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We love news aggregation apps, and Flipboard is definitely at the top of our list. Just days after adding audio integration to its Android app, the team behind the awesome app is announcing that Flipboard is now ready and waiting for the launching of the iPad mini. Obviously this means that the team has already prepared its app to work on the iPad mini’s new form factor. We’ll see that on Friday.

The layout and typography of Flipboard has been re-factored to make it easy and still enjoyable on the smaller 7.9-inch screen. “Then, when you open Flipboard from the 7.9″ device, the font size will automatically increase to accommodate the new screen. If you decide that you don’t want this slightly bigger font size on your mini, go to Settings > Text Size to adjust,” writes the Flipboard team.

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We’re not sure how many of you guys need to listen to music while you catch up on the latest news, but if you use Flipboard to curate your news, you might be interested to learn that in the latest Flipboard update for Android, the news curating app has introduced a new feature which is the playback of audio. Yup, it seems that you will now be able to choose from a variety of sources to listen to while you flip through the news, such as NPR, The Economist, PBS and SoundCloud. Granted you could always play music in the background while using the app, we guess this audio integration lets you tune into the news and more informative sources rather than just the musical ones. If you haven’t updated your app yet, you will be able to find the update in the Google Play store. Alternatively if you haven’t download the app yet, you will be able to do so (for free) via the Google Play store as well.

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There are a lot of great ways to get your Engadget news, including our fine selection of apps and our tablet magazine Distro — plus the good ‘ol World Wide Web, of course — but we’ve been shocked to see just how many of you have been consuming our wares daily on Flipboard. Shocked and, well, flattered. The service finally hit Android in June and, in the month after that, our overall Flipboard subscribers jumped and surpassed one million. That’s a huge number on its own, but that’s not all. We’re very proud to say that we’re the first to hit one million subscribers, making Engadget the biggest single property on Flipboard!

We’re so happy about that we want to give a little something back. So, we’re picking up a Nexus 7 and will be sending it to one lucky reader. To enter, all you need to do is sign in and comment below. The full rules are below, so make sure you give those a skim before commenting.

If you’re a Flipboard user with feedback on the Engadget experience there, or a subscriber who would like to sponsor us on Flipboard, email us: flipboard [at] engadget [dot] com!

Continue reading We’re the first to hit a million Flipboard subscribers, and now you can win a Nexus 7!

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We’re the first to hit a million Flipboard subscribers, and now you can win a Nexus 7! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, it’s hardly the release of a new summer blockbuster, but getting full length content from the New York Times in Flipboard is certainly going to excite news hounds that also appreciate fine UI design. A lot of content from magazines and newspapers is presented in abbreviated format in the slick app, but now Times subscribers will have unfettered access to the “paper of record’s” reporting. Even non-subscribers will be able to read some of the publications articles for free, just as they can through the site. Now all you have to do is wait for the switch to be flipped on Thursday and hope that other outlets follow suit.

The New York Times is coming to Flipboard Thursday originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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