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Apple Opens App Accelerator in Bangalore, India To Foster iOS App Development (mashable.com)

From a report: Apple is taking further steps to foster the developer ecosystem in the world's fastest growing smartphone market. The Cupertino-based company said it has opened a new App Accelerator in Bangalore, India. The announcement comes less than a year after the company said it would open an iOS App Design and Development Accelerator in India's Silicon Valley. Through the new App Accelerator, the company hopes to offer specialised support to developers as well as tools to help them push the boundaries. At the centre, a group of experts will lead briefings and provide one-on-one app reviews for developers. [...] With Apple's push to turn India into its next major market, it will pay in the long run to have quality apps that solve local problems on the App Store.

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  1. Sour Apples by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You know what Apple, let's do this.

    let's all come to india because of xioami and hugo barra(the cuck from google).

    Let's all realize that you are late to the Indian developer ecosystem as well as its market.

    China, makes sense for you because people there value status symbols more over their own economic reality.
    You have fucked India for so long for this, not to mention that Jobs hated India:

    http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/what-steve-jobs-did-in-india-35-years-ago-225246

    but, hey let's forget all of this and follow chinese and google both of which lead in innovation right