Flipboard, one of the old applications of social media that is not very prominent, today has a new application called Surf. prepared.
Surf, the new application signed by Flipboard, which is currently available by invitation, was prepared as a result of two years of work, according to the company’s statement. The application, which allows people to bring together content/information from many different sources, has a colorful modern interface. The application, which supports RSS, AT Protocol, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Friendica, Threads, Ghost and ActivityPub, was stated by Flipboard CEO Mike McCue.A next-generation browser for the social webIt is defined as “. Application that can blend different search terms or content from tags with other news/information sourcesreveals ready-made streams and trending content on its home page. Essentially trying to bring the entire internet to a single point, Surf, according to McCue, allows users to It solves many of the problems they face when they want to replace major social media services with ones built with open protocols. Therefore, the application, which was born after a long work of two years, will be available to everyone for iOS and Android in the coming period. Surf will also have a web version.
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One of the news-oriented applications that managed to make a difference in recent years was Artifact, prepared by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the founders of the Instagram platform. Centering on artificial intelligence and machine learning infrastructures, the application thus offered a customized/personalized news experience.
It has a social side and focuses on discussing the news with friends. Artifactdid not discriminate between large or small sites and offered the tracking system to its users. Thus, users could see the news shared by the people they follow, comment on these news, and send direct messages to the people. by Kevin Systromthe future of socializationThe practice, seen as “” by some It was also described as the written version of TikTok.
The application, which can also be used in Turkey, is based on a special algorithm and this algorithm is constantly improving according to people’s readings. Later, sad news was given and Artifact the application will be closed was announced. About the closure decision Kevin Systrom, ““We built something that a core group of users loved, but at the final stage we concluded that the market wasn’t big enough to continue investing.” he said. Then the application was acquired by Yahoo was announced.
