Some programmers remain unconvinced of the need to make games, magazines or other online tools for a software maker more than two years late to the tablet market.
Facebook Inc. (FB), the world’s largest social network, has no plans to make a Windows 8 app even though it makes apps for the iOS and Android, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Flipboard, whose CEO is ex-Microsoft executive Mike McCue, isn’t planning a Windows 8 version, said Marci McCue, head of marketing for the company, which is based in Palo Alto, California. Flipboard’s app, which aggregates a user’s social- networking feeds, has built apps for the iPad and tablets that run Android.
Other big app makers, including Zynga Inc. (ZNGA), PopCap Games, Twitter Inc., Pandora Media Inc. (P) and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), declined to comment on their plans for Windows 8.