30.09.2011 23:05 Uhr, Quelle: MacNN

Facebook may have snubbed HP's TouchPad to court Apple

Facebook may have short-changed the HP TouchPad's Facebook app to patch up relations with Apple. An exposé on Friday alleged that Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs was "livid" when he learned of the webOS app's full extent and wanted it gone, considering it a betrayal of a promise the iPad would get first crack at a tablet app. According to Mashable, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg agreed to pull the app, but when opposed by HP's mobile head Jon Rubinstein simply pulled access to Facebook programming interfaces, rendering the app mostly ineffective.

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