Several news reader apps (like Zite and News360) are likewise attempting to help readers with 'discovery' of content. If, that is, I wasn't already a thousand articles behind in my other feeds-the subscriptions I have signed up for and the non-algorithmic feeds coming from my social connections on Twitter and Facebook. I found, in a very brief test, that Cover Stories did a good job of finding articles I didn't know about and that I would be interested in reading. As you interact with Cover Stories, it's supposed to get better.

A 'Cover Stories' feed correlates your reading behavior with that of people in your social circles to get you articles it predicts you'll like. The new version of the app shows where this is going. Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNETįlipboard CEO Mike McCue has said he's taking the service in a new direction and layering in new socially aware article discovery features. Flipboard can't do as much on the iPhone's small screen as it can on the iPads, but it still makes content feeds, and articles, look good.

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