PhoneGap to become an Apache project as Adobe acquires Nitobi | Linux Today

PhoneGap to become an Apache project as Adobe acquires Nitobi

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 4, 2011

“Alongside news of the acquisition, Adobe and Nitobi have
jointly announced plans to donate the PhoneGap project to the
Apache Software Foundation.

PhoneGap is an open source mobile development framework for
building applications with standards-based Web technologies. The
project provides a cross-platform Web runtime that allows
application developers to reach multiple mobile operating systems
with a single code base. It includes a custom API stack that
enables platform integration and exposes device capabilities.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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