Microsoft and Nokia have invested $ 24 million in construction AppCampus for application developers

Microsoft and Nokia announced the launch of a new center for the development of applications which will be based in Finland. The center will be called AppCampus, and in its construction two companies contributed $ 24 million.

Opening AppCampus in May. He will be based in the Finnish Aalto University. This approach aims to attract students, developers and volunteers to work with Windows Phone platform and Symbian. As Microsoft and Nokia are hoping that all this will eventually push the Windows Phone platform for active development.

Last week we reported that Windows Phone offers over 70,000 different applications. Digital insignificant when compared with the volumes that offer Android and iOS.