Flipboard, which originally launched as a mobile application that let users turn their social media feeds and favourite websites into a personal digital magazine, is now helping people share those magazines.
The updated iPad and iPhone app enables readers to save news stories, videos and photos in a personal magazine that can then be shared with other people.
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Podcast - 27th March 2013
Today's edition of The Fonecast takes a look at the top mobile-related news stories from the past week, including the new Google Keep app, Apple's mapping acquisition and Facebook's VoIP service.
We also cover the BlackBerry World application store, a new UK 4G survey from eBay, in-car connectivity and the recent Yahoo! purchase of Summly.
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The Wall Street Journal says Apple has acquired WifiSLAM, a Californian company that uses WiFi signals to calculate a user’s location indoors as an alternative to GPS.
The deal to buy the two-year-old business is reported to be worth around $20 million.
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Business accounting software specialist Intuit has announced a new mobile-based payment system for retailers.
It’s called Intuit Pay and has been designed to let UK businesses take card payments face-to-face and over the phone. The service combines a free iOS app and a chip & PIN card reader, which is also free at the moment.
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Tablet apps are expected to generate $8.8 billion (£5.9 billion) in revenue this year, with $16.4 billion (£11 billion) expected to come from smartphone applications.
That gives tablet apps a 35% share of the revenue, according to the latest forecast from ABI Research.
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