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Flipboard just launched Surf, its new social app and feed reader

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It combines Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, and other content into something that feels entirely new. It combines Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, and other content into something that feels entirely new. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It’s sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a feed reader that lets you subscribe to almost any website, podcast, or YouTube channel; and a tool for creating and following feeds of interesting content, a la Flipboard magazines. It’s a browser for the fediverse, or for the open social web, if either of those phrases means anything to you. It’s also one of the most compelling ideas you’ll find about the future of the internet. After well over a year in beta, Surf is officially launching on Thur

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Flipboard's new 'social websites' help publishers and creators tap into the open social web | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Flipboard on Thursday announced…

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Flipboard's new 'social websites' help publishers and creators tap into the open social web | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Flipboard on…

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Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Flipboard on Thursday announced…

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