Corona Labs Inc.
| Developer(s) | Corona Labs |
|---|---|
| Operating system | |
| Type | Software Development Kit (SDK) Game engine |
| Website | www.CoronaLabs.com |
Corona Labs Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuse Powered Inc. and is based in Palo Alto, California. Corona Labs is the creator of Corona SDK, a cross-platform mobile development framework that builds native mobile apps for iOS, Android, Kindle and Windows Phone from a single code base.[1]
Company History
Corona Labs was founded in 2008 by Carlos Icaza, previously the manager for such projects as Adobe's Flash Lite, Flash Mobile Authoring, Flash Cast and Adobe Illustrator, and Walter Luh, previously an Architect on Flash Lite team. In late 2009, Corona Labs secured $1 Million in Series A funding from Merus Capital, a venture capital firm founded by former Google and Microsoft executives.[2]
In December 2009, Corona Labs released Corona SDK, initially supporting iOS. In April 2010, they expanded support for the Android operating system. In 2011 Corona began supporting development for Amazon's Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble Nook.
In August 2012, Corona Labs introduced Corona Enterprise which allows developers to integrate any native Objective-C and Java library. Shortly after, in November 2012, Corona Labs received $2 million in capital from Merus Capital and Western Technology Investment. In April 2013, Corona Labs expanded the company's product offerings with the launch of Corona SDK Starter, a free mobile development solution.
Fuse Powered Inc. acquired Corona Labs in November 2014.[3]
Users
Over 300,000 developers have used Corona SDK, including the 14-year old creator of the Bubble Ball game for iOS [4] and the 84-year old creator of Dabble.[5]
Bibliography
- Fernandez, Michelle (April 2012). Corona SDK Mobile Game Development: Beginner's Guide (1st ed.). Packt Publishing. p. 408. ISBN 1849691886.
- Burton, Ed.D., Brian. Mobile App Development with Corona (1st ed.). Burtons Media Group. p. 436. ISBN 978-1-937336-00-4.
References
- ↑ Christina Desmarais, "5 ways to make your mobile app take off" "Inc.", March 21, 2012
- ↑ Anthony Ha, "Ansca Mobile raises $1M to build Adobe Flash rival for iPhone apps", VentureBeat, December 1, 2009
- ↑ Dean Takahashi, "Fuse Powered acquires 2D game engine maker Corona Labs (exclusive)" "VentureBeat", November 4, 2014
- ↑ "14-Year-Old's 'Bubble Ball' App Knocks 'Angry Birds' Out Of Top Spot" "Huffington Post", January 17, 2011
- ↑ Regina Sinsky, "84 Year old becomes eldest app inventor with a word game called Dabble" "VentureBeat", August 17, 2011