Google announced a product called App Inventor, which aims to make app development simpler. (CNN) -- It's not uncommon these days for people to know how to build websites and create blogs.

The App Inventor source code was released by Google and MIT yesterday as part of a three-month project to create a full-fledged App Inventor server for public use.

Google on Monday revealed a new software tool that lets just about anyone make apps for mobile phones that use its Android software.