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  • End of the Road

    End of the Road

    After 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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  • Apps Alliance at the Connected Car Expo

    Apps Alliance at the Connected Car Expo

    Automotive development is more opportunistic than ever before, and the Apps Alliance is at the forefront of the topic bringing the latest and greatest insights to developers.  We visited the Connected Car Expo in Los Angeles, California on November 19, to uncover the hottest trends in auto innovation, explore consumer expectations, and discuss resources and tools for…

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  • Apps are No Longer “Free” in the App Store

    Apps are No Longer “Free” in the App Store

    Apple has introduced a small but important change in how apps are presented in the App Store. Now, users will see a “GET” button next to a non-paid app, instead of the previous “FREE” button. There is no public reason for the change, but we can speculate that the change is prompted by several controversies…

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  • Mixed Messaging Harms Innovation: Court Affords Greater Constitutional Protection to Passcodes Than Fingerprints and Biometrics Authentication

    Mixed Messaging Harms Innovation: Court Affords Greater Constitutional Protection to Passcodes Than Fingerprints and Biometrics Authentication

    In just a matter of weeks, the government has managed to send mixed messages to the tech industry creating uncertainty for app developers and businesses. As I wrote in my October post, Encryption Whiplash, government agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission, insist that app developers secure consumers’ personal information through encryption and other security measures…

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  • Recap: Family Online Safety Institute Conference

    Recap: Family Online Safety Institute Conference

    The Apps Alliance enjoyed attending the Family Online Safety Institute Conference (FOSI) in Washington, DC this week! The FOSI conference, titled “Redefining Online Safety,” interpreted online safety for today’s families, highlighted strategies to keep families safe, and explained techniques for determining risk while also still enjoying the benefits of the internet.

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  • Recap: Apps World

    Recap: Apps World

    On the 12-13th of November, Apps World, one of Europe’s key tech events returned to London for its fifth year: Apps World. The Apps Alliance team were out in force alongside a host of member companies to meet the thousands of developers in attendance.

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  • Recap: NY App Strategy Workshop

    Recap: NY App Strategy Workshop

    With mobile marketers from around the world in town for AdTech, the New York App Strategy Workshop welcomed a packed house of 120 attendees to Impact Hub NYC for one of our largest workshops of the year! 

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