Reader also shows that Facebook is fairly nervous about Twitter as a news distribution source. iOS is also a natural start for big software initiatives, as many of its users are early adopters and more tech savvy than Android users as a whole. The fact that Reader is only being developed for iOS right now could be a sign that it relies heavily on some of iOS's APIs or frameworks. Interestingly, one of the original iPhone interface designers (and a current Facebook designer), Michael Matas, is leading the project. The Wall Street Journal says that currently Reader is only being developed for iOS and that Mark Zuckerberg is personally involved in the project. Reader will reportedly compete with Flipboard directly. You only have to open the app (while having an internet connection) and start checking out all of the posts that you have chosen to sync to your account.According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook is developing a new app called 'Reader,' which looks a lot like Flipboard, at least in its current iteration. The difference is, of course, that this magazine includes only the posts that you find interesting.įlipboard is a very practical tool that will keep you up-to-date on the things that you like in a quick and convenient way. To go from page to page on your Flipboard you'll slide your finger as if you were reading a real magazine. You'll only have to click on the box to take a look at all of its content. That means that, with Twitter, for example, if one of the web sites that you follow tweets a news link you'll see a picture and some text associated to it.
It's all sent to you in the form of a traditional magazine.
Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, and Flickr) as well as your RSS feeds of the blogs that your read or your favorite online news site. The way it works is quite simple: once you create a Flipboard account you can sync to your favorite social network (i.e. Flipboard is a type of personalized digital magazine that suits your needs according to the publications and your preferred social network that you regularly visit.
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