Discussion: Junior high school student, Thomas Suarez, is developing smartphone applications for his demographic. The exceptional youth has created his own company, several of his own apps, and is currently running an app club at his school. Suarez started the club to teach other kids how to create their own apps, because currently there is not an accessible source that teaches the skill to his age group. The apps can be found in Apple’s app store.
Source: Yahoo! News
Date: November 11, 2011
Discussion Questions:
- As more and more people are able and excited about creating their own apps, how will this affect smartphone suppliers and manufacturers?
- Is there a drawback to having more and more people create their own smartphone applications?
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