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...Since Flipboard’s launch in 2010, the newsreader service has diversified to run on smartphones and the web....
...Pure news aggregators that lack the scale of Google, such as Flipboard, would find their business models turned upside down, warned one EU diplomat....
...There have been reports that the company is in talks with Flipboard, a news reading app. But this is not the sort of deal that would revive Twitter’s fortunes....
...Outside the company, speculation has swirled that Emily White, former Snapchat chief operating officer, Mike McCue, Flipboard chief executive and former Twitter board member, and Sukhinder Singh Cassidy,...
...There is a very similar DNA there,” said Mike McCue, Flipboard’s co-founder and chief executive....
...Other news apps, such as Flipboard, have failed to break out as a niche. Will Facebook and instant articles fare differently?...
...Apple News — the new Flipboard-like app it is also launching next week as part of the iOS9 operating system — will still carry commercial messages from iAd....
...Flipboard, the magazine app, and Yahoo Japan will be the first external sites to show adverts developed for Twitter....
...Mr Costolo announced a deal with Google so tweets will appear in search, partnerships to show promoted tweets on other services such as Flipboard and Yahoo Japan, and a slew of product changes from ads shown...
...Ken Doctor, an analyst with Newsonomics, pointed to other examples of technology companies hiring journalists, such as Flipboard and Yahoo....
...industry with the launch of Music, an all-in-one subscription streaming and radio app, and News, a slick magazine-style app showing a range of free content from publishers that will compete with the likes of Flipboard...
...This week, Twitter announced that it had formed its first partnerships to show its advertisements — known as promoted tweets — on other apps, teaming up with news aggregator Flipboard and Yahoo Japan....
...Planet of the apps What it is: Flipboard 3.0, free, for iPhone Why you should try it: If you prefer your news packaged in a more traditional format, try the latest update to Flipboard, the magazine-like...
...Comcast Ventures, whose parent company is the world’s largest media group by market capitalisation, has invested in fast-growing technology start-ups such as Flipboard, a popular newsreader app, and Jawbone...
...“This is great because before you had to go do a deal with Apple,” says Mike McCue, chief executive of Flipboard, a popular newsreader app....
...CCS Insight expects Yahoo to consider buying Flipboard and Pinterest in 2014 as it continues to bolster its mobile business....
...Mr McCue said the fundraising would allow Flipboard to scale up its advertising sales team and expand in New York. Code Advisors advised Flipboard on its fundraising....
...the funding discussions, the deal is led by Rizvi Traverse Management, which has provided later-stage funding for some of Silicon Valley's best-known companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Square and Flipboard...
...Google’s new approach is a cross between Apple’s mobile Newsstand, which acts purely as a store for readers to find and download publishers’ own apps, and the Flipboard magazine app, which aggregates content...
...Nobody has ever asked for their content to be removed from Flipboard, he adds....
...But Reader proved hard to beat, living on as a catalyst for news apps such as Pulse and Flipboard, where users “subscribe” to websites without needing any knowledge of Rich Site Summary (RSS) feeds, the...
...- Walt Mossberg reviews the new Flipboard. (Wall Street Journal) - On Calpers and the efficient allocation of capital. (Dealbreaker) - Exchange controls, barter, and Cunning plans....
...The company, which produced Rise of the Planet of the Apes, owns Chernin Entertainment, and has invested in several Silicon Valley technology companies, including Pandora Media, Tumblr and Flipboard....
...News and Sports are similar to the Flipboard, Zite and News360 apps available on tablets – they draw on a wide range of sources to provide an attractive magazine-style swipeable interface....
...There has been speculation Yahoo was considering purchases of other companies like Hulu, Pinterest, and Flipboard to expand its technology capabilities....
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