Appcelerator launches open source platform for desktop apps
Appcelerator, a Mountain View, Calif. startup that that builds open source tools to ease the development of web applications, is now offering a platform called Titanium for creating hybrid web/desktop applications for your computer and mobile phone. The company also announced a first venture round of $4.1 million.
The obvious precedent here is Adobe AIR, a technology used by companies like The New York Times to build desktop applications that pull data from the web but… Continue Reading