California-based Flipboard was launched in 2010 and the company has raised more than $160 million with backing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures, Insight Venture Partners and Rizvi Traverse Management.

Integration of Twitter and Flipboard apps as a result of an acquisition could help Flipboard take advantage of advertisements from some major brands. Flipboard could become larger by expanding to Twitter’s entire user base.

In January, Flipboard advanced its monetization st