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Apple to Open iOS App Development Centers, Starting in Italy
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But seems you don't consider Naples to be "big enough" for this!
I'm not Italian like you, but to my understanding, IT companies concentrate in Milan and Rome, but in Naples, it would be a bigger thing for the city, than it would be for Milan and Rome.
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They already have done that, it's called the Playground feature in Xcode.
It's not even only useful for children, but for real programmers to quickly test algorithms and even graphical things!
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That's not what a pizza is!
Tomato paste, cheese?
Apple has announced that it will be opening its first iOS app development center in Europe at a partner institution in Naples, Italy. Apple expects to expand this program to other countries around the world in the future.
The center will provide a specialized curriculum for students to learn practical skills and training on developing iOS apps, and Apple will work with partners around Italy who train developers to create additional opportunities for students.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company's ecosystem now supports 1.4 million jobs in Europe, including 1.2 million jobs attribute to the app economy. In Italy, specifically, Apple said over 75,000 jobs are linked to the App Store.Apple recorded a record-breaking $1.1 billion in App Store sales during the 2015 holiday season. Christmas Day and New Year's Day both set single-day records, with customers spending over $144 million on January 1, 2016 in particular.
Apple has now paid European developers over EUR10.2 billion since the App Store launched.
Article Link: Apple to Open iOS App Development Centers, Starting in Italy
Apple has announced that it will be opening its first iOS app development center in Europe at a partner institution in Naples, Italy. Apple expects to expand this program to other countries around the world in the future.
The center will provide a specialized curriculum for students to learn practical skills and training on developing iOS apps, and Apple will work with partners around Italy who train developers to create additional opportunities for students.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company's ecosystem now supports 1.4 million jobs in Europe, including 1.2 million jobs attribute to the app economy. In Italy, specifically, Apple said over 75,000 jobs are linked to the App Store.Apple recorded a record-breaking $1.1 billion in App Store sales during the 2015 holiday season. Christmas Day and New Year's Day both set single-day records, with customers spending over $144 million on January 1, 2016 in particular.
Apple has now paid European developers over EUR10.2 billion since the App Store launched.
Article Link: Apple to Open iOS App Development Centers, Starting in Italy
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ha ha ha... yes. i know that. been to naples a couple of times actually. and i love the city tooNaples is the home town of very creative people.... don't know what your problem is with that city
They invented the Pizza (the real one not the Pizza Hut one)
was just curious
mm... with all due respect to unis in naples, there are much better unis across italy. i am guessing in terms of innovations in the last decade of so from unis, rome, milan, or turin will be ahead.
great city yes but that cant be the reason to open this!
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mmm... i think pizza is not strictly "italian" .
it is something that has evolved over centuries and the most established version is now considered to be italian.
Oh, Napoli is a big city for italian and european standards (it has 1 mln citizens, while Milan is just a little bigger at 1,4 mln).
Dimensions and population aren't the problem.
What I am trying to say is that perhaps Nápoles probably has more people looking for something like this, than Milan and Rome, that probably have more offering.
Why does it need to be politics? Should everything be US first?
This could be just a simple case of Apple having done thier research and analysed that Europe markert is best suited to grow?
Makes sense as most of the Apps i use are not from eu developers ....
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Rents cheaper in Naples
Because it makes sense economically, you americans are making too much.
And yes, Apple needs to expand outside the US.
I can tell you why Apple did NOT choose California or other large markets in the US:
We have enough training already.
There's Bootcamps up to your neck all over the country and more equipped to do things like postponing tuition costs, housing students, placing candidates, etc.
Code Academy, Viking, Anyone, Code.io, etc.
We have so many that anyone can really change themselves and develop, with iOS or otherwise, if they want.
I'm not sure how many camps are in Italy but I doubt it's as many as here. I say good on them. It's sort of like a pilot program and it serves to benefit a community that probably has a high demand for talent with a lack of readily available resources to build them.
We have enough training already.
There's Bootcamps up to your neck all over the country and more equipped to do things like postponing tuition costs, housing students, placing candidates, etc.
Code Academy, Viking, Anyone, Code.io, etc.
We have so many that anyone can really change themselves and develop, with iOS or otherwise, if they want.
I'm not sure how many camps are in Italy but I doubt it's as many as here. I say good on them. It's sort of like a pilot program and it serves to benefit a community that probably has a high demand for talent with a lack of readily available resources to build them.
Are they just truly lazy or do some of them read the latest news all the time and don't want to be played as chumps?
I mean, look at the numbers alone - citing number of jobs and not pay rate. Few of those jobs is sustainable, never mind the cost of equipment to get into the field. Assuming there are problems other than just lazy sexed up druggie youth and every other possibility can be given a cheap excuse or "get out of responsibility free" card while the youth are constantly scapegoated? Just sayin'...
In Naples there is one of the biggest university in Italy and is well known for computer science.
And in the past many firms opened branches on the south of Italy because of tax benefits, I don't know if Apple made some deals with the italian government but it is a possibility.
The majority of IT companies are in Milan and Apple has its headquarter in downtown Milan so I was a bit surprised about Naples but it is ok. They're starting a university and Naples is full of students. Many of them will likely relocate in the north of Italy or abroad after they finish their study but this is not something Apple should care about since their goal is to train developers, not give them jobs.
Does Italy actually need this? Are there not more deprived areas of the world - including much of the US where poor black communities with no access to the tech world and no abilities to learn this kinda stuff could potentially benefit far more from this?
I'm not saying Apple isn't a diverse company - it isn't - and I'm not saying MLK isn't a big influence on Mr Cook - maybe, kinda, but couldn't Apple have used it vast reserves of cash to actually help vast groups of people who will never get this chance...
Just saying..
I'm not saying Apple isn't a diverse company - it isn't - and I'm not saying MLK isn't a big influence on Mr Cook - maybe, kinda, but couldn't Apple have used it vast reserves of cash to actually help vast groups of people who will never get this chance...
Just saying..
I don't know how much money Apple is investing in Naples because it is unclear how many people will be employed in this Apple University.
I read 600 people several times, but is not clear whether 600 people will be employed or it will be the number of students (this is my take).
So for 600 students they may employ 10-20 people and use existing facilities, not a big investment.
An investment in education in third world countries will be a really good idea