Dubbed the
world's first social magazine, the new
Flipboard app for iPad combines the two things we are all addicted to:
Facebook and
Twitter; and in a way that is "a whole lot prettier," according to
Claire Cain Miller of The New York Times.
By signing up to the magazine users can 'unclutter' both
Facebook and
Twitter accounts, and have 'clearer vision' of their updates and tweets through the use of tiles (
see video here)
Facebook seems to have fallen a bit out of favor according to
recent statistics, so Flipboard could be the perfect touch at the right time in terms of maintaining popularity. Facebook and Twitter are undeniable centers of communication and are the modern day word-of-mouth agents, central to driving traffic to news websites, especially through the exchanging of links between friends.
