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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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Data Transfers without Safe Harbour: What You Need to Know
Read more: Data Transfers without Safe Harbour: What You Need to KnowThe invalidation of the Safe Harbour agreement in October last year has thrust the legality of international data flows into question. Digital businesses have been discussing the impact of such a decision on the industry, especially on smaller companies and startups, and urged the EU and U.S. negotiators to reach a new agreement as soon…
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Application Developers Alliance and Leaders in Innovation, Digital Infrastructure and Software Development Launch Developer Workforce Initiative
Read more: Application Developers Alliance and Leaders in Innovation, Digital Infrastructure and Software Development Launch Developer Workforce InitiativeWashington, D.C. (March 8, 2016) – Software developers have become an essential workforce, building the tools, programs, and platforms transforming modern life. The Application Developers Alliance and a group of industry-leading companies have announced a global effort to increase the size, expertise, and understanding of that workforce. The Developer Workforce Initiative is a first-of-its-kind campaign to…
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Apps Alliance at Mobile World Congress 2016
Read more: Apps Alliance at Mobile World Congress 2016With over 100,000 visitors, and 2200 companies exhibiting across 110,000 square meters, it could be a challenge to get noticed at the world’s largest conference on all-things mobile: Mobile World Congress (MWC), hosted in Barcelona, Spain. With this years’ MWC theme perfectly reflecting the current state of the industry: “Mobile is Everything”, the centre stage for…
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EU Policy Makers Meet Alliance Member Companies at Mobile World Congress
Read more: EU Policy Makers Meet Alliance Member Companies at Mobile World CongressMobile World Congress (#MWC16) took place from 22-25 February 2016 and was the perfect combination of the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry, latest digital products and conferences which gathered more than 100,000 participants.The Alliance was there and celebrated digital innovation by organising an insightful tour of the App Planet hall for the European…
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Beltway Voices: A Conversation With Representative Susan Brooks
Read more: Beltway Voices: A Conversation With Representative Susan BrooksWith expertise in both the public and private sectors, Representative Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) serves the public by promoting economic development, public safety, and homeland security in Congress. Recognizing the importance of technology and its role between these issues, Representative Brooks sponsored a law that reformed a Social Media Working Group in the Department of Homeland Security. The…
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Seizing Europe’s Data Innovation Opportunity
Read more: Seizing Europe’s Data Innovation OpportunityThe Center for Data Innovation held a thoughtful discussion on the potential of data and the impact of the Digital Single Market strategy and new technologies on European innovation.Catriona Meehan, the Alliance Director of EU policy, shared the second panel with Victor Negrescu MEP (S&D), Beatrice Covassi, European Commission, Lenard Koschwitz, Allied for Startups, Damir Tomicic, Axinom Group, Philippe…
