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Appcelerator Acquires Particle Code

By TechTaffy Desk

Appcelerator, an integrated mobile platform for rapidly developing native and mobile web applications using open web technologies, has entered into an agreement to acquire Particle Code, a mobile gaming and HTML5 development platform. The size of the deal was not disclosed.

The Particle Code team has joined Appcelerator’s iOS, Android, and HTML5 core platform group in Mountain View. The acquisition is the second this year for Appcelerator following its acquisition of Aptana in January.

Appcelerator is an enterprise-grade, cross-platform development solution, with over 1.6 million developers using its software over 30,000 cloud-connected mobile, desktop, and web applications used on 30 million devices every day.

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