<s>
ReadCube	B-Application
is	O
a	O
technology	O
company	O
developing	O
software	O
for	O
researchers	O
,	O
publishers	O
,	O
academic	O
and	O
commercial	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReadCube	B-Application
's	O
product	O
line	O
includes	O
the	O
reference	B-Application
manager	I-Application
ReadCube	B-Application
Papers	B-Operating_System
,	O
Anywhere	O
Access	O
and	O
custom	O
services	O
for	O
publishers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ReadCube	B-Application
Papers	B-Operating_System
app	O
suite	O
is	O
under	O
development	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
ReadCube	B-Application
and	O
Papers	B-Operating_System
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
web-based	O
platform	O
(	O
Web	O
App	O
)	O
and	O
on	O
Mobile	O
operating	O
systems	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
legacy	O
ReadCube	B-Application
and	O
Papers	B-Operating_System
applications	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
actively	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
ReadCube	B-Application
desktop	O
application	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
,	O
selling	O
premium	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
storage	O
on	O
the	O
online	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
Papers	B-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
software	O
sold	O
for	O
a	O
one	O
time	O
payment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReadCube	B-Application
Papers	B-Operating_System
is	O
now	O
a	O
yearly	O
subscription-based	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReadCube	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Labtiva	O
,	O
a	O
Boston-based	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
,	O
ReadCube	B-Application
Web	O
Reader	O
was	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
website	O
of	O
Nature	O
in	O
November	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
pilot	O
program	O
for	O
ReadCube	B-Application
Access	O
was	O
launched	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Utah	O
in	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
public	O
release	O
on	O
Nature	O
Publishing	O
Group	O
journals	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
ReadCube	B-Application
launched	O
across	O
over	O
117	O
journals	O
published	O
by	O
Wiley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
Labtiva	O
released	O
ReadCube	B-Application
Pro	O
and	O
with	O
it	O
a	O
new	O
UI	O
with	O
several	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
SmartCite	O
ReadCube	B-Application
's	O
citation	O
and	O
bibliography	O
formatting	O
tool	O
,	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
multiple	O
highlighting	O
colors	O
,	O
and	O
several	O
view	O
options	O
come	O
for	O
free	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
cloud	O
sync	O
function	O
which	O
allows	O
PDF	O
(	O
.pdf	O
)	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
synced	O
across	O
desktop	O
machines	O
or	O
to	O
the	O
ReadCube	B-Application
iPad	O
app	O
,	O
a	O
metrics	O
pane	O
that	O
shows	O
where	O
an	O
article	O
is	O
being	O
spoken	O
about	O
online	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
Watched	O
Folders	O
"	O
feature	O
that	O
automatically	O
imports	O
and	O
indexes	O
PDFs	O
come	O
only	O
with	O
ReadCube	B-Application
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
December	O
2014	O
,	O
Nature	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
allow	O
its	O
subscribers	O
and	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
selected	O
media	O
outlets	O
to	O
distribute	O
links	O
providing	O
limited	O
"	O
free	O
"	O
access	O
to	O
articles	O
from	O
its	O
journals	O
through	O
ReadCube	B-Application
Web	O
Reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
16	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
ReadCube	B-Application
acquired	O
Papers	B-Operating_System
from	O
Springer	O
Nature	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Operating_System
(	O
software	O
)	O
available	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Operating_System
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
ReadCube	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Papers	B-Operating_System
after	O
the	O
merger	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	O
apps	O
on	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desktop	O
version	O
(	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
late-2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
Desktop	O
(	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
,	O
PC	O
)	O
,	O
mobile	O
(	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReadCube	B-Application
(	O
legacy	O
)	O
previously	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReadCube	B-Application
Enhanced	O
PDF	O
,	O
available	O
on	O
nature.com	O
for	O
articles	O
published	O
by	O
Nature	O
Publishing	O
Group	O
,	O
Frontiers	O
and	O
John	O
Wiley	O
&	O
Sons	O
and	O
any	O
articles	O
uploaded	O
into	O
the	O
ReadCube	B-Application
Papers	B-Operating_System
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReadCube	B-Application
Checkout	O
is	O
a	O
service	O
that	O
offers	O
rental	O
,	O
cloud	O
and	O
downloadable	O
article	O
access	O
options	O
outside	O
journal	O
subscriptions	O
.	O
</s>
