Flipboard, the Original iPad Magazine, Lands on the Web — wired.com

Five years ago, Flipboard co-founder and CEO Mike Cue envisioned a web service that would lay out news and stories in a beautiful, magazine-like way. But web technologies weren’t yet evenly distributed enough for what he wanted to do. So, with rumors of Apple’s upcoming tablet device bubbling, the company instead set its sights on developing the first iPad magazine. It turned out to be the more appropriate platform for his startup.

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