Flipboard For Windows 10

I have become a heavy Flipboard user ever since it was released for Windows PCs and Tablets last fall.In the evenings after work, I often grab my Dell Venue 8 Pro and go sit somewhere quiet to catch-up on all the news and stories that hit throughout the day. Flipboard was founded as one place to find the stories for your day, bringing together your favorite news sources with social content, to give a deep view into everything from political issues to technology trends to travel inspiration.

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I started blogging back in 2012. As a tech blogger, I had to keep up with the latest technology and apps. The best way to do that was to follow popular blogs and news sites. And Google Reader was the only RSS Feed Reader that I used. Unfortunately, in June 2013 Google announced that they are going to shut down the service. So, it was time to find alternatives.

Many sites pointed to use Feedly. So I started using it. After using it for some time my friend suggested me to use a personalized News Reader called Flipboard. I downloaded it and I loved it. I’m STILL using it. But, I believe change is essential to live a happy life.

So, I thought let’s get back to Feedly. I logged into Feedly with my Google account and the feeds were the same as before. Reminding me of those days as a fresh Blogger. I used it for some days and I started liking it. I liked its simplicity but it lacked the personalization of Flipboard. So, now the question arises. Can Feedly be the ultimate news reader app? Which is the best app for the News-savvy? Flipboard or Feedly? Let’s find out.

FYI: I’m going to compare here only the Android app of both the services. And the following are my own personal views.

Let’s start with the design of both the Android apps.

UI/Design

Feedly has nice clean and simple design. Nothing fancy to attract the eyes. But it gives a satisfying user experience in terms of design. Transitioning between pages is great. A simple swipe gets the work done. The swipe transition has been integrated across all the corners of the app. Even to close an article, you just have to swipe from below.

Things get fancy with Flipboard. A complete user interface that’s made to flip. A magazine style UI that comprises of authentic typography and excellent use of featured images. For sure Flipboard will eat more mobile data in comparison to Feedly, albeit, it can be controlled from the settings menu.

In Feedly you get three transition options for the app – swipe, scroll, and stack (which is default). Along with that, it also offers the dark mode option for night owl readers. Flipboard has no such customization options to change the UI. You can just change the text size and make the app go full screen. Though I like Flipboard’s UI just as it is. The authenticity is all I want.

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Grabbing the News

Feedly does a great job in grabbing feeds for any website on the internet. If you have no idea which news sites to follow then you can simply tap on your interested category (eg. Tech) and it’ll present you the most popular feeds to follow. Or else you can type in the name of the source. After you’ve found your source, Feedly will ask you to add it in a category.

Flipboard goes one step ahead and shows social network results of the query you enter. If the source you want to follow is popular then it will probably have its own magazine customized by Flipboard itself, as shown in the screenshot on the right. If you’re following a less popular source then you won’t even get its RSS feeds. But, you can follow their Twitter or Facebook account to get updated.

Other than that you can simply follow the topics you’re interested in and Flipboard will show you articles and news from the various sources around the globe for that particular topic. In comparison to Flipboard, Feedly is much accurate in grabbing feeds for any source on the internet. To get more accurate results in Feedly, you just need type in the source URL (eg. Guidingtech.com).

Content Management

Feedly provides great ease of use in content management. If you want to remove a Feed then you can simply hit Edit Content in the sidebar, select the Feeds and tap on Remove. Along with adding and removing content you can also create a Boards to categorize specific articles. It’s most helpful when doing some research on a topic.

In competition with Boards, Flipboard has magazines. Any user can create a magazine of his own and also follow magazines created by other users. Removing content is as simple as drag and drop and the same for organizing different sources in the dashboard.

It’s much easier to manage content on Feedly in comparison to Flipboard. In Flipboard when you’ve followed too many topics and sources, it just gets messed up with article and sources you really don’t care. And, it can take some time in unfollowing them. Whereas in Feedly, you can do that easily.

