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Flipboard’s new app, now with 100M monthly users 👀
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Flipboard first launched in 2010 as one of the first “gorgeous” mobile experiences on the iPhone. It came out with a boom and everyone in tech downloaded it. 6+ years later, these same people ask, “Who still uses Flipboard?”
Answer: 100 million people every month.
Flipboard is one of the largest social networks yet it’s rarely part of the conversation in tech… except for today. CEO, Mike McCue, just introduced the fourth generation of the curation platform, now with Smart Magazines and Video. Check it out. 👀
Answer: 100 million people every month.
Flipboard is one of the largest social networks yet it’s rarely part of the conversation in tech… except for today. CEO, Mike McCue, just introduced the fourth generation of the curation platform, now with Smart Magazines and Video. Check it out. 👀
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21 Inc, a secret Bitcoin startup with over $116 million in funding from top investors (a16z, Peter Thiel) just launched their first consumer app! It lets you earn Bitcoin for doing simple tasks on your phone. 📱💰
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