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02-14-2018, 10:50 PM
Flipboard CEO: Apple News is 'living in the past'
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Shots have been fired in what is ramping up to be a war of the news reader apps.
At the Code Media conference on Tuesday, Flipboard (https://mashable.com/category/flipboard/) CEO Mike McCue shared his not-so-subtle thoughts on one of his company's biggest competitors, Apple News.
“Apple News as a product is living in the past,” McCue said, according to Recode (https://www.recode.net/2018/2/13/17010474/flipboard-ceo-apple-news-diss-mike-mccue).*
SEE ALSO: Siri can now read you the news on your iPhone (https://mashable.com/2018/01/23/ios-11-2-5-siri-read-the-news/)
McCue reportedly criticized Apple News for lacking social sharing capabilities, for leaving news curation to algorithms (not humans), and for the lift on publishers who have to "adopt" another format.*
“We’re not trying to create a closed ecosystem," McCue said. "And that’s a big deal for publishers.” Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/14/flipboard-disses-apple-news/)
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Shots have been fired in what is ramping up to be a war of the news reader apps.
At the Code Media conference on Tuesday, Flipboard (https://mashable.com/category/flipboard/) CEO Mike McCue shared his not-so-subtle thoughts on one of his company's biggest competitors, Apple News.
“Apple News as a product is living in the past,” McCue said, according to Recode (https://www.recode.net/2018/2/13/17010474/flipboard-ceo-apple-news-diss-mike-mccue).*
SEE ALSO: Siri can now read you the news on your iPhone (https://mashable.com/2018/01/23/ios-11-2-5-siri-read-the-news/)
McCue reportedly criticized Apple News for lacking social sharing capabilities, for leaving news curation to algorithms (not humans), and for the lift on publishers who have to "adopt" another format.*
“We’re not trying to create a closed ecosystem," McCue said. "And that’s a big deal for publishers.” Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/14/flipboard-disses-apple-news/)
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