Never too old to code – app maker still going strong at 82

Proud achievements: A commemorative photo with Cook and Wakamiya is seen displayed in the foreground as Wakamiya works on coding at her home in Fujisawa, Kanagawa prefecture. — AFP

Fujisawa: When 82-year-old Masako Wakamiya first began working, she still used an abacus for maths – today she is one of the world’s oldest iPhone app developers, a trailblazer in making smartphones accessible for the elderly.

Frustrated by the lack of interest from the tech industry in engaging older people, she taught herself to code and set about doing it herself.