Fitbit Versa 3Īpple News comes preloaded on every iOS device, and like most of Apple’s apps, it remains unavailable on Android platforms. However, that number dropped to 1.4 million by late January. In less than two months, Mastodon’s monthly active users went fromģ80,000 to over 2.5 million. Mastodon became popular as a Twitter alternative soon after Musk took over five months ago. With Musk's plans to end Twitter's free API, McCue no longer sees Twitter as a viable option for Flipboard.Īccording to Engadget, referring to Twitter since Musk took over the company, “The writing on the wall is that I don't see Twitter integration lasting much
“What ActivityPub enables is a common, open social graph.”įlipboard's Mastodon integrations also mark a conscious turn away from Twitter, as the once-successful microblogging appĬontinues to plunge into chaos under the oversight of CEO Elon Musk.
The ActivityPub protocol (an open, decentralized social networking protocol) to build services that work together across platforms, like Tumblr, which has adopted ActivityPub.Įmbrace ActivityPub at Flipboard, we'll effectively allow anyone who's on Mastodon to follow a user on Flipboard, and to follow a Flipboard magazine, and vice versa,” explains CEO Mike McCue. “just the beginning for Flipboard in the Fediverse.” While the Android integration uses the Mastodon API, Flipboard plans on “building a more interconnected internet” by using
Now, Android and Apple users can see the most recent posts from their Mastodon timeline in their Flipboard For You feedĪnd access feeds for their as well as their Mastodon bookmarks inside the Flipboard app.Īccording to Flipboard's Head of Communication Christel van der Boom, the integration is Or feed directly from Flipboard under “Connected Accounts.” Flipboard, a digital news-reading app deemed “the social magazine,” has announced an Android integration with decentralized Twitter rival Mastodon, allowing Android users to browse postsįrom their Mastodon feeds and share Flipboard content in the app.Įarlier this month, Flipboard launched its Mastodon integration on iOS, allowing Apple users to follow any Mastodon user, hashtag
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