Application Development - Infoworld

• Open source development surges for Android and, surprisingly, iOS

  Open source developers launched 15,000 Android mobile projects in 2012, representing a 96 percent increase over 2011.

• Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days

  A freelance Java developer claims it took him only 30 days to build and launch a basic open source office suite that runs on multiple OSes. Called Joeffice, it works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux as well as in browsers, according to the developer, Anthony Goubard. It includes a very basic word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation program, and database software, Goubard said.