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End of the Road
Read more: End of the RoadAfter a decade of advocating for the developer community, the time has come to wind down the Developers Alliance. For some of you, this may come as a shock. As…
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Mobile Video, User Acquisition, and Developer Economics – Key Takeaways From This Week
Read more: Mobile Video, User Acquisition, and Developer Economics – Key Takeaways From This WeekThis week, the Apps Alliance hosted, participated in, and attended a few events about the app economy and app strategy. We’ve compiled a few helpful tips for developers about user acquisition and developer tools.
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Apps Alliance and Intuit Partner to Release New App Privacy Tool
Read more: Apps Alliance and Intuit Partner to Release New App Privacy ToolWe have partnered with Intuit to provide app developers open source code for easy-to-install screens that create consumer-friendly mobile app privacy notices. The screens clearly inform consumers what data the app is collecting and with whom the data is shared.
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ChallengePost on Developer Evangelism
Read more: ChallengePost on Developer EvangelismBrian Koles, Business Development Manager at ChallengePost, talks with Jacob Goldstein to discuss the process, value and growth of developer evangelism and outreach.
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Recap: Plays That Pay Panel
Read more: Recap: Plays That Pay PanelTo kick off the Casual Connect conference in San Francisco last night, we joined Flurry in hosting a Plays That Pay panel exploring why mobile video advertising works. The evening’s attendees included Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.
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Developer Economics – Webinar Showcasing the New Research Report
Read more: Developer Economics – Webinar Showcasing the New Research ReportJoin VisionMobile and Apps Alliance on Thursday, July 24 for a webinar discussing the “Developer Economics: State of the Developer Nation Q3 2014” report.
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U.S. Supreme Court: Abstract Ideas Aren’t Eligible for Patents
Read more: U.S. Supreme Court: Abstract Ideas Aren’t Eligible for PatentsToday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank that abstract ideas are not patentable. The decision will result in fewer vague or overly broad software patents based on a concept rather than an invention or product.
