Google and MIT have released App Inventor for Android today on an open source basis.

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

App Inventor — a Google cast-out that is now maintained by MIT — is a graphical tool that unlocks the power of an Android handset to those with the most basic of programming understanding.

Earlier this year Google announced an invitation-only solution called App Inventor. The web-based product offered the ability for non-developers to easily drag-and-drop to create Android ...

When you first look at Google App Inventor for Android, it may not look like much. That is to say, it's ugly. But as with many Google services, beneath a layer of homeliness, there appears to be ...