Google has released tools that “make it easy for anyone to create programs for Android phones”.

Interesting new tools from Google allows Lego like code to create applications.

Much like Lego, App Inventor lets people drag “blocks” of code around to create applications.

Google said it had been working on the system for a year and were pitched at those with little knowledge of programming.

The tools have been tested over the last 12 months by school children and college students, it said.

The graphical blocks represent the different functions and capabilities of a smartphone.

For instance, one tester of the App Inventor used the GPS locator, timer, and database querying blocks to produce an app that told his friends where he …read more

Viable alternatives to Internet Explorer attributed to the decay of IE’s market share…

BBC News…

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser, now accounts for less than 60% of the market, down from 95% at its peak in 2003, according to new figures.

Latest statistics, from measurement firm Net Applications, show that IE has 59.9% of the market, with Firefox gaining on it, with 24.5%.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10095730.stm

CNET News…

Microsoft’s browser market share continued to fall in April, with Internet Explorer now in use for fewer than three in five Web connections.

IE’s share of the market in April was 59.95, down from 60.65 percent in March, according to Net Applications. Google’s Chrome grabbed the lion’s share of that, …read more