Is Flipboard still a thing?

Do you have to pay for Flipboard?

Yes. The company charges subscription fees for new users, and for an older version of the app that you can still use (if it runs on your device).

Will my friends be able to see what I read? No. You can't read any pages outside your group or share information with anyone outside of it.

What if I get bored of a page? If you don't like a page, delete it. Flipboard is like a memory book of pages you've read, but it doesn't store deleted pages. If you never use a page again, you won't have to pay for it or take up space in your feed.

Read a Book. What if I am using a page I like? You can still create, delete or share a bookmark even though you already liked a page. Are there limits on what I can read? You can only read up to 100 pages at one time. How do I read a book? Like every other service we provide, your Flipboard feed starts with a search box. Type a word or a phrase you want to find, and your feed will be populated with results that match what you typed. Each item in your feed has a link to that same page on Amazon.

How can I read a book without going to Amazon? You can download any book or magazine in the Flipboard app. Open the app, tap the icon in the bottom left-hand corner, and select Download. You can do this even if you don't have any items in your feed. When you have all the books you'd like to read downloaded, you can start reading! To move around a book, tap anywhere on the page. Flip the page sideways to zoom out to the edges of the image, or go back to the previous or next page by tapping and holding on the edge of the page. If you want to look up specific words, just hover over them on the page, or tap in the top left corner. Flipboard offers suggestions, like definitions and synonyms when you're looking up a word, to help you figure out how to best read a book.

What is the point in Flipboard?

It's a magazine-like application that you can load with content from various sources.

And you can share your curated content with your friends on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks. So, basically, the point of Flipboard is to save the time you used to spend looking for magazines in the newsstand.

The best way to get around the ads of Flipboard is to buy its premium package. But the free version works just fine. As a bonus, Flipboard also has an iPad version, which is actually the first big-screen version of any mobile magazine application.

One word of caution: The ads aren't the only thing that is annoying about Flipboard. The magazine format really doesn't work on a smartphone. It makes more sense to flip through the magazines on a bigger tablet.

Fusion - The Future of Magazine-like Apps. Although Flipboard was a great idea, it seems that the technology is reaching its limits. We are living in a time where mobile-apps are starting to look like desktop-apps. That's the idea behind a new concept: Fusion Apps.

Instead of running both Android and iOS apps on a smartphone, the software will be able to run the same app on both operating systems. On the Apple side, this means running an iPad version of the software. The developer will simply release one version of the software instead of two.

Apple will probably be launching this software in the fall. It will be interesting to see how many iPhone users would really appreciate this idea. For now, Android users have had no choice but to use a dual-boot method.

Of course, the advantages of this approach aren't limited to the convenience of only having one app available one platform. There are some serious technical benefits as well. If both Android and iOS devices were running the same software, there would be no problem at all with updating the software. So the user would never need to deal with the problems of an over-the-air update.

As I write this article, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is still the most popular version of the operating system. Gingerbread is quite old by today's standards. If we wait until next year, maybe a version 4 of the Android operating system will finally be released. In that case, the update problem would likely disappear.

What is Flipboard used for?

I read that it helps keep my phone in order while making a note in the morning.

It's always handy but I don't see why using a physical book is worse than any other digital alternative I can think of.

I have not used Flipboard, but I think it's mainly designed to get people to read more. I use Instapaper to bring me back every day to the last article I read (if it wasn't already archived on Instapaper). I do love books, and still prefer them, but reading is one of those skills that should be easy to master through education and practice.

Flipboard uses some of your data- I think there's also a "flipster" you have to register for; otherwise it just takes off. I've been having the same account for a few years and haven't had it send anything to me that I didn't ask for.

I was talking about books as in physical books as a tool, but I'm sure they're not just books, either. I like printed books too; I'm also reading some audio books on Audible (the cheapest membership I could find).

And no, I don't have any idea what they're using, or how they're getting some of my info. The only personal data they have about me that they need is my email address and phone number. That's all required to get the Flipboard-owned bookmarks through Instapaper, etc.

I'd think they'd have to be using something more than email & a number. I guess if they are I never thought to look up the info on their websites as that seems pretty stupid to trust anyone but your own service. Just saying.

Why is that better than your computer that has all of your important files backed up and at your fingertips when you need them?