Apple opens in Italy, in Naples, the first center of app development in Europe – The Messenger

Apple chooses Naples to open the first center for app development in Europe. Six hundred jobs provided. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who will meet in Rome on Friday Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook. The structure – announced by the Cupertino computer giant – will provide students with practical skills and training on application development for iOS, the mobile operating system of the Californian.

“L ‘Europe is home to some of the developers more creative in the world and we are excited to help the next generation of entrepreneurs in Italy to gain the skills necessary to succeed, “said Cook. For the successor to Steve Jobs at the helm of the multinational information technology, “the phenomenal success of the App Store is one of the driving forces behind the more than 1.4 million jobs that Apple has created in Europe and presents unlimited opportunities for people all ages and companies of all sizes across the continent. ”

He was born less than 10 years ago, the field of applications for smartphones and tablets currently employs over 97 thousand people in Italy, where purchases from app stores are worth 300 million euro. Only Apple has registered 264 thousand developers in the beautiful country, of a European total of 2.96 million, which so far have earned 10.2 billion Euros. The center of Naples Apple will develop in synergy with the ‘Federico II University, announced the Chancellor Gaetano Manfredi. Satisfied Luigi Nicolais, president of the National Research Council, which has relations of cooperation with Apple. “These are companies that create quality jobs and induced a strong” comments.

We have already discussed the future of the settlement center Apple. In the most preferred the former Olivetti center in Pozzuoli, on the Phlegrean coast, near Naples. De Luca does not exclude Bagnoli, it is ongoing in the reclamation of the former Italsider area and the Federico II offers in San Giovanni in Teduccio, of warehouses from the former Cirio, which are already in operation around thirty laboratories. It appears less likely the choice of Scampia area towards for which has already expressed interest in Cisco.