliveries enabled, please let me know if you... November 17, 2009 1 min read
  5. E ✨ Features Even more text-parser updates Fixed many small bugs. Pages can no longer be too wide to fit on screen. Very long words can no longer overflow the right edge. Adjusted styling on blockquotes to... November 15, 2009 1 min read
  6. Features now in public beta epub downloads download Now in public beta: ePub downloads: Download any folder’s 20 most recent articles as an .epub file that’s readable on many popular e-reader devices, including most Sony Readers and (probably)... November 15, 2009 2 min read
  7. A ✨ Features About the old and new Kindle features The new Kindle feature is intended to replace the old one, not to supplement it. The old feature generates a big HTML file every day or week for each user... November 15, 2009 3 min read
  8. ✨ Features New text-parser updates Modified the container-selection algorithm to increase accuracy, especially to reduce the chances of stripping legitimate content. A bit more extraneous content may now be permitted on certain sites. Still optimizing.... November 10, 2009 1 min read
  9. N ✨ Features no title More text-parser updates: Fixed two big bugs and a handful of smaller ones. Tweaked algorithms for compatibility with a lot more sites. Fixed relative images and links when the <base>... November 5, 2009 1 min read
  10. N ✨ no title Thanks for your text-parser feedback, everyone. Tonight I got through about two thirds of the first wave and made these changes: Restyled blockquotes to be full-width, separated from the surrounding... November 4, 2009 1 min read
  11. Features now in beta testing new text parser with inline Now in beta testing: New Text parser with inline images! Go to your Account Settings page to enable it. When enabled, it will affect both the iPhone app and the... November 3, 2009 1 min read
  12. Reviews a preview of one of the many things im working A preview of one of the many things I’m working on. October 22, 2009 1 min read
  13. R ⭐ Reviews Review by Adam Weiss https://www.youtube.com/embed/H4GkNdWL6IM?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque I love this Instapaper Pro video demo/review by Adam Weiss. Thanks, Adam! October 19, 2009 1 min read
  14. ✨ Features Instapaper Free and Pro 2.1.2 now available The 2.1.2 update was just approved and is now available in the App Store. New in Instapaper Pro: Tumblr and Twitter sharing now work offline. Posts are submitted when you... September 24, 2009 1 min read
  15. P ⭐ Reviews Participo Review The usability of this app all flows from its deep support for plain text versions of text. I find the more I create and consume text, the less abstraction I... September 17, 2009 1 min read
  16. I ⭐ Reviews Instapaper: A $5 App That Justifies Your iPhone Purchase Instapaper: A $5 App That Justifies Your iPhone Purchase On the Wired Gadget Lab blog. Thanks, Dylan! August 28, 2009 1 min read
  17. Features website update folders now have their own Website update: Folders now have their own bookmarklets. Check the footer of the folder’s page for a special Read Later bookmarklet that sends pages directly into that folder. (These are... August 16, 2009 1 min read
  18. G ✨ Features Google Reader support Google’s new Send-to feature includes built-in support for Instapaper. Thanks, Google Reader team, for the inclusion in this handy feature. The Instapaper bookmarklet now supports Google Reader natively as well.... August 15, 2009 1 min read
  19. B ⭐ Reviews Best iPhone app ever? Book has one answer Best iPhone app ever? Book has one answer O’Reilly’s Best iPhone Apps book features Instapaper, which itself is a huge honor. But today, Gregg Ellman published this syndicated article with... August 11, 2009 2 min read
  20. F ✨ Features Fix for 2.1 crash If Instapaper Free or Pro 2.1 crash for you, I believe I’ve found and fixed the cause: there’s sometimes an error handling “about:blank” or “http://” entries on the iPhone apps.... July 31, 2009 1 min read
  21. I ✨ Features Instapaper Free and Pro 2.1 now available New in both: Interface, speed, and stability improvements. iPhone OS 3.0 is now required. Article list no longer rotates (considering putting this back in since some users liked it). Details... July 29, 2009 1 min read
