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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 is Everything: Let’s Talk About It
Read more: Mobile is Everything: Let’s Talk About ItLanyards and name tags. Swags bags and pamphlets. Business cards and exhibitor booths. Ladies and gents, it’s conference season. And my personal favorite is fast approaching: GSMA’s Mobile World Congress.
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Virginia Takes Swing at Patent Trolls – Congress Must Do the Same
Read more: Virginia Takes Swing at Patent Trolls – Congress Must Do the SameVirginia Attorney General Mark Herring recently established the Patent Troll Unit, delivering another serious blow to “bad faith” claims of patent troll activity. These predatory practices stifle innovation and small business growth by abusing the U.S. patent system.
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Open letter to the European Commission: Ian Rumac talks Digital Single Market, platforms, data portability and geo-blocking
Read more: Open letter to the European Commission: Ian Rumac talks Digital Single Market, platforms, data portability and geo-blockingIan Rumac, a brilliant Android developer, recently wrote an open letter to the European Commission about the Digital Single Market, the Commission public consultations and the General Data Protection Regulation. On behalf of developers, he asks for less regulation, easier procedures and a less fragmented market.Read the full letter here.
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Transatlantic Data Flow Deal Reached
Read more: Transatlantic Data Flow Deal ReachedSmall businesses and developers around the world are starting to breathe a little easier today. After working diligently over the last few months, EU and U.S. negotiators announced a new agreement on transatlantic data flows. Dubbed “Privacy Shield,” the agreement will ensure innovators can continue to create and improve life-changing products that benefit consumers in…
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Statement from Jake Ward, Application Developers Alliance President on New Safe Harbor Agreement
Read more: Statement from Jake Ward, Application Developers Alliance President on New Safe Harbor AgreementWashington, D.C. (February 2, 2016) – The following is a statement from Jake Ward, Application Developers Alliance President regarding the political agreement governing the transfer of date betweenthe European Union and the United States.
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President Obama’s Last State of the Union and What Could Have Been
Read more: President Obama’s Last State of the Union and What Could Have BeenOn Tuesday, President Obama delivered his final State of the Union Address. After highlighting notable accomplishments over the past seven years in office, the president also presented his goals for his final year in office. Among the goals the he rattled off were things like college tuition reform, cancer research, tax cuts, regulation reform, and…
