Google to talk tablets, TV, social

Google is expected to show off a new champion in the tablet computer wars this week as it courts developers whose fun, hip or functional programs are vital to Internet gadgets or services.

The range of sessions at the annual Google I/O, geek-speak abbreviation for Input/Output, gathering of software developers that kicks off on Wednesday will be as wide as the company`s array of products and services.

But the objective behind the workshops, talks, and parties will be to assure software savants that it is worth devoting time and energy to `apps` that shine on stages such as Android, Chrome, YouTube, Google TV and Google+ social network.

`What is going on is a battle for hearts and minds, both of consumers buying the devices running on these platforms and of developers who create the apps that have so much allure to people,` said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin.

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Edited by:
Sabbin Hasan, ICT Editor