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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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Walking the Walk: How AT&T is Reskilling its Workforce for the Digital Age
Read more: Walking the Walk: How AT&T is Reskilling its Workforce for the Digital AgeEvery week, another CEO declares that their relatively traditional corporation is “a tech company.” I applaud the mentality. But talking the talk is very different from walking the walk.
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House of Code: Apps Alliance + BuzzFeed Brunch for White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Read more: House of Code: Apps Alliance + BuzzFeed Brunch for White House Correspondents’ DinnerThe Application Developers Alliance and BuzzFeed co-hosted a brunch in Washington, DC coinciding with the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Guests arrived at the fabulous new French restaurant Kinship, where they enjoyed delicious food and drinks, and some of them remained behind for a “speakeasy” after-party in the Alliance’s office upstairs — accessible via the back…
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Bae Goals: A Dating App For Engineering Strong Black Communities Through Quality Relationships
Read more: Bae Goals: A Dating App For Engineering Strong Black Communities Through Quality RelationshipsIn a post-Tinder world, most of us don’t deeply contemplate the broader social significance of two people on a first date. But that’s exactly what Brian Gerrard has been doing, and he subsequently launched a startup to answer a sociology question that had been nagging him. As the Co-founder and CEO of Bae, a dating…
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Face to Face with the European Commission – a Conversation with Linda Corugedo-Steneberg
Read more: Face to Face with the European Commission – a Conversation with Linda Corugedo-StenebergThe Alliance got a chance to sit down with Linda Corugedo-Steneberg, Principal Adviser at DG Content and Technologies, to discuss the DSM and the new EU – U.S. Privacy Shield agreement. It was great to hear her views and knowledge on the issues, and we’re happy we to had the chance to touch base with…
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Recap: Paris App Strategy Workshop
Read more: Recap: Paris App Strategy WorkshopThe App Strategy Workshop in Paris took place on 28 April. Returning to the beautiful Microsoft Conference Center, the event was jam-packed with around 230 attendees. App Annie presented a keynote, alongside 20 speakers from the likes of Deezer, AXA, Etsy, AdColony, Amazon Appstore, Flurry from Yahoo!, Branch Metrics, Mopria Alliance, Google and more. Check out the key takeaways from the event and learn more about Growth…
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Recap: ALDE Hearing ‘Contracts for the supply of digital content’
Read more: Recap: ALDE Hearing ‘Contracts for the supply of digital content’The EU Directive on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply focusses on rights and obligations related to the integration of digital content, a broader definition of digital content, remedies and termination of contracts. In an effort to discuss the rules and implications further, the European Parliament’s Liberal (ALDE) group organised a hearing on the…