  22. I ✨ Features Instapaper Free 2.1 submitted I’ve just submitted Instapaper Free 2.1 to Apple for review. It will probably be approved within a few weeks. Changes: Background updating, so you can hit Update, then read other... July 19, 2009 2 min read
  23. M ⭐ Reviews Macworld: Instapaper 2 for iPhone Macworld: Instapaper 2 for iPhone Minor correction: The previous version of Instapaper Pro did support graphics. All versions of Free and Pro have – but Text mode is so fast... July 9, 2009 1 min read
  24. I ✨ Features Instapaper Pro 2.1 submitted I’ve submitted Pro 2.1 to Apple for review. I’m not sure how long approval will take, but it will probably be at least a few weeks. It requires iPhone OS... July 7, 2009 1 min read
  25. B ✨ Features Bookmarklet hang on “(Saving…)” fixed Some customers were experiencing a hang in the bookmarklet in which it would indefinitely wait after the title said “(Saving…)”. This was caused by visiting the bookmarklet installation page without... July 5, 2009 1 min read
  26. I ✨ Features Instapaper Pro 2.0 released! What’s new: Folders for article organization. Star articles, and subscribe to other users’ Starred folders for article recommendations. (Directory coming soon.) Feed folders: Many RSS-capable, Instapaper-friendly websites can be subscribed... June 24, 2009 1
  27. ✨ Features New bookmarklet (beta?) I just updated the Read Later bookmarklet code. Changes: It now displays inline with the page – no more separate window popping up. This improves compatibility with Safari 4 and... June 21, 2009 1 min read
  28. ✨ Pricing Instapaper Pro now on sale at $4.99 Instapaper Pro now on sale at $4.99 I have to clear out all of this old 1.3 inventory in case Apple approves 2.0 this week! Seriously, this is to celebrate... June 21, 2009 1 min read
  29. ✨ Features Folders I was holding out on this until the 2.0 release, but I’m tired of waiting. Instapaper now supports folders! (Note: Folders will not be supported on the iPhone app until... June 21, 2009 1 min read
  30. ✨ Features One more thing. You can subscribe to another user’s Starred items as a folder. Simply click Add Folder and select “Another user’s Starred items” on top. Now you can have: Shared reading lists... June 21, 2009 1 min read
  31. heres a fun new toy before i leave for wwdc Here’s a fun new toy before I leave for WWDC. June 6, 2009 1 min read
  32. ✨ Features Kindle support improved I believe I’ve fixed the issues many Kindle users were having: Table of Contents only linking to the first few articles, or not all articles present. Digests not being delivered... June 4, 2009 1 min read
  33. Company apple came through thanks whoever had any part Apple came through! Thanks, whoever had any part in making this happen. So tonight I resubmitted the real 2.0, as 2.0, for real. I’ll modify my approval estimate to the... May 28, 2009 1 min read
  34. Features just submitted this heres the deal version Just submitted this. Here’s the deal: Version 1.4 had previously been rejected for that toolbar icon issue. Rather than resubmit it and wait another 8-10 days for the same version... May 27, 2009 3 min read
  35. ✨ Features Update I’m sorry for the update delays, everyone – my wife and I just moved to a new apartment last weekend, and as I’m sure you’re aware, that can be more... May 20, 2009 3 min read
  36. ⭐ Reviews ChannelFlip Web Review ChannelFlip Web reviews Instapaper. Awesome! April 28, 2009 1 min read
  37. 📢 Announcements Instapaper 1.4 delayed for icon trademark issue Instapaper 1.4 delayed for icon trademark issue Citing trademark infringement, Apple prohibits the depiction of an iPhone in any icons or graphics in apps. So I need to make a... April 20, 2009 1 min read
  38. ✨ Features Major improvement to Text compatibility I’ve just updated the service to include a major improvement for Text-mode page compatibility. Before, if the service’s text parser couldn’t properly parse the document for whatever reason (often due... April 16, 2009 1 min read
  39. Features here goes pro gets updated first ignore that Here goes. Pro gets updated first. (Ignore that “Date Submitted” field – that’s the date I submitted the first version, not this one.) April 12, 2009 1 min read
  40. thats better That’s better. April 10, 2009 1 min read
