RIP, Google Reader: Here’s what to use instead

So Google is shutting down Google Reader and the Twitterati are up in arms. What's a old-fashioned RSS-loving web geek to do? Find an alternative, of course.

Inq’s stunning Material app launches to take down Flipboard & Grokr

After showing off the app in January, Inq Mobile’s beautiful new Material app for Android has finally launched in beta to take on fellow content discovery apps like Flipboard and Grokr.

Former ‘Facebook phone’ maker Inq pivots to apps with beautiful Flipboard killer Material

The company behind the "Facebook phone" now wants to deliver news to you.

Google unveils gorgeous new version of Currents, its Flipboard competitor

Google announced a major update to Google Currents, its Flipboard/Pulse competitor today.

Flipboard dips its toes into commerce with its first ‘shop-able’ catalog

A new commerce experience launched Friday suggests that Flipboard aspires to spruce up mobile shopping experiences for retailers and consumers.

Trapit for iPad aims to fix mobile browsing with artificial intelligence

Browsing is flawed — on the Web, but even more so on mobile. That’s the message Trapit co-founder Hank Nothhaft conveyed to me as he demoed his solution to the problem: a Trapit iPad application that uses artificial intelligence to …

Flipboard finally makes its way to Android phones, still no tablet support

Flipboard, the app that turns your tired old RSS feeds and social streams into a slick digital magazine layout, is finally coming to Google Android platform with a brand new phone application, the startup announced today.

The Flipboard service initially …

Flipboard’s getting ads, courtesy of Condé Nast

Everyone’s favorite iPad social reader, Flipboard, is getting itself a revenue stream.

The startup, which recently raised a $50 million round, has just inked a deal with mega-publisher Condé Nast to include full-page advertising in some of its digital offerings, …