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The social publishing and reading app Flipboard is embracing interoperability with the fediverse.The fediverse, a system of decentralized social networking services that includes Mastodon and video sharing software PeerTube, lets users of independently run social hubs see and interact with each other’s content. A common standardized protocol called ActivityPub lets independently owned servers in the fediverse talk to one another, similar to how industry standards make it possible to send email from one provider to another…

Flipboard is the latest mainstream app to officially join the fediverse, the collection of decentralized services that run on the ActivityPub protocol. The news reading app, which has been experimenting with Mastodon for nearly a year, now plans to become with Mastodon and the rest of the fediverse.The news reading app is starting with the accounts of about two dozen publishers, including Polygon, Medium, Semafor, Kotaku and Mental Floss, whose Flipboard content will be discoverable across the fediverse. By next month,…

With so much new content on the web added daily, it can be tough to keep up with what’s happening online. People try several different ways, including visiting specific websites every day, doing Google searches, or relying on social media to keep them informed. One solution that sometimes gets overlooked is an old-school one: The RSS feed. What is an RSS feed? It’s a technology that has influenced many modern internet tools you’re familiar with, and its streamlined, algorithm-free format could make it your next great…

Last year, it was Mastodon; this year, it’s Bluesky. This upcoming decentralized social media app is getting a lot of attention as a potential alternative to Twitter. It’s another destination for people to migrate to after leaving the Musk-owned social media platform. Now, according to Engadget, you can use Flipboard to browse your Bluesky feed. In case you don’t know what Bluesky is, this app is backed by Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter. This is meant to be a Twitter alternative that will prioritize…

Flipboard is the latest service to embrace Mastodon as Twitter becomes increasingly chaotic under Elon Musk. The news reading app, whose founder was once on Twitter’s board of directors, is now going all in on the Fediverse. The company announced that it’s integrating Mastodon into its main app, so that users can browse their feeds much the way they can “flip” through their Twitter timelines. Flipboard is also starting up its own Mastodon instance in an effort to encourage broader adoption among its user base. According…

Image: Flipboard (Getty Images)Declining digital ad revenues and a shaky economic horizon forced major news aggregator Flipboard to cut nearly a quarter of its entire staff last week. Flipboard CEO Mike McCue confirmed the layoffs in a recent Axios report. “Yes, we restructured due to the bad economy and tough outlook for the digital ad business,” McCue told Axios. “As a result we had to make the painful decision to let 24 members (21%) of the team go. We’re doing everything we can to support them through this…