The New York Times / Amazon / Twitter / Google / San Francisco Chronicle / MIT Logo Group / It-Yourself App Creation Software / /
Facility
Mills College / University of San Francisco / App building / /
IndustryTerm
high-tech objects / visual programming tool / educational computing / high-tech apps / online development environments / software engineers / web browser / communications majors / web service / mobile computing / beta product / Educational software / creative media / learning tool / drag-and-drop tool / computing / online cost / /
OperatingSystem
Android / GNU / /
Organization
MIT / Free Software Foundation / Mills College / Lakeside School in Seattle / University of San Francisco / /
Person
Brian Jepson / Ellen / Mark Friedman / David Wolber / Courtney Nash / Kathy Riutzel / Dave Wolber / Brian Kernighan / Kevin Looney / Rafiki Cai / Minerva Novoa / Liz / Daniel Finnegan / Daniel Wendel / Martin Luther King / Jr. / Lynn Abelson / Hal Abelson / Debby Wallach / Neil Fullagar / Sharon Perl / Keith Golden / Karen Parker / Eric Klopfer / /
Position
Project Manager / interface designer / Manager of the App Inventor for Android project / controller / programmer / /
Product
App Inventor / /
ProgrammingLanguage
Java / Python / /
PublishedMedium
The San Francisco Chronicle / The New York Times / /
Technology
SMS / GPS / Mobile Phones / Android / Operating System / cellular telephone / Java / Smartphones / mobile computing / cell phones / Bluetooth / GUI / /
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