As part of Apple CEO Time Cook’s first visit to India, the company has announced that it will open a new iOS app design and development accelerator in India’s Silicon Valley Bengaluru by early 2017. 

The new centre is a major step towards Apple’s attempt to expands its share in the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market. The new centre will attract and encourage the country’s developers to make apps for iOS.  

“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.” Read more…