Facebook looking for new applications and developers in Barcelona - Expansion. com

Facebook has put an eye in Barcelona in search of applications and social games. The social network as cre? Mark Zuckerberg yesterday celebr? Barcelona Hack. The reuni? event for seven hours to 170 programmers to develop, to trav?s of the platform Facebook, applications and social games to the web p?gina and m?viles devices. The winner - who was desconoc?a at the end of this edici?n-recibi? 250 d?lares to advertise on Facebook and an iPad. It is the first time that the firm makes a stop in Espa?a incluy?ndola in the path World Hack, that runs through several European cities like Warsaw, Berl?n, Mosc? and London.

"The growth of the sector of applications is the main reason why Facebook has landed in Espa?a," says Simon Cross, partner platform engineer. Data from Deloitte, the so-called Facebook applications econom?a SEG?n gener? in Espa?a around 82 million euros and 1,200 jobs last a?o. 'Europe is a great niche market to Facebook due to the quantity and the level of its developers', afirm? Cross.

"We trust in external developers to a?adirlos to the ecosystem of applications of the social network," coment? Daniel Torvisco, engineer of the Facebook platform. The month of April, compa??a adquiri? Instagram for d?lares billion.

Applications "with greater ?xito are those of lifestyle, as a route to run or a recipe of kitchen, because they make things any easier to the user", manifest? spurge flax.

Toward profitability
?Es a profitable business? "The business model is the key but must know how to highlight," opin? Pau Gay, one of the participants. "Develop applications is an inversi?n for three months," Alex Moreno, of the Catalan company Saldum manifest?, but "If you can sell it, the average price is 30,000 euros", a?adi?.

The mayor?a of the participants agree that develop the aplicaci?n from the Facebook platform is a good letter of presentaci?n. "The 900 million users of this social network are a garant?a", valor? Moreno. "Is like opening a store on Passeig de Gràcia or do so in one street of any", compar? Gay.