  41. ⭐ Reviews Thanks, FileMagnet The new tilt-scrolling icon in 1.4 was designed by Joshua Keay for FileMagnet, and he offered it to me for free. Thanks, Josh! FileMagnet is the only other application I’ve... April 10, 2009 1 min read
  42. ⚠️ Outages Intermittent slowdowns tonight Instapaper is experiencing intermittent slowdowns tonight. As far as I can tell, its host, ThePlanet, is having severe DNS problems. Rumors indicate that it might be a DOS attack against... April 7, 2009 1 min read
  43. L ✨ Features Limits in Instapaper Free 1.4 I’ve previously written that I didn’t want to impose severe restrictions on Instapaper Free to make it an annoying promo for Instapaper Pro. I still feel that way, but I’m... April 5, 2009 3 min read
  44. A ✨ Features Article limit in Pro. What should it be? For technical reasons, I have to impose an article limit in Instapaper Pro 1.4 in addition to the new limit in Free. The iPhone doesn’t have enough horsepower and memory... April 5, 2009 2 min read
  45. 1 📢 Announcements 1.4's almost done I’m sorry for such a long delay – this is just such a major release (new features, about 75% new code, tons of improvements) that I want to make sure... March 30, 2009 1 min read
  46. 📢 Announcements New York Times partially broken, again Some pages saved from The New York Times are showing only their login screen in Instapaper instead of the article. Something recently changed on their end, not mine, to break... March 30, 2009 2 min read
  47. C ✨ Features Character-encoding update Last night, I updated the character-encoding code to properly process more encodings. This should fix a number of prominent non-U.S. sites that were previously being improperly parsed by Instapaper, such... March 18, 2009 1 min read
  48. ✨ Features More character-encoding updates I just updated the site again with more encoding improvements, and it’s approaching 100% character compatibility in Text view. Please tell me if you see any sites whose characters get... March 18, 2009 1 min read
  49. the instapaper pro 14 icon finally removes the The Instapaper Pro 1.4 icon finally removes the Apple “swoosh” across the middle. Sorry about not doing that sooner – it looks much better this way. March 9, 2009 1 min read
  50. Features kindle support is now available as a public beta Kindle support is now available as a public beta. So feel free to start using it – but it hasn’t been widely tested yet, so when you see something that’s... March 8, 2009 1 min read
  51. Reviews instapaper analogue edition i had Instapaper (analogue edition): I had personally curated a series of articles, blog posts and essays that I was genuinely interested in, but somehow the resulting collection felt like a to-do... March 5, 2009 1 min read
  52. Reviews our justice system at work Our justice system at work. March 2, 2009 1 min read
  53. ⚠️ Outages Temporary problem with article downloads in iPhone app I’m looking into it and will have it fixed as soon as possible. I apologize for the service interruption. March 1, 2009 1 min read
  54. ⚠️ Outages Service resumed Article updates in the iPhone app should now be working again. Please contact me if you still get the “I’m sorry” error message when you tap Update. March 1, 2009 1 min read
  55. Features this is coming along nicely This is coming along nicely. March 1, 2009 1 min read
  56. Features new list layout new starred articles feature New list layout, new Starred Articles feature I’ve just updated Instapaper.com with a new article-list layout and a new Starred Articles feature. You can star any article, and it shows... March 1, 2009 1 min read
  57. Features time to make this great Time to make this great. February 26, 2009 1 min read
  58. ⭐ Reviews Recent App Store review of Instapaper Free sikes senter ★✩✩✩✩ by Sikes senter take this advice!!!!!!!! do not download this app!!!!!! just do the following: • go to the page that you want to save and press... February 25, 2009 1 min read
  59. P ✨ Features Progress The next major version of the iPhone/iPod touch app, Instapaper Free and Pro 1.4, is almost done! This is a major update – almost worthy of the “2.0” designation (but... February 24, 2009 2 min read
  60. Company instapaper is growing but so is the hosting bill Instapaper is growing! But so is the hosting bill. So I’m testing ads on the site for the next few weeks. I’m trying to be as careful as possible to... February 3, 2009 1 min read
