Contributing Author & Director, US Innovators Policy Council
The negotiations on the ePrivacy Regulation are in full swing. In order to respect the ambitious timeline proposed by the Commission, the European Parliament is already in an advanced stage of the internal discussion and the Council is getting ready to further move forward the dossier.
Read MoreContact: Michela Palladino – Michela@AppAlliance.org Developers Alliance Letter to Members of the European Parliament on the ePrivacy Regulation BRUSSELS – This morning, the Developers Alliance issued the following letter to…
Read MoreOn 27 June, the Developers Alliance organized a Tech Policy Dialogue on “The Next Challenges for the EU Mobile Economy” in Brussels. The session brought together representatives from the EU institutions and the industry to explore the state of competition in Europe and discuss the role of government in the app marketplace.
Read MoreIt started in the summer of 2012. At the time, Oracle was claiming it held a copyright on JAVA, including the APIs (application programming interfaces) that Google had kept as part of the implementation of Android. Never mind that the code behind the Android APIs was completely rewritten. Oracle wanted protection for the APIs themselves.
Read MoreBRUSSELS – This morning, the Developers Alliance in partnership with Allied for Startups, Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW), eCommerce Europe and startups.be issued the following letter to relevant Members of the European Parliament:
Read MoreContact: Chris Grimm – cgrimm@appdevelopersalliance.org Statement from the Developers Alliance on the House Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Hearing on the TC Heartland Decision Washington, D.C. – Below…
Read MoreOn Friday 8 June, Copenhagen Economics unveiled its latest study, co-commissioned by the Developers Alliance, on “Jobs in Apps: Mobile Economy in the Nordics. A Catalyst for Economic Growth”.
The study was presented at the IT University of Copenhagen to a room full of tech entrepreneurs, students, developers, and policy-makers.
Read MoreContact: Michela Palladino – Michela@AppAlliance.org Statement from the Developers Alliance on the Council General Approach concerning the Proposal on the Directive on the supply of Digital Content BRUSSELS – Developers…
Read MoreThe Alliance, joined industry stakeholders, and innovators released the following statement
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chris Grimm – cgrimm@appdevelopersalliance.org Developers Alliance Expands Policy Focus U.S. and E.U. Policy Staff Additions to Support Innovators Policy Council Washington, D.C. and Brussels – The…
Read MoreThe European Parliament and EU Council are currently actively working on a new ePrivacy Regulation intended to replace the outdated 2002 ePrivacy Directive. The new framework, better known as the “cookie law,” sets new standards for securing online communications and tracking confidentiality.
Read MoreNews from this year’s annual developer conferences, highlighted by Google I/O and Facebook’s F8, have created even more buzz than usual. These events are regularly replete with awe inspiring new products, killer apps, and innovative approaches, but this year feels different. It’s not just the conferences or the companies. It’s the scope and the scale of software powered products. Software appears to be eating the world…again.
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