Computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Thursday announced the official release date for its WebOS-empowered tablet- the HP TouchPad.

The Palo Alto-based company said that the TouchPad will be available in the US stores starting July 1. Britain, Ireland, Germany and France will get the tablet a few days later, while people in Canada will be able to purchase the device by mid-July.

Boston-based State Street Corp., a provider of financial services to institutional investors, has announced a new mobile app that will allow users to view their complete investment portfolio at a glance.

It is expected that Motorola Mobility's Xoom tablet will be priced very soon. It is heard that it will be more expensive than the Apple iPad. The price of this upcoming tablet computer with the initial versions will be near about $800.

Motorola unveiled the uncut Super Bowl spot for the Xoom tablet packed with Apple references in an effort to pitch in iPad users. While promoting its new tablet Motorola posted an ad teaser and a series of ads of web streamers, which mixed imagery from Apple's iconic “1984” advertisement.

Rupert Murdoch has announced on Wednesday that a news application named The Daily has been designed for the iPad. It will be a path-breaking invention as per Murdoch. He has mentioned that he is expecting to position his News Corporation front and center in the digital newsstand of the future. The users may avail this service in near future.

The world tablet market is gaining momentum at an unbelievable pace, mostly due to the high demand for Apple's iPad.

In last year's final quarter, the media tablet market shot up by 45.1 pc. The shipments touched 4.8 million units all over the world, and 87.4 pc of that turned out to be Apple's iPad.