Flipboard CEO Mike McCue
Dan Frommer, Business Insider
Flipboard is one of the go-to apps for following interesting news items.
2013-03-27
An update to the company's app now lets users create their own "magazines" to save and share stories with friends.
Let's dive in.
Tap the icon to start the app.
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"Flip" the page to get started.
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Tap on the topics that interest you. Flipboard will gather news related to these topics for you.
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When done, tap on "build your Flipboard."
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The app instantly builds a collection of news stories for you. If you want to take full advantage of Flipboard, though, you should make an account.
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You can save stories to be read later by tapping on the plus sign.
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If you want to take advantage of this feature, you'll have to create an account first.
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Fill out the requisite information.
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Your saved stories will land in a "magazine." You can create multiple magazines for different topics, for example.
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Fill out a magazine name and description, then tap "Create."
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Let's add another story to our magazine now that we've created one.
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We can add it to our pre-existing magazine or create a new one from scratch.
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To access our magazines of saved stories, tap on your username in the bottom-right.
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Tap on your username one more time.
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And you're looking at your magazine of saved stories.
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Flip through and read them!
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