News on the iPad: Flipboard

On installation, the first thing you notice about the app is that it is beautiful. It is simply a great way to consume content. The cover page keeps animating with the latest from the different sections and keeps it interesting!

Flipboard calls itself the “Social Magazine”. And rightly so. You will be asked to enter the credentials (username/passwords) of popular social networks, like Facebook and Twitter, on installation of the app. If you skip this, do not worry, you can add them later at your convenience. A personal magazine is created from the Twitter and Facebook updates. Though not a full fledged social networking application, we can still perform most of the regular activities like retweeting, commenting and liking a post from within the app. That apart, you can also select your favourite sites, RSS feeds, sites like – Instagram, Tumblr, Flickr and add them as sections or tiles. The section or tile, as you would like to call it, leads to the reading area. Also, the most popular articles in Flipboard in each section are highlighted. The user interface is clean and interactions are seamless.