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Reading Experience

Feedly provides a unified experience across the app in terms of reading experience. The typography provided is perfect for ease of reading. If you want to open an article directly into a browser then you can just choose the option to Open Webpage Directly. You can add the article to save it for later or else add it to a Board.

Flipboard, on the other hand, doesn’t provide a unified reading experience. The popular sources on Flipboard are specially customized by the Flipboard team. Whereas, the less popular ones open in webview or as of now in a Chrome custom tab. Sometimes, the customized articles cause glitches when flipped. I mostly prefer to read the article in webview on Flipboard.

Apart from that, you can personalize your reading experience by fine-tuning your Flipboard dashboard. Also, you can mute a website from getting the notification in the notification drawer.

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Conclusion: Simplicity vs Personalization

Feedly is simple, easy to use and uniform across the app. Flipboard is beautiful, customizable and social. Now, it’s your turn to decide. Do you want an app that offers simplicity and uniformity or an app that is socially connected and personalized? Let us know you view down in the comments.

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Flipboard is a popular application which is only available currently for smartphones running OS like Android and iOS. Unfortunately, the developers didn’t think of providing Flipboard for PC but since a lot of people use the application on daily basis and if you like to stay updated with all the latest resources and tech news then you should also use the application. For the reason, we are going to show you this simple guide on how you can download and install Flipboard for PC and you can even install it if you have a Mac.

Flipboard is a popular RSS feed service, a personal magazine that brings in the best tech news and updates from a variety of top sites in the world. You can easily download the application on your smartphone, create an account and choose the best websites that you want to read everyday.

But since the application is only available for smartphones and tablets running Android and iOS and there is no official client to download it for computer, we thought of sharing a simple way to download Flipboard for PC and Mac using an app player. So let’s get started with the tutorial and if you find any difficulty then do share it with us.

Steps to Download Flipboard for PC (Windows XP, Vista, 7)

Since we don’t have a version of the application that is supported by computers, we are going to use an app player to install the application.

In this case, we are going to use BlueStacks app player to download the app on your computer. BlueStacks is basically an Android emulator software which creates a suitable environment on your computer for the applications to run easily.

So the first thing you need to do is download BlueStacks for PC and then install the app player on your computer. Once you have downloaded and installed it on your computer, you need to follow the steps below to get Flipboard on computer.

Open BlueStacks and you will see a search box on the dashboard.
Type in “Flipboard” in the search box and hit the Find button.
You will see some search results and the first one would be Flipboard app.
When you click on the Flipboard app, you will see different app stores like Amazon Appstore and Google Play Store from where you can download the application.
Click on the Google Play Store and the application will start downloading on your PC.
When the download process is complete, the application will now install on your computer.

By following the above steps, you will be able to install Flipboard on your computer. Once installed, you need to launch Flipboard by going to the “My Apps” tab or under the dashboard and click on the Flipboard app icon and the app will launch on your computer.

Flipboard App Windows 10

Then you just need to set it up by creating your account and choosing the websites and interests and you are all done. You have successfully installed Flipboard on your computer running Windows 7, XP and Vista.

Download Flipboard for PC (Windows 8)

If you have Windows 8 installed on your computer then you don’t need to follow the above steps because an official app for Windows 8 has already been launched and you can download the app from the link below.

Flipboard Para Windows 10

If your computer runs on Windows OS then these are the only methods that you need to use. An official app is available for Windows 8 but if you use Windows 7, XP or Vista then you can use BlueStacks to download the app on your PC.

Steps to Download Flipboard on Mac:

If you have Mac then also you can download Flipboard easily. You are going to follow the same steps that we followed above.
First of all you need to download BlueStacks and install it on your computer.
Then you need to launch BlueStacks and type in “Flipboard” in the search box and from the search results, click on the Flipboard result and choose one of the app stores to proceed further.
Now the download process of the app will begin and once it is completed, the app will be installed.

That’s all you need to do! You have successfully installed Flipboard on your Mac and now you need to launch the app, create an account and select the best sites and interests and you are all set.