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What would a news reader look like if Apple had designed it? Flipboard shows you. It takes your Facebook friends’ messages, or Tweets from Twitter, and lays them out in a magazine format. But that doesn’t do justice. This makes reading news from social networks fun because of the aesthetics. You have to see this to get an idea of why this app could disrupt news and publishing businesses.
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They are so in love with each other.
Those offices are way too posh. Don’t go and blow your VC money on looks, guys…
@albedo0point39 Well they use Oauth and Facebook connect so they really don’t have your password, they have the authentication tokens from those sites. Your personal information isn’t saved by them.
@chrisbeiting They still have complete access to your accounts and data until you unauthorise them don’t they? They’re not charging for the app, so they’ll have to make money of of this data – and they haven’t really specified what their plans are.
I still think it’s foolish to trust them with this much access.
@albedo0point39 Personally I’m not worried. I’ve worked at a startup where we used OAuth/Facebook Connect and we were extremely aware of privacy and how quick users can turn if we violated that trust. I’d assume the guys running Flipboard are stupid.
They just got about 11 million from a group of venture capitalists… generating revenue is important, but when you’re burning VC money you focus on user experience. What they’ll end up doing is using iAds in the app, which is no big deal.
@chrisbeiting sorry Flipboard guys aren’t stupid… my typing on the other hand…
@chrisbeiting You don’t know any of that, you’re just guessing.
It’s your prerogative if you want to set a lower priority on personal security/privacy than me.
I’ve read Flipboard’s privacy FAQ and was left unsatisfied.
Great tool for iPad and social network workers!
it need to be on android then we can talk
But really what if the content my online friends post is absolute crap, that then means I have to read it and essentially may ruin the app experience for me.
Great initial concept but ultimately the content is made by your social network friends and what they post and seen as a lot of mine post things I don’t really care about or spam their Facebook game stats I can seen that ruining the app for me.
This really makes it worth having an iPad.
How long till FLIP camera sues them?
@jonnyboy8000 Cant. Just a name just like the fruit Apple cannot sue Apple the Company.
This is one of the best iPad apps out there. I am longer use Facebook and twitter proper. I would really like more than 9 feeds, but at the same time a limited scope makes me be selective about what choose to read…so torn, but i love it!
@Boxcar101 To be tired of “social media” is to be tyred of life.
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This is a great app that really takes advantage of the iPad. I wish more apps did.
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@welcomtothispage ????!!!
awsome this might make ME get an ipad too!
If ever Steve Jobs decides to step down I think Apple should hire this app creator to do their product presentations I’ve always wanted rss readers to have the same layout and formatting as magazines and finally…there’s an app for that.