Google Releases Tablet App Quality Checklist For Android Developers

Android is getting stronger in the tablet market. With the success of Kindle Fire and Nexus 7, the sole major competitor of iOS has gained huge traction. But, Google isn’t happy with the state of app space for Android tablets. It’s not that third-party apps don’t run on Android tablets, but the experience is just not optimized for the form factor in most cases. To ensure that the users get the most optimized experience while using Android tablets, Google has called upon developers to make nicer apps for tablets. And to assist the developers, it has released a tablet app quality checklist.

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Big Players Join Hands To Build Single Knowledge Repository For Web Developers And Designers

Yesterday, the WebPlatform.org was formally launched. So, what is it? It is an effort to create an “accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive” resource for web developers and designers. What’s the fuzz? Don’t we have such sites spring up every now and then? Sites with such slogan springs out time to time, and falls into oblivion. Only this time, an open web community for developer have come into existence with backings from major players, both in commerce and regulation, on the web – Adobe, Apple, Facebook, Google, HP, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, Opera and W3C.

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Microsoft Inked Deal With Barnes & Noble To Bring Ebooks To Windows 8

Just weeks away from the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft is wrapping up its efforts to build an adequate ecosystem around it. The company has already launched Windows 8 apps store, and has now announced a partnership with Barnes & Noble to bring millions of ebooks to Windows 8 users.

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Galaxy S III Sales Tops All Time High At T-Mobile USA

Galaxy S III is the best-selling device of all time on T-Mobile, according to the mobile operator. T-Mobile USA revealed the information through a tweet in its official Twitter channel. While majority of consumers are falling for the iPhone, T-Mobile users are grabbing the best alternative – Samsung Galaxy S III.

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Foxconn Refutes Reports Of Unrest Among Workers

It was recently reported that Foxconn workers had gone on strike due to strict iPhone 5 quality measures from the Foxconn management. As a result, some 4,000 workers stopped working in an iPhone factory to register their protest. Now, Foxconn has denied the occurrence of any such incident and says that iPhone 5 productions lines are in full swing.

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Aperion Brings Windows 8 Certified ARIS Wireless Speaker For $499

Aperion Audio has announced that its ARIS wireless speaker system is now available for $499. The company claimed that ARIS is the world’s first Windows 8 certified speaker that brings hi-fi to wi-fi. This speaker allows users to listen music from any room in their home. ARIS supports Windows “Play To” feature that gives you ability to select and send music wirelessly from any Windows PC, tablet or smartphone.

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Uncover To Sell 3 MacBook Pro Laptops That Will Have Steve Jobs’ Shadow

Apple co-founder late Steve Jobs was special and Apple is in some ways a special company. But, the future of Apple without Jobs will be written not by what Jobs has left behind, but by what current CEO of Apple Tim Cook and his company do every single day. Cook as well as Apple have honored Jobs’ legacy already. And now, laser-cutting outfit Uncover, in memory of Steve Jobs, announced October 5 that they are going to sell 3 MacBook Pro laptops via auction that will have Steve Jobs’ shadow with the rear-illuminated Apple logo.

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Analysts Pegs HP’s Stock At Negative $2

Hewlett-Packard, from being one of the most successful companies in the tech sphere, has been on a downward spiral for some years. The company rose to the heights of success with its printer business but given the retarded sales of printers in recent years, it has been declining in its profits. Now, an analyst has pegged HP’s stock value at negative $2, calling the company utterly worthless.

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