Though there are many worthwhile iPad news-reading apps, Flipboard (free) continues its reign as the best of the best. Recently updated to version 3.0, Flipboard for iPad now has a more streamlined interface, a daily curated magazine, and a new social media-like reading model that encourages you to follow topics, people, and curated magazines. Rest assured, Flipboard hasn't moved away from the elements that have made it successful; it still deftly aggregates articles, video, podcasts, and social media into an accessible but feature-rich, print-style digital magazine. My one major gripe? Flipboard still lacks dedicated offline reading support.
You begin with Flipboard by selecting a topic, or topics, from a grid of 18 options, and tapping the Next icon. This causes Flipboard to quickly compile your digital magazine and display the individual topics (as well as The Daily Edition?more on that later) in a series of panels. If you'd like to kick a panel to the curb, simply hold a square and then tap the X icon when it appears.
Bringing a finger to the red ribbon in the upper-right corner opens a list of additional categories and lets your tinker with options. Note: You should create an account or log in with Facebook credentials if you like sharing or favoriting articles or syncing them across devices.
What's great about Flipboard is that all your favorite topics come to you?you don't have to actively visit your favorite online destinations. Kicking back with an iPad in hand and scrolling through content from The Associated Press, IGN, Los Angeles Times, and other outlets is a breezy, effortless affair.
Flipboard 3 introduces The Daily Edition, a curated newsmagazine for people who want a quick update on hot stories. Think of it as a combination of the now-defunct The Daily news-reading app and Buzzfeed. Here's how The Daily Edition works: A new edition is released each day at 7 a.m. local time, but should breaking news occur, stories are added as needed. Each weekday has a particular theme; for example, Thursdays are all things fashion and style. In addition to news, there's some levity in the form of a daily song and a "Parting GIF."
You begin with Flipboard by selecting a topic, or topics, from a grid of 18 options, and tapping the Next icon. This causes Flipboard to quickly compile your digital magazine and display the individual topics (as well as The Daily Edition?more on that later) in a series of panels. If you'd like to kick a panel to the curb, simply hold a square and then tap the X icon when it appears.
Bringing a finger to the red ribbon in the upper-right corner opens a list of additional categories and lets your tinker with options. Note: You should create an account or log in with Facebook credentials if you like sharing or favoriting articles or syncing them across devices.
What's great about Flipboard is that all your favorite topics come to you?you don't have to actively visit your favorite online destinations. Kicking back with an iPad in hand and scrolling through content from The Associated Press, IGN, Los Angeles Times, and other outlets is a breezy, effortless affair.
Flipboard 3 introduces The Daily Edition, a curated newsmagazine for people who want a quick update on hot stories. Think of it as a combination of the now-defunct The Daily news-reading app and Buzzfeed. Here's how The Daily Edition works: A new edition is released each day at 7 a.m. local time, but should breaking news occur, stories are added as needed. Each weekday has a particular theme; for example, Thursdays are all things fashion and style. In addition to news, there's some levity in the form of a daily song and a "Parting GIF."