With the demise of Google’s Reader bearing down on news readers, Flipboard has released a new update to their app that adds some interesting new features. Foremost among the changes is the ability to create your own “magazine” on Flipboard with the simple press of a big “+” button in the app and naming the magazine. This essentially gives users the ability to create their own curated sources of news with the option to make the “magazine” public or private. Along with adding content to a magazine as you read within the Flipboard app, users can also add items from their Android device like photos or they can add an article directly from the Flipboard widget or even from social networks.
Extending the magazine creation capability beyond mobile devices, Flipboard has established a new Flipboard editor for desktop browsers along with a “bookmark” button to ease the content addition process. The new app is also more integrated with Android so that content can be easily shared via social networks or by other means like email.
While many users are looking to apps like feedly or Digg as a replacement for their Google Reader news aggregator, it looks like Flipboard has decided to take a slightly different tack in attracting users to give their solution a try.
Check out the video below showing the new features of Flipboard. If you are interested in trying out Flipboard, just use one of the download links below.
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