+flipboard+ smartphone/tablet application
- specifically designed to integrate well with iPhone/iPad, capitalizes on “swiping” motion distinct to apple products, but expands and develops new “flipping” motion
- easy to personalize based on tastes…filters through your most looked at boards to form “top stories,” very intuitive feel
- solve the issue of convenience/time, too much social media–> unifies your social media/new/blogs in one place
+twitter+
- hash tags make information searchable and creates an insider language that is NOT so intuitive, but catchy
- real-time information–> you can find out about current events/news before they are verified, in this way everyone is an “insider”
- “followers” give status and affirmation to tweets/thoughts/pictures that are posted by users
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