Flipboard

What is Flipboard?

Everyone can! • bloggers • publishers • advertisers

Flipboard is a media aggregator.

You can collect articles, photographs, videos, and

more.

Who uses it?

Create your own magazines with the content you choose

2010 Flipboard is created for iPad

December 2010 Flipboard available on iPhone & iPod Touch

2012 Flipboard available on Android

2013 Flipboard available on Windows platform

2015 Flipboard available on the web

(before it was only available to mobile devices)

Apple News

CompetitorsFeedly

Zite (recently acquired by Flipboard)

Flipboard Facts

Invented by Mike McCue & Evan Doll

History

• Create as many magazines as you want • Available on any mobile device • Social networking (follow, flip, like, share, comment) • Invite contributors to your magazines • Privacy (hide magazines so only you can see them) • Easy to learn • Simple, clean Graphical User Interface (GUI)

• Limited customization of magazines • Cannot effectively organize magazines you are

following • No feed for trending articles

Cons

Flipboard Facts Cont.

Pros

Conclusion

Likes: • Dissolves need of bookmarks • Easy and fun • Generates useful articles

Flipboard’s Future?Better way to organize content

Ability to write articles within Flipboard

Create font styles for your magazines

Creative control of magazine covers

My Thoughts on Flipboard

Dislikes: • Limited customization of magazines • Limited organization schemes