2.2.6 (iOS ) March 28, 2014
1.0.621 ( Blackberry) September 17, 2013
Flipboard is a social news app for Android, Apple iOS, BlackBerry and Windows 8
It collects content from social media and other websites that have partnered with Flipboard, and presents this content in the form of a magazine. The user can scroll through the pages (English " to flip "). The app is developed by Flipboard Inc., a US-based software company, founded by Mike McCue and Evan Doll. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
User interface
The user interface of Flipboard is designed for browsing the content. The user can select on the "Content Guide" various issues and subscribe. Among these topics are messages, social media and video. These are displayed on the homepage.
History
Invention
Flipboard was invented during a " brainstorming " session between McCue and Doll, in which they thought about how a redesigned Internet would.
Development
Originally developed for the iPad, the application in December 2011, was extended by support for the iPhone and iPod touch has been added. 3 May 2012 Flipboard Inc. announced a version for some Android smartphones, starting with the Samsung Galaxy S3. A short time later, on 30 March 2012, a beta version was made available for all Android phones via the website of Flipboard available. The finished version is available since June 22, 2012 Google Play to download.
The app will be updated regularly. These include the integration of Google , YouTube and its own spending on other languages. Finally, the app for Android tablets was optimized. Since version 2.0 users can create their own magazines. They are generated either via app or in the browser with the help of a bookmarklet and can be edited using a web-based editor. After only two weeks now over 500,000 magazines were created by users.
According to the developer Flipboard had in August 2012, over 20 million users, later there were over 53 million. The last major change in the app was launched in July 2013. Since then, users magazines that were generated with the Flipboard app on iOS or Android, can also share the view in an ordinary web browser. Viewers need not to be registered with Flipboard.
On June 26, 2013 Flipboard for Windows 8 was announced.
Censorship
15 May 2011 Flipboard was blocked by the Great Firewall of China. This was confirmed McCue on Twitter. Then the first published Flipboard own output for China. Since February 2012, Flipboard censored itself, if the user accesses the app from China. The user can not not also be accessed from China on the application on Facebook and on iOS on Twitter.
Reception
The application is very positive evaluations. Apple named Flipboard the iPad App of the Year 2010.