Software development is exploding. As the world economy transforms to more digital modes of operation, the skill and competence to build custom applications is becoming table stakes in this innovation-centric world. At the same time, the volume, complexity, and importance of custom software has continued to escalate, placing an ever greater burden on software developers to get things right.
Read MoreAs a follow up to the mHealth Green Paper consultation, the European Commission set up several industry-led Working Groups, focussing on privacy and security, and quality and reliability of mobile health apps. Specifically, the WGs aim at drafting Codes of Conduct regulating different aspects of the well-being and lifestyle apps ecosystem.
Read MoreThe producers of APPNATION and the Chief Digital Officer Global Forum launched the inaugural Internet of Things (IoT) Influencers Summit in July at Levi’s Stadium in Silicon Valley. As a champion for innovation in the IoT space, the Apps Alliance was honored to support the conference by hosting three sessions: Leveraging Data to Monetize Wearables and Drive Consumer Engagement; Connected Cars—Gaining Traction with Engaged Consumers; and IoT Developer Workshop—Connected Cars.
Read MoreAs the victim of a patent troll that ultimately cost me my small business, I am adamant about the need for patent reform. Most recently I wrote about the need for reform in the New York Business Journal. Afterward I received emails and messages from small inventors, concerned that reform will hinder their efforts to win in court.
Read MoreOn July 8th, FBI Director James Comey and U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the government’s growing difficulty in obtaining electronic data. Both Comey and Yates told the Committee that even with a court order or warrant, law enforcement is unable to unlock encrypted data, effectively leaving them “in the dark” when pursuing criminals. Neither west so far as to offer a solution to this problem, but as part of their testimony both suggested that requiring developers to build “backdoors” into their software, thereby giving law enforcement agencies access, would make their jobs easier.
Read MoreThe Application Developers Alliance was one of the speakers in the mHealth Stakeholders’ meeting, held in Riga on May 12th 2015.
Martin Wrigley, the Alliance’s general manager participated in the panel.
Read MoreThere are few areas growing as quickly and creating as many questions as the sharing economy. The term appeared in our vernacular just a decade ago, but has transformed the way we catch a ride, find a place to stay, borrow tools, and more.
Read MoreTwo years ago the Alliance urged courts to recognize that API “declaring code” is not copyrightable because it is essentially a method of operation. Last week the United States Department of Justice disagreed with the Alliance, when it discouraged the U.S. Supreme Court from reviewing a Federal Circuit Court decision in the Oracle v. Google case. The Alliance believes the Supreme Court should review the lower court’s decision.
Read MoreWith both the Senate and House Judiciary Committees voting on patent bills in the coming weeks, the Application Developers Alliance continues to keep the pressure on Capitol Hill legislators and staff, reminding them how critical broad patent reform is to the health of our developer network.
Read MoreThousands of job openings remain unfilled in Europe, while Europe’s youth suffers from the unprecedented high rates of unemployment. Equipping Europe’s workforce and citizens with e-Skills is fundamental for success of the Digital Single Market.
Read MoreThe EU can take responsibility for changing the overall business environment for digital start-ups and infuse a more entrepreneurial mind-set throughout Europe, writes Kaya Taner, co-founder and board member of AppLift, a mobile app marketing platform based in Berlin. AppLift is a member of the Applications Developers Alliance. We can all agree that the EU Digital Single Market will create new opportunities for business and investment, and benefit consumers. Yet only a few leaders probably understand the importance of such a market for start-ups, the drivers of innovation in our economy, and our greatest opportunity for rapid growth and job-creation.
Read MoreConsumers want their personal digital data to remain private. App developers and our business partners are working hard to make sure personal data remains private. Networking companies, ISPs, retailers, credit card companies, device manufacturers and digital services are investing tens of millions of dollars to upgrade data security and use encryption to stop cyberhackers and identity thieves. Inexplicably, the FBI is trying to reverse this trend.
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