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| Developer(s) | Mike McCue and Evan Doll |
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| Initial release | July 21, 2010 |
| Stable release |
4.0.5 / March 14, 2017
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| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | iOS, Android, Windows, Windows Phone |
| Type | Social-network aggregation |
| License | Free, registration required |
| Website | flipboard |
Flipboard is a news aggregation and social network aggregation company based in Palo Alto, California, with offices in New York, Vancouver and Bejiing. Its software, also known as Flipboard, was first released in July 2010. It aggregates content from social media, news feeds, photo sharing sites and other websites, presents it in magazine format, and allows users to "flip" through the articles, images and videos being shared. Readers can also save stories into Flipboard magazines. As of March 2016 the company claims there have been 28 million magazines created by users on Flipboard. The service can be accessed via web browser, or by a Flipboard application for Microsoft Windows and macOS, and via mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phone. The client software is available at no charge and is localized in 21 languages. Its current headquarters is located at 735 Emerson St, Palo Alto, CA 94301, recently moving from a nearby building.
Flipboard was originally launched for Apple Inc.'s iPad in 2010. Later that year it launched on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
The company raised more than $200 million in funding from investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures, Rizvi Traverse Management, and Insight Venture Partners, and an additional $50 million from JPMorgan Chase in July 2015.
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