Google and MIT have announced an initial free and open-source release of the 'App Inventor' source code for Android. In the same week that Google announced it will be closing its Picnik image editing ...

MIT has placed its revival of the recently open-sourced App Inventor software from Google into public beta. MIT has placed its revival of the recently open-sourced App Inventor software from Google ...

One of the things that we’re working on right now at MIT is a tool that will help all kinds of people to create more applications based on the new technology that we have. There’s so much coming out ...

Google started out in search, but the company has expanded into a wide range of businesses over the years, starting with advertising and continuing with email, document creation, mobile operating ...

After several months in private beta, Google’s App Inventor for Android is now available for general use, so any business or individual can start using the technology to create Android apps of their ...

Google has made it possible for Android developers to bundle expansion packs of up to 2GB in size with their applications. The company had previously limited the size of Android applications to 50MB, ...

Last time, I described how to write a simple Android app and get it talking to your code on Linux. So, of course, we need an example. Since I’ve been on something of a macropad kick lately, I decided ...

As with a number of its other services Google has now announced the closure of its Android App Inventor. A tool that was created by Google to enable anyone to be able to create Android apps with no ...

Ask any techie about the differences between Android and iOS apps, and you'll get the same answer: Apple's apps are more plentiful, and just plain better designed. And users have responded in kind, ...