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Appcelerator

Appcelerator is a privately held mobile technology company based in San Jose, California. Its main products are Titanium, an open-source software development kit for cross-platform mobile development, and the Appcelerator Platform. Founded in 2006, Appcelerator serves industries including retail, financial services, healthcare, and government. it raised more than $90 million in venture capital financing. On February 24, 2021, Axway announced in one of their company blogs that Appcelerator was being discontinued by March 1st, 2022 and they would be releasing their Titanium SDK into open-source

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Appcelerator is a privately held mobile technology company based in San Jose, California. Its main products are Titanium, an open-source software development kit for cross-platform mobile development, and the Appcelerator Platform. Founded in 2006, Appcelerator serves industries including retail, financial services, healthcare, and government. it raised more than $90 million in venture capital financing. On February 24, 2021, Axway announced in one of their company blogs that Appcelerator was being discontinued by March 1st, 2022 and they would be releasing their Titanium SDK into open-source

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  1. date of foundation: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373232528

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