Contributing Author & Director, US Innovators Policy Council
Everyone who sets out to make an app should aim to create one that offers a seamless experience and keeps its user base happy. But every developer who wants to achieve that in the long term has to consider one thing from the very beginning: monetization.
Read MoreThe Dev Download keeps you up-to-date with the latest tech policy news. The Download is published each Wednesday, ensuring you and your team are informed on what policymakers are talking about.
Read MoreThe Dev Download keeps you up-to-date with the latest tech policy news. The Download is published each Wednesday, ensuring you and your team are informed on what policymakers are talking about.
Read MoreEarlier this year, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed into law a bill that directs the Board of Education to re-evaluate high school graduation requirements in an attempt to provide the “knowledge and skills that students should attain during high school in order to be successful contributors to the economy of the Commonwealth.” Another bill signed by the Governor now makes it easier for industry professionals to earn temporary teaching credentials to attract more career and technical teachers to the classroom.
Read MoreThe Dev Download keeps you up-to-date with the latest tech policy news. The Download is published each Wednesday, ensuring you and your team are informed on what policymakers are talking about.
Read MoreOnly 2% of app users will ever make an in-app purchase. So for most developers, in-app advertising is a monetization must. In-app advertising lets you monetize the other 98% of users who will never make a purchase. The question isn’t whether you should integrate ads into your app; it’s which type of mobile advertising best fits your app?
Read MoreWashington, D.C. (July 11, 2016) – The following statement from the Application Developers Alliance President and CEO Jake Ward was released ahead of tomorrow’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearings in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee.
Read MoreIn his prophetic 1992 novel Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson envisioned a fictional world with wearable computing used by those on the fringes of society to trade data and interact with each other in a virtual reality. In our actual reality, however, roughly 10% of people in the U.S. already own a dedicated wearable fitness device, and that number is growing. Wearable device shipments for the first quarter were up 57% year-over-year, and their competitive landscape is growing cluttered.
Read MoreThe presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Secretary Hillary Clinton, has released a 14-page position paper outlining her technology platform. Five broad themes help frame Secretary Clinton’s Initiative on Technology & Innovation. These five themes include goals that, if achieved, would support the developer workforce.
Read MoreThe Dev Download keeps you up-to-date with the latest tech policy news. The Download is published each Wednesday, ensuring you and your team are informed on what policymakers are talking about.
Read MoreHouse Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has long been dedicated to public service, and has established himself as a well-regarded policymaker on innovation and security issues. He began his career as a federal prosecutor in the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section, and later served as deputy attorney general for the state of Texas. His service continued as chief of counterterrorism and national security in the U.S. Attorney’s Office before he was elected to Congress in 2004.
Read MoreThe Application Developers Alliance recently unveiled a set of six principles to serve as our Internet of Things north star. The principles provide a foundation from which we at the Alliance will scrutinize laws and regulations in the IoT arena. Similarly, we hope policymakers will use these principles when considering measures that could potentially harm the robust innovation that plays a critical role in the economy and our everyday lives. The principles outlined below were developed in collaboration with Alliance members — those on the ground floor who are responsible for creating the new and transformative products and services that are coming online every day.
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