  61. 📖 Company Happy Birthday, Instapaper Instapaper was launched 1 year ago today with this post on my tumblelog. It was met with great feedback and shortly got some high-profile links, starting prominently with John Gruber’s.... January 29, 2009 1 min read
  62. T ⭐ Reviews Tilt scrolling review I feel like one of those lazy people in the WALL•E while using the tilt scrolling. It’s that good. —Smoking Apples’ review of Instapaper Pro January 29, 2009 1 min read
  63. ✨ API Read Later API The Instapaper API allows third-party applications to add URLs to Instapaper. Basics All API methods are accessible via very simple HTTP calls. This is optimized for ease of implementation, so... January 25, 2009 5 min read
  64. Features im considering shrinking the tilt scrolling on I’m considering shrinking the “Tilt Scrolling ON” button to a regular toolbar icon because I really need the toolbar space for another item or two to hold new features and... January 19, 2009 1 min read
  65. Features another preview of the instapaper 14 app Another preview of the Instapaper 1.4 app: Updates run continuously. The application automatically checks for updates whenever you have an internet connection. Articles download separately from the main viewing thread,... January 18, 2009 1 min read
  66. Features i wonder if i can do this well I wonder if I can do this well. January 18, 2009 1 min read
  67. ✨ Features Tweetie 1.2 with Instapaper support Tweetie 1.2 with Instapaper support Tweetie, an excellent Twitter client for the iPhone, just released version 1.2 with Instapaper support. It’s an excellent app – highly recommended for Twitter users.... January 17, 2009 1 min read
  68. Reviews heres a little preview of one of the many Here’s a little preview of one of the many improvements in the upcoming Instapaper 1.4. Notice what’s different? (Tap a link in 1.3 if you didn’t notice.) January 13, 2009 1 min read
  69. N ⭐ Reviews no title Scott Simpson, Merlin Mann, and Adam Lisagor are officially awesome. (I love their work, too!) January 12, 2009 1 min read
  70. Reviews no title January 8, 2009 1 min read
  71. Reviews no title January 2, 2009 1 min read

2008 86

  1. instapaper on the kindle by ocellnuri so Instapaper on the Kindle (by ocellnuri) So that’s how it looks. Note to self: Get a Kindle and make this awesome. December 26, 2008 1 min read
  2. ✨ Features Website updates I’ve just updated Instapaper.com with a few new features: “Move articles to archive automatically” toggle. Until now, “yes” has been the only behavior. If you uncheck this, articles won’t be... December 23, 2008 1 min read
  3. O ⭐ Reviews Our Favorite iPhone Apps: Best information tools Our Favorite iPhone Apps: Best information tools Great mention of Instapaper Pro by Macworld. Thanks! December 23, 2008 1 min read
  4. W ✨ Features What's next? Instapaper.app 1.3 has been very well received, but I’m already hard at work on the next major version. There will be some great new features coming in the next few... December 14, 2008 2 min read
  5. T ⭐ Reviews Time's top 10 iPhone apps of the year Time’s top 10 iPhone apps of the year (thanks for finding this, fatmanatee) Time has named Instapaper the #7 best iPhone app of the year. Thanks! I’m honored. December 8, 2008 1 min read
  6. Reviews i love everything about this I love everything about this. December 5, 2008 1 min read
  7. Reviews this is the nicest feedback ive ever received This is the nicest feedback I’ve ever received. December 3, 2008 1 min read
  8. ✨ Features New York Times support updated The Instapaper service has just been updated to accommodate a change in The New York Times that was causing multi-page articles to only include the first page. With all of... December 1, 2008 1 min read
  9. Reviews this one This one? November 28, 2008 1 min read
  10. ⭐ Reviews Macworld: Gear for your iPhone Macworld: Gear for your iPhone Macworld features Instapaper in a list of iPhone recommendations. Thanks! November 26, 2008 1 min read
  11. ✨ Pricing How to sell an iPhone app for $9.99 How to sell an iPhone app for $9.99 TUAW liked my article. Thanks, Mike Schramm! November 25, 2008 1 min read
  12. P ✨ Features Parsing Improvements I’m working on some minor issues: Some multi-page articles from The New York Times are only importing page 1. Articles from Salon appear as graphical-only with a malformed red background.... November 25, 2008 1 min read
