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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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What’s Next? Congress Holds Hearing on Companies’ Use of Consumer Data
Read more: What’s Next? Congress Holds Hearing on Companies’ Use of Consumer DataWhen there’s gridlock in Washington, like we’ve seen for most of 2017, Congress reacts by holding hearings both to appear busy and to lay the foundation on policy priorities they’ll act upon once movement resumes. Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing focused on data. Data drives the digital economy and our members…
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SMEs and Indie Developers Want Predictability, Not Favors
Read more: SMEs and Indie Developers Want Predictability, Not FavorsNear the end of the survey, we asked developer and publishers for advice they would want to pass to the platforms they work with. What was instructive in their comments was that no one said they wanted a handout. There weren’t complaints about bigger businesses, or the competition for time and resources where they are…
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An App’s Role in Natural Disasters
Read more: An App’s Role in Natural DisastersNatural disasters seem to be occurring at an increased rate. This year alone we’ve seen earthquakes rattle Iran-Iraq and Mexico, wildfires torch parts of California, monsoons consume Bangladesh, and the list goes on. The widespread damage impacts infrastructure, electrical grids, and access to clean water and food in many cases. Yet the power of these…
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Mobile Developers & Publishers Have Overwhelmingly Positive View of Platforms
Read more: Mobile Developers & Publishers Have Overwhelmingly Positive View of PlatformsIn response to the European Commission’s announcement of the intention to introduce new legislation to govern the relationship between platforms and businesses, the Developers Alliance conducted a survey of European-based developers and publishers to examine the need for such intervention. Over the course of several weeks in October 2017, we surveyed over 110 European-based developers…
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Brookings Study: Digitalization’s Impact on U.S. Workforce
Read more: Brookings Study: Digitalization’s Impact on U.S. WorkforceYesterday we wrote about digitalization influencing future jobs, but even the current state of the digital workforce is a significant change from 10, 15, 20 years ago. A recent report, “Digitalization and the American workforce,” by Brookings Institute explores how digitalization has influenced nearly every industry and workforce in the past decade, not just startups…
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Don’t read this: just Trust me
Read more: Don’t read this: just Trust meYour data is everywhere. This isn’t anything new – your data has been widely available in the offline world for decades. What’s changed is that data has moved online. What’s new is our ability to USE that data to solve complicated problems by identifying patterns and trends in rapidly changing or highly complex systems. What’s…
