Flipboardhas added a new feature that enables anyone to merge product content with editorial on the same magazine. The goal is to help readers better “discover, collect, and buy” items that they might find relevant in their lives. This feature is available today for Flipboard’siOSandAndroidapps. Previously, magazine creators could only curate editorial content, but Flipboard wanted to offer a new way to allow product-specific listings to be included so that readers could not only read, but also make purchases from publications....

You may be able to flip through a selection of books, movies and TV shows in yourFlipboardapp soon, if Mike McCue gets his way. The CEO of the information digest app for iPad says that he is pursuing deals with studio partners to add video content to the app, reportsReuters. The company wants to dip its toes into the already super crowded online streaming video territory occupied by Hulu, Neflix, Amazon and Facebook....

If you had any doubt about what was happening with Flipboard, these numbers are likely to change your mind. When we first played with Flipboard, we saw it as acomplete game-changer, and that has obviously rung true. Speaking from the stage at TechCrunch’sDisrupt conferencein San Francisco, Flipboard CEO Mike McCue has been talking numbers, and big numbers at that. How big? Here’s a rundown: 3 months ago, Flipboard was doing 250 million pageviews....

The world is still in shock afterthe passing of Apple Founder, Steve Jobs. Fromstoriescelebrating his life and achievements toreactions from around the globeas it learned of his passing, it’s very likely you’ll be seeing memorials and tributes popping up across world to pay respect to the man who revolutionized technology. In a classy move,FlipBoard, the personalized and social magazine for iPad, has dedicated a beautiful section in its app honoring the brilliant Apple Founder,tweeting out, “We join you in mourning the loss of Steve Jobs....

While much is said about India being a service oriented, rather than product oriented country, several e-commerce startups have emerged over the last couple of years to prove that India can also nurture Internet companies which can compete with companies in the Silicon Valley. One such startup isFlipkart.com. Hailed as India’s Amazon.com, Flipkart is close to raising $150 million in a PE round of funding from General Atlantic Partners in one of the biggest ever deals for an Indian Internet firm, making it the first Indian Internet company to sport a billion dollar valuation, as revealed byVCCircle....