  13. I ✨ Features Instapaper Pro 1.3 now available Apple has approved the 1.3 update for Instapaper Pro. It’s now available in the App Store as a free update for all Instapaper Pro customers, or a $9.99 upgrade from... November 23, 2008 1 min read
  14. H ✨ Huge WebKit leak from iPhone OS 1.0 finally fixed in 2.2? Like many other third-party apps, as well as Mobile Safari itself since iPhone OS 1.0, Instapaper can sometimes force-quit frequently after a lot of heavy use until after a reboot.... November 23, 2008 2 min read
  15. I 📢 Announcements Instapaper Free 1.3 now available from the App Store Go get it! November 23, 2008 1 min read
  16. Features instapaper 13 submitted to app store it will Instapaper 1.3 submitted to App Store It will probably be available within a week. New in Instapaper 1.3 (Free and Pro) Continuous updating: Articles are now downloaded one-at-a-time until there... November 20, 2008 2 min read
  17. O ✨ Pricing On App Store pricing Over the weekend, two authors wrote great posts about the sad state of App Store pricing: Andy Finnell: How to Price Your iPhone App out of Existence Veiled Games: A... November 17, 2008 5 min read
  18. ⭐ Reviews Readers who ride the train, bus, or subways will likely find Instapaper an Readers who ride the train, bus, or subways will likely find Instapaper an essential part of their daily commute or journey. —Instapaper review at AppCraver November 4, 2008 1 min read
  19. S ⭐ Reviews Still printing articles to “read later”? Get over it. Still printing articles to “read later”? Get over it. Almost any cellphone has a good enough screen to read text. If you have an iPhone, you can even use the... November 3, 2008 1 min read
  20. ⭐ Reviews TUAW Friday Favorite: Instapaper for iPhone/iPod touch TUAW Friday Favorite: Instapaper for iPhone/iPod touch Thanks, TUAW! (And sorry to Levi in the comments – I get a lot of email and can’t respond to all of it,... October 31, 2008 1 min read
  21. ⭐ Reviews Seven Must-Have Offline Apps For Your iPhone/iPod Touch Seven Must-Have Offline Apps For Your iPhone/iPod Touch Thanks for the mention, ReadWriteWeb. One correction: The Instapaper bookmarking tool for iPhone lets you bookmark up to 10 web pages for... October 29, 2008 1 min read
  22. I ⭐ Reviews InformationWeek: 13 Free Apps For iPhone, iPod Touch InformationWeek: 13 Free Apps For iPhone, iPod Touch It’s the electronic equivalent of your magazine “to be read” pile – but it doesn’t clutter up the coffee table in your... October 27, 2008 1 min read
  23. G ✨ gris: ThingsWeCantDo gris: ThingsWeCantDo From the Google Reader iPhone Sync application available to jailbroken iPhones via Cydia: Tilt Scrolling As seen in Instapaper Pro. But I thought of it before they implemented... October 27, 2008 1 min read
  24. ⭐ Reviews Instapaper lets you create a library of online articles on your iPhone Instapaper lets you create a library of online articles on your iPhone Great praise from 37signals! October 24, 2008 1 min read
  25. ✨ The Atlantic fixed Pages from The Atlantic now work again. I apologize for the temporary problem. October 23, 2008 1 min read
  26. I ✨ Issues with The Atlantic Recently, pages from The Atlantic have not been available offline. I’m investigating this, and hopefully it’s only temporary. Thank you for your patience. October 22, 2008 1 min read
  27. Announcements items like this from the morning news sidebar Items like this, from The Morning News’ sidebar, previously said “Print for the commute”. Instapaper: now more environmentally friendly by saving trees! (Seriously, this is a great honor. Thanks for... October 22, 2008 1 min read
  28. T ✨ Features The value of offline support with online devices From AppVee’s review of Instapaper Free: It’s not confusing in the sense that it’s hard to use, it’s just confusing as to why you would need to use it. The... October 21, 2008 2 min read
  29. Reviews no title October 20, 2008 1 min read
  30. Features instapaper pro 13 will have this much improved Instapaper Pro 1.3 will have this much-improved font panel. October 17, 2008 1 min read
  31. Reviews i think you should do it I think you should do it. October 16, 2008 1 min read
