MIT App Inventor 1, launched in March 2012 after incubation at Google, currently has 1.3 million users who have built 3.2 million apps.

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 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.

Android App Inventor is not about the next generation of flatulence apps. It's about the essence of 21st Century education.

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