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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some have dubbed the latest smartphones "app phones." After all, the redefinition of the smartphone from the days of Windows Mobile and PalmOS has been the sheer number of helpful, effective, yet ...

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 ...

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, ...