Dev Download, July 14 – July 20
The 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.
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Three Things Developers Need to Know About Privacy Shield
On Tuesday 12 July, the EU and U.S. signed the long-awaited Privacy Shield Agreement. The agreement provides a clear set of rules for the U.S. companies and intelligence agencies with regard to the handling of EU citizens’ personal data.
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Preparing Students for the Future: Virginia Has the Potential to Earn an “A+”
Earlier 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.
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Dev Download, July 7 – July 13
The 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.
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Which Mobile Ad Unit is Best for Your App?
Only 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?
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Two Critical Questions Every Fitness Tech Company Needs to Ask Itself
In 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.
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Secretary Clinton Shares Positive Tech Agenda for Devs
The 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.
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Dev Download, June 30 – July 6
The 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.
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The Alliance’s Six Principles for IoT Policymaking
The 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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Dev Download, June 23- June 29
The 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.
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Massie-Lofgren Fails, Security and Safety Follow
The technology industry is growing faster than any other and having a positive and far-reaching influence on the world. The products and services software developers are creating and the data that powers them are making our lives healthier, safer, and more prosperous. Unfortunately, that same innovation and excitement is too often met with trepidation — or even confusion — in the halls of Congress.
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Dev Download, June 16 – June 22
The 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.
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