App of the Day: Flipboard for iPad

Apple named Flipboard the good iPad app of the year , but its developers are n’t resting on their laurels . Flipboard 1.1 brings a mickle of updates , including support for Google Reader , Flickr , and new ways to interact with Twitter and Facebook .

What is it?

Flipboard , iPad , Free . Flipboard ’s been celebrate as one of the iPad ’s finest apps , and deservedly so — it does a peachy Book of Job of taking the deluge of text links that occupy our Facebook and Twitter feed and coif them into a beautiful little shammer cartridge holder . The unexampled Flipboard update compaction and beautifies even more subject matter — a minor but coolheaded stable of sites ( Uncrate , Williams - Sonoma , All Things Digital , Washington Post Magazine , etc ) , RSS feeds via Google Reader , Flickr , and case-by-case aspect of Twitter and Facebook ( @replies , Twitter listing ; Facebook groups , picture in your feed , TV in your provender , etc . ) . The update also bring the power to compose Tweets and Facebook updates from within the app , giving you less grounds to leave than ever .

Who’s it good for?

mass who want the meat of their social media expose in a much prettier format ; people who do n’t freak out when they do n’t see every Tweet ; hoi polloi who desire to keep up with what their friend are sharing without actually visting Facebook .

Why’s it better than alternatives?

For wrapping your Facebook and Twitter feeds up in a gorgeous outfit , there ’s nothing that comes close . And it ’s loose ! Ugh , it ’s great .

How could it be even better?

I guess it ’d be nice to have more individual sites to foot from , but it ’s kinda hard to discover thing to complain about .

you’re able to snaffle Flipboard in the App Store for freeeee .

We ’re always face for coolheaded apps — for iOS , Android , Windows Phone or whatever else — to boast as App of the Day ( yes , apps for other platform will start pop up soon ! ) If you come across one you cerebrate we should take a look at , please let us know .