Download and install the app on your primary mobile device.Ģ. You can use the social bar to share with your social networks.ġ. Tapping on the title of an article displays the full article. Tapping on a tile opens up the subscription where you can view the subscription content in a magazine layout.īelow is an example from my Google Reader education folder that contains all my favorite educational bloggers: The thumbnail image on the tile changes as content is updated. Watch this video to see FlipBoard in action.īelow is an example of some of my subscriptions inside Flipboard.Įach tile on the Flipboard dashboard represents a different subscription. It’s no wonder I’m a Flipboard flip-a-holic when I can do everything I want, easily, with one click using the one app! It is now the most popular of the magazine-like content aggrregator apps for iOS, Android, Kindle and Nook.įlipboard’s strength is you are able to bring your social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn into one location alongside your favorite news sources and anything else you like to read, or watch (like YouTube) – all while making it easily to share your favorite content with your social networks and enabling you to easily curate your favorite content into Flipboard magazine(s). What is Flipboard?įlipboard was originally designed as a social network aggregation, magazine-format app for iPad in 2010. So I’ve put together this information to help you get started using Flipboard or get more out of using Flipboard. Life has changed and Flipboard is now the most used app on my tablet.Īnd since I wrote my post on Google Reader replacements, I’ve had a lot of people ask me what benefits I gain using Flipboard that they missed!

I originally hated Flipboard and found the magazine style layout cluttered.

Open flipboard