52apps aims for an app a week
Mobile software startup 52apps wants college students to create a new application for the iPhone or iPad every week, Bloomberg said. The company, based at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, can create an app in five days with “premade programming Lego blocks,” said CEO Steve Leicht, one of three non-students at the company who work for free. About one in three apps are made by individuals or companies with fewer than five employees, according to App Annie, a company that helps publishers track their own app store metrics. Click here to read more.