B&N Seeks Windows Engineers, iOS and Android Developers

By | May 4, 2012
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Windows 8 Start ScreenBarnes & Noble is seeking Windows engineers as well as iOS and Android developers, it says.

Microsoft will take a 17.6 percent stake in B&N’s Nook ebook business and the retailer will create a Nook application for Windows 8 computers and tablets. ZDNet’s Mary-Jo Foley points out there was no mention of a Windows 8 phone app in the companies’ announcement.

The two companies are teaming up to create Newco, a subsidiary encompassing B&N’s digital and college businesses. Microsoft is pitching in $300 million, though Foley also reports that no Microsoft employees will go to the new venture until it comes up with a new name.

The partnership grew out of litigation in which B&N refrained from paying Microsoft for unnamed patents allegedly infringed on by Android. As Apple Insider points out, this settlement puts Microsoft smack in the middle of not only the e-reader craze, but also the digital textbook market that Apple wants to reinvent. B&N does have to pay royalties to Microsoft on every Nook sold.

Foley said she wouldn’t be surprised to see a Windows 8-based Nook device being developed soon.

About Susan Hall

Susan Hall is an accomplished writer and editor living in Louisville, Ky., where they like horses – a lot. Susan boasts some affection for horses, but more for dogs. She has written on a broad range topics from Olympic marathoners to the use of Twitter in the corporate jungle. Born of the print era, she worked at metro dailies such as The Dallas Times Herald, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Times and USA Today. The latter two even still exist. She fled the ink domain and became a member of the MSNBC.com launch team. From there it’s been a giddy ride of project management, research, interviewing, writing and editing in the IT realm. When not working, she and her Cocker Spaniel, Charlie, compete in AKC agility events.

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