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 ...

MIT App Inventor makes it easy for anyone to turn creative ideas into interactive games without prior coding skills. Its visual, drag-and-drop interface lets you quickly design, program, and test ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. In today’s digital world, mobile applications have become the glue that connects people with both information and just about every kind ...

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 ...

This is a simple project. It uses an Android device to switch an LED driven by the Arduino. Connectivity is provided by the Bluetooth module inserted in the breadboard. But one look at the UI on the ...

I spent around 90 minutes this morning cranking away on a few test applications in App Inventor, and while I’m very excited about it, this is not going to be a walk in the park for “ordinary people”.

In 2011, Google shut down their Google Labs' doors, leaving many, disappointed. Popular app "Android App Inventor" was handed over to MIT, as well as a decently sized donation to help fund a new ...

It's a fact that Google is stuffed to the brim with really, really smart people. You might think you're a bit of a brainbox, but compared to those dudes at Google, we're all idiots. So to help us feel ...

Back in July 2010, Google announced a nifty educational project called App Inventor. The goal? Give non-programmers a relatively easy way to build their own applications for the Android platform, ...