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
