![]() Clipboard is aiming for a sweet spot by being simple, social and functional all in one. Some of these (like Pinterest) are so simple that they’re more about expression, while others (like Evernote) are “almost accidentally social,” Flake explains. This is where things like Evernote or Pinterest come into play. However, he adds that we’re now seeing the emergence of a new type of service for saving items. That is, people’s preferred method for finding and saving information from the web hasn’t evolved much over the years, Flake believes. “When you think about how people organize things,” explains Flake, “the thing that has 90% market share is pasting into an email client or Word document,” he says. Given the competition, why another clipping service, you may ask? The calculator works, the games play, you can click the links in the copied text. But Clipboard isn’t just for clipping an inspiring or pretty picture – it can clip all kinds of stuff, including slideshows (like those from SlideShare), audio, a functioning web app (like an online calculator), an online game, and more. For starters, its collections are also called “boards.” And they’re laid out graphically, with a heavy emphasis on the image associated with the clipped content. ![]() Granted, there are several similarities between Pinterest and Clipboard. But today, it’s open to all with a fresh redesign in tow and a new button for website owners. That’s because, explains Clipboard CEO Gary Flake, Pinterest is about expressing an aspiration, but Clipboard is about getting things done.įor half a year, the company has been trucking along in a private, invite-only beta. ![]() Clipboard’s real rivals are things like Evernote’s web clipper, SpringPad, Delicious, Dropbox and Microsoft’s OneNote. At first glance, you might mistake Clipboard, the impressively-backed web clipping service, for yet another Pinterest clone.
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