Microsoft Gets Facebook App for Windows 8 Aiding Tablet Push
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Facebook Inc. is building an application for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8, adding one of the most popular programs missing from the operating system designed to help the software maker gain tablet customers.
Flipboard Inc., which lets users combine articles into a digital magazine, and the National Football League will also create apps for Windows 8, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said at a conference today in San Francisco. There are now more than 100,000 apps for Windows 8.