<s>
Laptop	B-Device
–	I-Device
tablet	I-Device
convergence	I-Device
describes	O
the	O
tendency	O
in	O
recent	O
years	O
for	O
laptops	B-Device
and	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
to	O
converge	O
technologically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Canonical	O
announced	O
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
Touch	I-Protocol
,	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
bring	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
to	O
mobile	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
the	O
Metro	O
UI	O
,	O
a	O
touch-style	O
UI	O
framework	O
for	O
desktop	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	O
announced	O
that	O
by	O
late	O
2014	O
,	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
would	O
allow	O
Android	B-Application
apps	B-Application
to	O
be	O
run	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
Chromebooks	B-Operating_System
and	O
Chromeboxes	B-Protocol
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
ordinary	O
web	O
applications	O
,	O
packaged	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
apps	B-Application
,	O
and	O
also	O
Android	B-Application
apps	B-Application
.	O
</s>
