Flipboard takes news to the next level [App of the Week]

Flipboard is a popular news aggregation app that launched all the mode back in 2010 for Apple's first iPad. Since and then, the platform has grown to get i of the best apps I've ever used.

Flipboard was impressive on the beginning-generation iPad. Information technology used a digital newspaper-type of layout, and physical page flips to make the app feel engaging while however being piece of cake to use and read.

The app has maintained much of its core design in the years since, and to me, it doesn't look as magical on a smaller phone screen, but it still features a clean aesthetic and works flawlessly.

Flipboard isn't all about its design though. The incredibly wide range of content sources and great aggregation algorithms are what make the service a fantastic one-stop-shop for all of your news and social media needs.

To set up the app, you first need to select a host topics you're interested in. These topics are called 'Magazines.' For example, I follow 'Engineering,' 'Gear' and 'Gadgets,' 'Flim,' the 'Daily Edition' and many more than. Each Mag manages up-to-date news from a variety of reliable web sources. Users can dive into each Magazine on its ain, or read the 'For You' section on the home page which has content from a multifariousness of sources.

You tin fifty-fifty integrate specific social media accounts into Flipboard. For instance, I take my Twitter feed added to my list of Magazines, so pop tweets go added to my For You department. While Flipboard isn't my main Twitter client, it's absurd to see tweets combined with all my news.

It's besides possible to create your own Magazines with Flipboard. About people volition likely build Magazines for three reasons — for reading specific sources, for sharing content with people and for collecting your ain read afterward list. You can also follow other user'due south Magazines on Flipboard if they're public.

'Smart Magazines' are a mix of custom Magazines and Flipboard's curated Magazines. But select a topic and a few hashtags and Flipboard'southward algorithms automatically finds content to fill the Magazine.

The more content that is loaded into Flipboard makes it a better app. In full I follow 48 Magazines. Though I don't read them all, information technology makes my For You department entertaining, varied and offers me news I wouldn't exit of my manner to look for.

The habitation page has the For You lot department and the 'Abode Carousel,' which holds nine Smart Magazines that can be customized, and the user's Daily Edition news assimilate. The Daily Edition is a listing of general news stories that the app has determined are essential.

Flipboard also has tons of lists and content that it creates likewise. Every solar day there'due south a new '10 for Today' listing of acme stories, and during large news events, the Flipboard team often creates on-the-fly Magazines to group all of the news into one place.

Further, there's even a web app that lets you browse your magazines on a computer.

If yous're interested in downloading Flipboard'southward dedicated mobile app, the platform is available for costless on iOS and Android. Make sure to follow MobileSyrup'due south publisher account to get all of our Canadian tech news on Flipboard.