Using Google App Inventor now anyone can create an android app. Google says that App Inventor is built on the idea that you do not need to be a developer to build great mobile applications. Instead of code, App Inventor allows you to visually design applications and use blocks to specify application logic.

Now many have a genuine worries that this might lead to a flurry of crap apps in the marketplace. For one thing registration costs $25 and that will be a hindrance for many. Plus, I think, Google might charge more from such developers. Google is in a win-win situation over here. It can get lots of apps in its marketplace and all it has to do is sort out the good ones for users.

Further, many non-geeky iPhone loving youngsters might be attracted in buying android phones once they start creating their own apps. It is like watching a crap television show on TV just because you have featured in it

Apply for it over here. You can watch the video hereon youtube. Its is an unlisted video, ie. only those with the link can view it. Wonder why Google does not want to make it viral?

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey might have not yet found the way to monetize Twitter, but he has found a way to transfer money in the physical world using a mobile phone.  Square is, nearly, open for business. Innovative is the other name for him as he has already changed the world with Twitter. The new mobile payment service lets vendors collect cash from credit cards using a mobile phone. It swipes the card’s magnetic strip and the credit card owner is then required to sign for verification using the phone’s touchscreen.

Dorsey demonstrated a Square transaction in a San Francisco coffee house to TechCrunch. The cost of a coffee in San Fran, $4. The ability to pay the vendor directly with your credit card using their mobile phone, priceless.

Square uses a small card scanner which hooks up to a mobile by plugging straight into the audio-in jack. It lets you make physical credit card transaction payments, instantly.  At the moment it works on both the iPhone and Android phones.

What’s more no contracts, monthly fees, or hidden costs. It effortlessly manage all the money you take with an easy and intuitive interface.

As a payer, your receipts can be sent to your email or mobile phone instantly and can be accessed securely online. You can also use a text message to authorize every payment in real-time.

You can create a Square payer account to speed up and secure every payment. With photo verification, Square users can visually confirm you are the card holder.

If you are a regular customer of a shop that accepts Square, the system will automatically notify the vendor about it.

It had an initial funding of 10 million in the time of recession. You can judge from this the amount of faith investors have on Jack Dorsey.

According to research carried out by app store analytics company Distimo, the majority of sales taking place in the App Store are for games, while Android users are buying more tools and applications.

Studying the top 15 paid applications  for the iPhone, the report found nine of them were games, while not even one game made the top 15 on the Android chart. To balance that, not one productivity or utilities app appeared in Apple’s top 15.

This pattern continues for free games as well. One important point from the report is Classic games on Android Market are more popular than in the Apple App Store, with even 3 out of the 15 most popular games for Android being emulators. These types of emulators are not allowed in the Apple App Store.

If you are a developer you can sign up for developing apps for iphone and android.