15-Year old whizzkid attracts Google and Facebook with new app
He is now working on another app called 'One'
He is now working on another app called 'One'. PHOTO COURTESY: FACEBOOK
Both Facebook and Google are in competition to win over 15-year-old whizzkid from Sydney who developed an app which was downloaded 500,000 times, Sky News reported.
Ben Pasternak created the simple game, 'Impossible Rush' which has been working its way up the App Store charts since its launch in October.
The addictive game has managed to overtake Vine, Google and Twitter.
Facebook's internship department has invited him for a tour of the compay's headquarters in California, while one of Google's vice presidents has asked him to come to its campus.
He is one of 450 young entrepreneurs accepted on to a Google and MIT sponsored event called Hack Generation Y this weekend, in which high school students create a product in 36 hours.
"Pasternak is a young entrepreneur and clearly ambitious, he has shown the world that age is just a number," Michael Matias, the lead organiser of the event had said, adding that "(His) iPhone app was extremely impressive and if we were to guess - we would never imagine it was run by a 15-year-old."
Ben wasn't alone in this creation, but created the iPhone game with another Chicago based teen- Austin Vallesky.
He told Mashable: "My biggest motivation is knowing that my apps make people's lives just a little bit easier and simple. There is no better feeling than seeing people using your creations."
He is now working on an app called 'One' which brings all social media feeds into one app.
Ben Pasternak created the simple game, 'Impossible Rush' which has been working its way up the App Store charts since its launch in October.
The addictive game has managed to overtake Vine, Google and Twitter.
Facebook's internship department has invited him for a tour of the compay's headquarters in California, while one of Google's vice presidents has asked him to come to its campus.
He is one of 450 young entrepreneurs accepted on to a Google and MIT sponsored event called Hack Generation Y this weekend, in which high school students create a product in 36 hours.
"Pasternak is a young entrepreneur and clearly ambitious, he has shown the world that age is just a number," Michael Matias, the lead organiser of the event had said, adding that "(His) iPhone app was extremely impressive and if we were to guess - we would never imagine it was run by a 15-year-old."
Ben wasn't alone in this creation, but created the iPhone game with another Chicago based teen- Austin Vallesky.
He told Mashable: "My biggest motivation is knowing that my apps make people's lives just a little bit easier and simple. There is no better feeling than seeing people using your creations."
He is now working on an app called 'One' which brings all social media feeds into one app.