<s>
Springpad	B-Application
was	O
a	O
free	O
online	B-Application
application	I-Application
and	O
web	O
service	O
that	O
allowed	O
its	O
registered	O
users	O
to	O
save	O
,	O
organize	O
and	O
share	O
collected	O
ideas	O
and	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
users	O
added	O
content	O
to	O
their	O
Springpad	B-Application
accounts	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
automatically	O
identified	O
and	O
categorized	O
it	O
,	O
then	O
generated	O
additional	O
snippets	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
types	O
of	O
objects	O
added	O
—	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
listing	O
price	O
comparisons	O
for	O
products	O
and	O
showtimes	O
for	O
movies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Springpad	B-Application
was	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
apps	O
on	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
Android	B-Application
that	O
synchronized	O
with	O
the	O
Web	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Springpad	B-Application
was	O
bundled	O
on	O
new	O
Toshiba	O
notebook	O
computers	O
through	O
a	O
Web	B-Application
application	I-Application
subscription	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Springpad	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
cease	O
operations	O
on	O
June	O
25	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
then	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
export	O
their	O
data	O
(	O
as	O
json	B-General_Concept
and	O
read-only	O
HTML	B-Language
formats	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
automatically	O
migrate	O
it	O
to	O
Evernote	B-Application
accounts	O
before	O
the	O
expiration	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Springpad	B-Application
users	O
could	O
use	O
the	O
main	O
site	O
interface	O
which	O
uses	O
HTML5	B-Application
from	O
most	O
browsers	O
or	O
use	O
the	O
smartphone	O
app	O
to	O
capture	O
notes	O
,	O
tasks	O
,	O
or	O
lists	O
which	O
were	O
then	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
"	O
My	O
Stuff	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
personal	O
database	O
or	O
collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
Springpad	B-Application
let	O
users	O
look	O
up	O
items	O
of	O
interest	O
which	O
were	O
then	O
automatically	O
categorized	O
based	O
on	O
type	O
or	O
manually	O
categorized	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Events	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
Springpad	B-Application
,	O
and	O
if	O
the	O
user	O
used	O
Google	B-Application
Calendar	I-Application
,	O
they	O
could	O
opt	O
to	O
sync	O
the	O
event	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
smartphone	O
app	O
and	O
site	O
,	O
Springpad	B-Application
could	O
be	O
used	O
via	O
browser	O
extension	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
,	O
or	O
the	O
Springpad	B-Application
Clipper	O
,	O
a	O
bookmarklet	B-Language
to	O
analyze	O
webpages	O
and	O
clip	O
relevant	O
information	O
from	O
them	O
—	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
ingredients	O
needed	O
for	O
a	O
recipe	O
—	O
or	O
to	O
add	O
the	O
site	O
as	O
a	O
normal	O
bookmark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
way	O
users	O
could	O
add	O
content	O
to	O
their	O
Springpad	B-Application
"	O
My	O
Stuff	O
"	O
was	O
by	O
emailing	O
entries	O
to	O
an	O
email	O
address	O
specified	O
on	O
Springpad	B-Application
registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Springpad	B-Application
's	O
smartphone	O
apps	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
scan	O
barcodes	O
to	O
identify	O
products	O
,	O
save	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
"	O
My	O
Stuff	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
automatically	O
generate	O
additional	O
product	O
information	O
and	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Springpad	B-Application
also	O
added	O
alerts	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
Alerts	O
section	O
for	O
relevant	O
news	O
,	O
deals	O
or	O
coupons	O
for	O
specific	O
products	O
users	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
additional	O
organization	O
,	O
anything	O
added	O
to	O
Springpad	B-Application
could	O
also	O
be	O
tagged	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
user	O
added	O
a	O
map	O
to	O
the	O
Board	O
and	O
had	O
entries	O
that	O
included	O
an	O
address	O
,	O
Springpad	B-Application
could	O
automatically	O
point	O
out	O
entries	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
everything	O
added	O
to	O
Springpad	B-Application
was	O
private	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
users	O
could	O
change	O
the	O
privacy	O
settings	O
for	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
types	O
of	O
items	O
added	O
,	O
decide	O
to	O
make	O
specific	O
items	O
public	O
and	O
shareable	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
add	O
them	O
to	O
their	O
public	O
page	O
,	O
or	O
keep	O
them	O
private	O
but	O
links	O
to	O
them	O
with	O
specific	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