  32. R ⭐ Reviews Reading Only Devices: Why iPhone, Kindle, and Tablet PCs Might Mean Smarter Blog Comments Reading Only Devices: Why iPhone, Kindle, and Tablet PCs Might Mean Smarter Blog Comments This probably sounds unhealthy but I really have gone though Instapaper while fixing dinner — skillet... Oct
  33. I ⭐ Reviews Instapaper: The Key to Reading Websites on the Kindle Instapaper: The Key to Reading Websites on the Kindle With screenshots of Instapaper and its Text mode on the Kindle. I keep meaning to optimize for the Kindle, but I’ve... October 12, 2008 1 min read
  34. I ✨ iPhone developer tip: Smarter selection visuals with UITableView Many Apple and third-party iPhone applications use UINavigationController and UITableView to navigate through an application’s data hierarchy. But not all of the niceties are done for you. Here are some... October 8, 2008 2 min rea
  35. ✨ Features Development update I’m aiming to have version 1.3 of the iPhone app in beta testing in mid- to late-October for possible release in early November. I initially wanted to release it sooner,... October 6, 2008 1 min read
  36. ✨ Features FAQ: Why should I buy Pro? It only adds a few features. There are very few differences between Free and Pro. This is intentional, for one simple reason: I don’t want the free version to suck. I don’t impose any arbitrary limits... October 6, 2008 3 min read
  37. ⭐ Reviews Macworld review: Instapaper for iPhone Macworld review: Instapaper for iPhone Thanks, Ben Boychuk! This was a nice surprise to come home to. And it rippled through to many other blogs. October 5, 2008 1 min read
  38. B 📖 Company Back I’m back from my vacation now and slowly going through the email and development queues. I apologize – my response time on email will probably slow for a while for... October 5, 2008 1 min read
  39. V 📖 Company Vacation I’ll be on vacation (getting married, then the honeymoon) from tomorrow until October 6. During that time, I won’t be able to answer support emails, but I’ll do my best... September 19, 2008 1 min read
  40. Reviews instapaper is now being featured in the app Instapaper is now being featured in the App Store! I’m very honored. Thanks, everyone, for using it and making Instapaper popular enough to get on Apple’s radar. (And thanks to... September 17, 2008 1 min read
  41. Features im considering this smaller title font size for I’m considering this smaller title-font size for the list screen. It fits more characters from the title, so you can more easily distinguish articles with similarly-starting titles. The regular size... September 14, 2008 1 min read
  42. Features coming in the next major update the Coming in the next major update: the frequently-requested “only ever download Text” option. This gives a massive speed improvement for updates since the Text version is often 5-10 times smaller... September 14, 2008 2 min read
  43. Features the next versions settings switches also have a The next version’s settings switches also have a useful little interface tweak: the touch-target area to toggle the switch is the entire table row, not just the switch widget. I... September 14, 2008 1 min read
  44. F ✨ Features Free Instapaper version of Music 2.0 book Free Instapaper version of Music 2.0 book This is pretty cool: Gerd Leonhard has published an iPhone-friendly version of his book, Music 2.0, using Instapaper. September 12, 2008 1 min read
  45. lee im testing out the new instapaper ultra so Lee: “I’m testing out the new Instapaper Ultra, so far no bugs have been found.” September 11, 2008 1 min read
  46. Features heres a preview of an upcoming update to Here’s a preview of an upcoming update to Instapaper Pro. Two big changes: The top navigation bar is gone. This gives 12% more readable area. The font picker moved into... September 10, 2008 1 min read
  47. N ✨ no title Oh yeah, and does that “Update again for more…” thing annoy you? Me too. It’s gone in the next update. September 10, 2008 1 min read
  48. Reviews by steven murphy whose iphone has been By Steven Murphy, whose iPhone has been red-flagged. September 4, 2008 1 min read
  49. T ⭐ Reviews TUAW: Developers discuss future plans TUAW: Developers discuss future plans A nice Instapaper mention on TUAW. Thanks, Dave Caolo! September 3, 2008 1 min read
