Contributing Author & Director, US Innovators Policy Council
At the beautiful Rivington Place gallery, the Apps Alliance held its first App Strategy Workshop last week in the heart of London’s tech city. Executive Director Jake Ward welcomed a packed house of 120 app developers, who gathered to hear industry leaders discuss their app business success strategies.
Read MoreThe Apps Alliance team took to Silicon Beach last week for our Los Angeles App Strategy Workshop. Hosted at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica, our workshop gathered more than 200 app developers and startup founders in the Los Angeles area to talk about building app businesses.
Read MoreFriday 27 March, Berlin – More than a dozen of Europe’s best connected device start-up companies will compete in Berlin this weekend at IoT{Accelerate}. The two day program is hosted by the Application Developers Alliance, Google and Ericsson, and features experts from Intel, Ford, Vision Mobile and other industry leaders in Internet of Things technologies and products.
Read MoreOur mission is to help developers of all kinds, everywhere. That’s why we’ve launched our Global Developer Insights survey.
Read MoreAlfred Fung, founder of fun-gi, did not take a traditional route into app development—if app development is even old enough to have a traditional route, that is. Read all about Alfred’s story in this Developer Spotlight piece.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC – The App Developers Alliance congratulated the USPTO for its increased focus on patent quality improvements as the USTPO kicks off a summit on the issue.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC – Application Developers Alliance Board Member, Todd Moore, testified before the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet today. Moore called on the Committee and Congress to pass comprehensive patent reform legislation to protect American innovators and small businesses from patent trolls. Moore is the founder of mobile app publisher TMSOFT LLC, and was sued by a patent troll in 2013.
Read MoreEarlier this month, nearly 100,000 mobile tech enthusiasts and leaders gathered in Barcelona, Spain for the world’s largest conference on all-things mobile: Mobile World Congress (MWC). With apps taking the center stage at MWC’s App Planet, it was only fitting for the Apps Alliance to take the conference by storm and continue to drive our global presence.
Read MoreThis month, while most of the Apps Alliance team descended on Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, a few of us attended the 2015 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Against a backdrop of booths, demos, and excited attendees, we chatted with developers about their inspirations, challenges, and strategies. In addition to filming content, GDC was also a great way for our events team to connect with both current and prospective members during the gaming industry’s largest trade show.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC – The Application Developers Alliance sent a statement supporting patent reform to the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship today as they discuss how to best protect the innovations of small businesses as new challenges arise from abuse of patents.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC – The Application Developers Alliance has launched a multimedia and campaign in several states including Connecticut and the Washington D.C. area calling for comprehensive patent reform. The Troll Fighter campaign includes digital, print and Pandora Internet Radio advertising that features small business owners, innovators and app developers that have been targeted by patent trolls.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, DC – The Application Developers Alliance has launched a multimedia and campaign in several states including Minnesota and the Washington D.C. area calling for comprehensive patent reform. The Troll Fighter campaign includes digital, print and Pandora Internet Radio advertising that features small business owners, innovators and app developers that have been targeted by patent trolls.
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