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Google Brings Android App Making Capabilities To The Masses

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Jul 12 2010 1:38pm EDT

Power of Creation

Google Inc. has introduced a way for users of smartphones powered by its Android software to make their own apps.

App Inventor uses simple drag and drop methods to create games or informative apps that take advantage of the device's GPS or motion sensing capabilities.

No programming knowledge is needed.

Among the apps Google said can be created are ones that help users remember where they parked their car, an app that shows the location of their friends or colleagues at a concert or conference, or their own custom tour app of their school, workplace, or a museum.

"App Inventor is simple to use, but also very powerful," the company said. "Apps you build can even store data created by users in a database, so you can create a make-a-quiz app in which the teachers can save questions in a quiz for their students to answer."

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