  50. D ⭐ Reviews Daring Fireball: The Future of the Instapaper iPhone App Daring Fireball: The Future of the Instapaper iPhone App John Gruber helped me test Instapaper Pro during development and provided invaluable feedback, and now here’s a prime link – actually,... September 3, 2008 1 min read
  51. T ⚠️ Outages Temporary issue with Web versions There’s a temporary issue that’s preventing Instapaper from downloading the Web versions of some pages that normally work. I’m working on it and should have it fixed soon. Thank you... September 2, 2008 1 min read
  52. ✨ Features The future of the Instapaper iPhone app I’ve had a number of iPhone-app ideas floating around in my head since the SDK’s launch. I never thought Instapaper would be my only product, or that I’d be able... September 2, 2008 4 min read
  53. F ✨ Features Fixes I fixed these bugs tonight: Web versions weren’t downloading reliably since sometime over the weekend Occasional update-clearing bug New York Times character encoding As usual, the fixes will apply to... September 2, 2008 1 min read
  54. ✨ Features Scroll position resets when you rotate Symptom: Regardless of where you are in an article, the scroll position often resets to the upper-left corner if you rotate the iPhone to change the page orientation. Cause: This... September 2, 2008 1 min read
  55. ✨ Lonelysandwich gets me a lot of traffic Lonelysandwich gets me a lot of traffic …by favorably reviewing Instapaper Pro. Thanks, Adam! September 1, 2008 1 min read
  56. ✨ Features NYTimes support update More articles now supported. Fixed all known character-encoding bugs. No more random characters (Ã) or missing dashes (—). Sorry, pages from mobile.newyorktimes.com are still not supported. It’s on my to-do... August 29, 2008 1 min read
  57. I ⭐ Reviews Inebriated App Review i’ve found that instapaper’s read later function has proved most useful when using internet late at night when drunk and don’t know how to read words. —I LIKE PIE: later... August 28, 2008 1 min read
  58. Reviews the first reviews are in if youre a pro user The first reviews are in. If you’re a Pro user, please submit yours! August 28, 2008 1 min read
  59. I ⭐ Reviews Instapaper Pro: Now -- yes! -- a full 100% awesomer. Instapaper Pro: Now – yes! – a full 100% awesomer. Very favorable review from Bill Barol. Thanks! August 28, 2008 1 min read
  60. ✨ Features NYTimes update I’m still working hard on support for The New York Times. Character encoding is still giving me a lot of headaches, but more pages should work now than yesterday. I... August 27, 2008 1 min read
  61. 📢 Announcements Occasional update-clearing bug There’s an occasional bug where, if you have a lot of unread articles, an update will clear the list and only leave the most recent 5 articles, leaving you to... August 27, 2008 1 min read
  62. ✨ Features Preliminary New York Times support I’m very happy to announce, albeit cautiously, that I’ve added preliminary support for stories from The New York Times. So far, it’s Text-mode only, and the character encoding isn’t quite... August 26, 2008 1 min read
  63. ✨ Features Tilt Scrolling https://player.vimeo.com/video/1540283?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&app_id=122963 Watch in HD on Vimeo Instapaper Pro is now available! This video demos one of the key features: tilt scrolling. Pro also remembers your positions in each article and... August 26, 2008 1 min re
  64. I 📢 Announcements Instapaper Pro still pending approval It’s almost done. It’s at the last stage: Apple needs to legally approve the payment contracts. I’m guessing that it should be released in the App Store on Monday or... August 24, 2008 1 min read
  65. Reviews by shusta yes thats a problem i cant solve (By shusta.) Yes, that’s a problem I can’t solve as easily. The other day, I was very scared and convinced that I had found a bug in 1.2 and the... August 21, 2008 1 min read
  66. N ⭐ Reviews New York Times Blog: Four Reasons Our Printers Are Getting Dusty New York Times Blog: Four Reasons Our Printers Are Getting Dusty Rather than print out an article to read later, we hit “Read Later” or Read It Later, ShifD or... August 20, 2008 1 min read
  67. F 📢 Announcements FAQ: I upgraded to Instapaper Free 1.2 and none of my old articles are available offline Some users were affected by an incomplete database upgrade when going from 1.0.1 to 1.2. To fix this, simply Log out under the Account section from the app’s main screen,... August 18, 2008 1 m
