Flipboard is ready to work with Bluesky and Pixelfed

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An image of the three icons for Bluesky, Flipboard, and Pixelfed, with plus signs between them.

Now, you can flip through butts in Flipboard thanks to Bluesky integration. | Image: Flipboard

Self-styled social magazine Flipboard has integrated Bluesky into its apps for iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. Support arrives as a beta feature just a couple of weeks after the first release of Bluesky’s code, which gives programmers access to develop using the AT protocol on which it’s built. Flipboard announced posts from open-source Instagram alternative Pixelfed — which uses the same ActivityPub protocol that powers Mastodon — will be available in its app in “the coming days.”

If you use Flipboard, then you can add Bluesky by tapping the four-squares icon at the bottom of the app and going to the accounts tab. A list of accounts should show up, giving you the option to set up a connection to your preferred social network,...

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