Google App Inventor, the simplified Android app creation tool that went dark last year, is getting a new lease on life as an open-source project at MIT. The App Inventor source code was released ...

In a time when technology is rapidly changing, the MIT App Inventor provides an excellent example of how to democratize the process of creation.

Google and MIT have announced an initial free and open-source release of the 'App Inventor' source code for Android.

George Weiss is 84, and he just may be the eldest mobile application inventor in America. His app is called Dabble – The Fast Thinking Word Game, and it is now available for iPhone, iPod touch ...

And because applications can now be created in-house without even relying on any external libraries, those applications made by App Inventor will be free from hidden vulnerabilities or malicious code.