<s>
Flipboard	B-Application
is	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
and	O
social	O
network	O
aggregation	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Palo	O
Alto	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
with	O
offices	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
Vancouver	O
,	O
and	O
Bejiing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
software	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Flipboard	B-Application
,	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
aggregates	O
content	O
from	O
social	O
media	O
,	O
news	O
feeds	O
,	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
sites	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
other	O
websites	O
,	O
presents	O
it	O
in	O
magazine	O
format	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
"	O
flip	O
"	O
through	O
the	O
articles	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
videos	O
being	O
shared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Readers	O
can	O
also	O
save	O
stories	O
into	O
Flipboard	B-Application
magazines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2016	O
the	O
company	O
claims	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
28	O
million	O
magazines	O
created	O
by	O
users	O
on	O
Flipboard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
via	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
or	O
by	O
a	O
Flipboard	B-Application
application	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
via	O
mobile	O
apps	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
launch	O
of	O
Flipboard	B-Application
in	O
2010	O
was	O
exclusively	O
for	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
5	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Flipboard	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
,	O
beginning	O
with	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
30	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Flipboard	B-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
released	O
through	O
its	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
final	O
stable	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Flipboard	B-Application
for	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
version	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Flipboard	B-Application
app	O
was	O
also	O
demonstrated	O
during	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
2013	O
Build	O
Conference	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
Flipboard	B-Application
blog	O
with	O
a	O
video	O
,	O
although	O
no	O
release	O
date	O
was	O
given	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
22	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Flipboard	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
was	O
rolled	O
out	O
to	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
devices	O
starting	O
with	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Device
Lumia	I-Device
2520	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
Flipboard	B-Application
bought	O
Zite	O
,	O
a	O
magazine-style	O
reading	O
app	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
CNN	B-Architecture
television	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flipboard	B-Application
's	O
content	B-Protocol
filtering	I-Protocol
,	O
topic	O
engine	O
and	O
recommendations	O
system	O
were	O
integrated	O
from	O
this	O
acquisition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
Flipboard	B-Application
became	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
until	O
then	O
,	O
Flipboard	B-Application
was	O
a	O
mobile	O
app	O
,	O
only	O
available	O
on	O
tablets	O
and	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
web	B-Application
client	I-Application
provides	O
webpage	O
links	O
on	O
desktop	O
browsers	B-Application
,	O
and	O
lacks	O
some	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
client	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Flipboard	B-Application
updated	O
their	O
mobile	O
apps	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
to	O
4.0	O
,	O
which	O
brought	O
a	O
full	O
redesign	O
to	O
the	O
application	O
,	O
and	O
implemented	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
smart	O
magazines	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
bundle	O
different	O
things	O
together	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
various	O
news	O
sources	O
,	O
people	O
,	O
and	O
hashtags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
29	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Flipboard	B-Application
disclosed	O
a	O
security	O
breach	O
that	O
affected	O
an	O
unspecified	O
number	O
of	O
users	O
between	O
June	O
2	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
March	O
23	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
April	O
21	O
and	O
22	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
where	O
customer	O
databases	O
including	O
information	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
encrypted	O
passwords	O
and	O
access	O
tokens	O
for	O
third-party	O
services	O
,	O
were	O
accessible	O
to	O
an	O
unauthorized	O
party	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
passwords	O
and	O
authentication	O
tokens	O
for	O
third-party	O
services	O
are	O
being	O
reset	O
,	O
although	O
Flipboard	B-Application
noted	O
that	O
almost	O
all	O
passwords	O
were	O
hashed	O
using	O
the	O
strong	O
bcrypt	B-Algorithm
algorithm	O
(	O
except	O
for	O
some	O
using	O
the	O
insecure	O
and	O
obsolete	O
SHA-1	B-Algorithm
algorithm	O
,	O
replaced	O
by	O
the	O
service	O
in	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
evidence	O
that	O
the	O
access	O
to	O
tokens	O
was	O
abused	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
Flipboard	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
personalisation	O
feature	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
customise	O
their	O
For	O
You	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
mainly	O
positive	O
,	O
with	O
Techpad	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
killer	O
"	O
iPad	B-Device
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
reviewed	O
Flipboard	B-Application
positively	O
,	O
and	O
named	O
the	O
application	O
Apple	O
's	O
"	O
iPad	B-Device
App	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
new	O
update	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
added	O
more	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Reader	I-Application
,	O
a	O
web-based	O
aggregator	O
,	O
and	O
content	O
from	O
more	O
publishers	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
received	O
a	O
favorable	O
review	O
from	O
the	O
Houston	O
Chronicle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Flipboard	B-Application
was	O
blocked	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Firewall	I-Application
of	I-Application
China	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
McCue	O
said	O
on	O
his	O
Twitter	B-Application
feed	O
"	O
China	O
has	O
now	O
officially	O
blocked	O
Flipboard.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
content	O
guide	O
for	O
China	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
anymore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Existing	O
subscriptions	O
for	O
Twitter	B-Application
or	O
Facebook	B-Application
are	O
also	O
automatically	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
's	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
designed	O
for	O
intuitive	O
flipping	O
through	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPhone	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
versions	O
have	O
a	O
"	O
Cover	O
Stories	O
"	O
section	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
page	O
collating	O
only	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
,	O
important	O
items	O
from	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
subscriptions	O
.	O
</s>
