This content aggregator continues to make people talk. If a few days ago we informed you of the leak of Flipboard for the Android platform, now this useful tool receives a update for Apple devices, greatly expanding its possibilities thanks to the introduction of sound With this, Flipboard is no longer just useful for reading articles, but also can be used to listen to podcasts and music
And this application has joined forces with SoundCloud, another service that allows to record all kinds of sounds, voice notes, songs, etc and share them publicly or privately. Thus, it is possible accompany the reading of articles and news with these sounds or, directly, follow the podcasts or radio shows from different users of SoundCloud throughFlipboard, as if it were a source of more content
All you have to do is insert your SoundCloud user data, if you have an account on this social network, in the Audio section, which can be found by clicking on the lupa button located in the upper corner right.Here, you can search through the sounds and songs of the users you follow, or search for podcasts and shows of channels that have signed an agreement with Flipboard to offer their content here, such as NPR and PRI Thus, once the program, sound or song you want to listen to has been selected, it is possible to continue reading the articles, without the need to interrupt playback. And if you want to control it, a small button has been added to the lower left corner of the screen that opens the player
But this is not the only novelty of Flipboard 1.9 Thanks to the introduction of sound, it has been possible to develop a system for blind people also enjoy this application. This is an accessibility service that reads content aloud thanks to the function VoiceOver of devices AppleIf this is activated from the Settings menu of the mobile or tablet, the operation of Flipboard changes to be used without having to see the screen. With this, it is only necessary to press on a section for a voice to read theheadline, and if that article is of interest, a double-click opens it forread it aloud
And there's even more in this update to Flipboard 1.9 Along with sound, other useful functions have arrived, such as Readability, Read It Later and PocketThese are systems that allow to store articles and news in the cloud (Internet) to be able to read them at any time from any device With this, the user does not lose any information of interest, having access to it through any platform.
In short, a most complete update, especially for the Japanese , who have an exclusively located edition Thus, Flipboard It no longer only collects the news from the user's favorite pages, but the sound becomes, together with the social networks , a important source for this application. This version 1.9 of Flipboard is now available for download for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch of formcompletely free via iTunes
