Apple Announces New iOS App Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru
May 18 2016 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
First-of-its-kind Center to Support Developers Creating
Innovative Mobile Apps in India
Apple® today announced a new initiative to support engineering
talent and accelerate growth in India’s iOS developer
community.
The company will establish a Design and Development Accelerator
in Bengaluru, the home of India’s startup scene. Tens of thousands
of developers in India make apps for iOS, the world’s most powerful
mobile operating system and the foundation for iPhone®, iPad® and
iPod touch®. This initiative will provide additional, specialized
support for them.
Apple’s team will work to inspire and instruct developers on
best practices, help them hone their skills and transform the
design, quality and performance of their apps on the iOS
platform.
“India is home to one of the most vibrant and entrepreneurial
iOS development communities in the world,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s
CEO. “With the opening of this new facility in Bengaluru, we’re
giving developers access to tools which will help them create
innovative apps for customers around the world.”
Each week, Apple experts will lead briefings and provide
one-on-one app reviews for developers. The facility will also
provide support and guidance on Swift™, Apple’s powerful and
intuitive programming language created to build apps for iOS, Mac®,
Apple TV® and Apple Watch®. Swift enables developers to write
safer, more reliable code, save time and create richer app
experiences. A recent report by developer placement firm Toptal
shows jobs requesting Swift rose 600 percent in 2015.
Bengaluru is now home to more technology startups than any other
part of India. Over one million people in the city work in the tech
sector, and over 40 percent of graduates from local universities
specialize in engineering or information technology.
“This is a huge vote of confidence in India’s developer
community and a tremendous opportunity to gain world-class design
and development expertise,” said Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal.
“Apple’s support will help drive growth and accelerate progress
among the country’s vast talent pool.”
“We have worked closely with Apple to transform the Snapdeal app
and offer our users the best possible experience,” said Snapdeal
co-founder and CEO Kunal Bahl. “Apple’s expert guidance on the
interface and user experience has helped us build an app that our
consumers love. We are thrilled Apple will have a local presence
which will amplify our efforts to develop more high-quality apps
for our digital commerce ecosystem.”
“Apple’s investment in Bengaluru through its iOS Development
Accelerator will have far-reaching effects for the area’s rapidly
growing and highly talented developer community,” said NASSCOM
President R Chandrashekhar. “The skills and training they gain
through this effort will significantly improve their app design and
help them reach a broader market. Initiatives like these move the
country forward in our efforts to advance a growth-led and
sustainable technology sector.”
The iOS App Design and Development Accelerator is expected to
open in early 2017.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS —
provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower
people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple
Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s 100,000 employees are
dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the
world better than we found it.
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