Modo Labs unveils open source mobile framework

CAMBRIDGE, USA: Modo Labs, provider of open source content delivery solutions for mobile platforms and devices, has announced the availability of its Kurogo Mobile Framework version 1.0 for mobile developers.

Kurogo-powered applications feature advanced cross-platform support for the mobile Web, customized for devices ranging from feature phones to the iPad and iPhone.

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According to release, Kurogo empowers educational institutions and corporate enterprises to easily create rich mobile sites.

Kurogo also includes support for iPhone and iPad native application development, an extensive Web-based administration console for easy site management, and a developer guide for installation and development instructions, added the release.

“Kurogo represents the next generation in mobile development platforms,” said Andrew Yu, CEO of Modo Labs.

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“By using Kurogo, smaller educational institutions with limited IT resources can immediately benefit from the years of sophisticated code developed at larger universities, such as MIT and Harvard. Kurogo will help further enable the ever-expanding benefits of mobility as developers at schools and enterprises work collaboratively to convert more online content and functionality for mobile devices.”

“Kurogo represents a successful combination of an open source collaboration and a mobile development framework, resulting in a solution fully capable of meeting the educational enterprise needs,” said J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D., principal analyst with MobileTrax LLC.

The Kurogo Mobile Framework is offered under the MIT license and is available for download, free of charge.