Chris Traganos

Evernote today launched the Evernote Platform Awards for 2014. It is the fourth year of the international competition aimed at encouraging developers to create new apps (and share existing products) that incorporate the Evernote API. Business and productivity apps are estimated to grow by 27% each year for the next few years, with Evernote already holding a high market share in the sector. Chris Traganos, Director of Developer Relations at Evernote told ProgrammableWeb what judges will be… Show more

Evernote today launched the Evernote Platform Awards for 2014. It is the fourth year of the international competition aimed at encouraging developers to create new apps (and share existing products) that incorporate the Evernote API. Business and productivity apps are estimated to grow by 27% each year for the next few years, with Evernote already holding a high market share in the sector. Chris Traganos, Director of Developer Relations at Evernote told ProgrammableWeb what judges will be looking for, and how developers who create new app products using the Evernote API can position themselves to leverage Evernote’s extensive user base. Show less

Members of the team behind note-taking app Evernote have conceptualized themselves as a platform since they started. This has led them to a strong focus on using APIs to drive an ecosystem that ensures their app has a place in multiple-industry verticals, for multiple types of users. Platformification has been a central theme in how Evernote has approached the market and is obvious from the way the business has activated a global developer community via the Evernote API.

With 50 millions users, San Francisco-based startup Evernote has been riding a wave of success of late. In recent weeks it has turned its attention to Germany, its second-largest market in EMEA, with a recent deal to provide Evernote Premium to Deutsche Telekom customers for free for 12 months.

But the startup is also focused on promoting outside innovation, and so the two companies – together with Silicon Allee and Developer Garden, DT’s API platform – teamed up for a hackathon in… Show more

With 50 millions users, San Francisco-based startup Evernote has been riding a wave of success of late. In recent weeks it has turned its attention to Germany, its second-largest market in EMEA, with a recent deal to provide Evernote Premium to Deutsche Telekom customers for free for 12 months.

But the startup is also focused on promoting outside innovation, and so the two companies – together with Silicon Allee and Developer Garden, DT’s API platform – teamed up for a hackathon in Berlin this past weekend with a trip to Silicon Valley on offer to the winners. The Evernote contingent was led by Chris Traganos, making his first ever visit to Europe, and we caught up with him right after the event came to an end. Show less