  68. Reviews instapaper has now been featured for a week in the App Store's main page Instapaper has now been featured for a week in the What’s Hot section on the App Store’s main page (now complete with 1.2’s icon). Thanks, Apple! August 18, 2008 1 min read
  69. ✨ Features Instapaper 1.2 available now from the App Store Instapaper 1.2 available now from the App Store Changes here. August 15, 2008 1 min read
  70. I ✨ Features Instapaper Pro submitted to Apple Here goes! Apple’s approval process has been faster recently, so I don’t expect this to take more than a few days (although we just started a weekend). Expect a demo... August 15, 2008 1 min read
  71. Reviews that doesnt sound safe That doesn’t sound safe… August 13, 2008 1 min read
  72. Reviews webmarc cool marcos super useful instapaper webmarc: Cool: Marco’s super useful Instapaper iPhone app is being featured in the App Store. Awesome! August 12, 2008 1 min read
  73. Reviews by riddle via twitter search By riddle (via Twitter Search) August 12, 2008 1 min read
  74. ✨ Features Instapaper Free 1.2 submitted to the App Store Instapaper Free 1.2 submitted to the App Store …with tons of changes. I don’t know when it will be approved by Apple and published in the App Store — probably... August 11, 2008 1 min read
  75. S ✨ Someone buy katiebakes an iPhone. Someone buy katiebakes an iPhone. August 8, 2008 1 min read
  76. ✨ Features Major character-encoding update I’ve just pushed a major update to Instapaper’s character handling in both Text and Web modes. This should resolve the majority of bugs involving: Smart quotes and em-dashes Accented characters... August 6, 2008 1 min read
  77. C ✨ Features Character encoding and foreign characters Recently, there have been many character encoding issues. This can result in mangled or missing characters including “smart quotes”, accented characters, and characters from non-Roman alphabets. I’m working hard to... August 5, 2008 1 min read
  78. ✨ Features Much faster updates Update speed is now much faster. Instead of packing the page down to iPhone size when you tap the Update button, the service now packs it in advance and saves... August 5, 2008 1 min read
  79. " ✨ Features "Sorry, this page is not available offline." These errors have been cropping up more than I’d like. I’m working very hard to make Instapaper compatible with as many sites as possible. Current problem sites: Sites that contain... August 5, 2008 1 min read
  80. P ✨ Features Pro version coming soon! I’m very excited to announce that I’m in final testing of Instapaper Pro, coming soon to the App Store. I don’t want to spoil the feature and improvement list yet,... August 5, 2008 1 min read
  81. S ✨ Features Should Text mode be the default? Since Text mode is far more readable and faster to load on the iPhone, I’m considering making it the default view mode. I’ve also had a number of people request... August 5, 2008 1 min read
  82. A ⭐ Reviews A Shopping Trip To the App Store For Your iPhone A Shopping Trip To the App Store For Your iPhone Walt Mossberg mentions Instapaper in The Wall Street Journal: Instapaper: free A handy way to store Web pages on your... July 23, 2008 1 min read
  83. ⭐ Reviews …a slew of my favorite native iPhone apps have built-in WebKit browsers …a slew of my favorite native iPhone apps have built-in WebKit browsers (e.g., NetNewsWire, Twitterrific, Instapaper, and Cocktails). —Daring Fireball: WebKit Performance on iPhone OS X 2.0. Thanks for the... July 20,
  84. B ✨ Features Bad News For The Kindle: iPhone 3G + Apps Bad News For The Kindle: iPhone 3G + Apps Instapaper, which brings Tumblr dude Marco Arment’s simple “read later” service to the iPhone. Actually, it’s much better on the iPhone... July 16, 2008 1 min read
  85. T ⭐ Reviews TIME: Top 11 iPhone Applications TIME: Top 11 iPhone Applications Sometimes the simplest tools are the handiest. This one lets you send articles you find online directly to your phone. Set up an account on... July 16, 2008 1 min read
  86. ⭐ Reviews The Morning News awards Instapaper's iPhone usefulness The Morning News awards Instapaper’s iPhone usefulness View a web page on your computer, save it to your Instapaper web page, then view that page on your iPhone, which is... May 23, 2008 1 min read