Several publishers rushed to bring out apps for the iPad, using clever tools to easily present a digital version of their newspaper or magazine. Some have put in extra effort, like Wired, but most just seem to offer touchable pdf’s. There is another category for news consumption though finding its roots on the web: news readers. In just a few months we’ve seen an interesting development. From well-designed minimalistic apps like Reeder and Headline to a visual news reader like Pulse, “personalized mobile newspaper” Apollo News, and our lastest favorite appetizer, Flipboard. In flipbook-style the latter offers aggregated feeds around popular themes like tech, design, and photography, and combines them with the links and pictures your contacts share with you through Facebook and Twitter. They call it “the first social magazine”. These are exciting times.
