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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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Email Privacy Act Deserves a Vote
Read more: Email Privacy Act Deserves a VoteOn Tuesday, the Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives held an important legislative hearing to examine the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699). H.R. 699 would update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986 to ensure that emails are treated like regular mail and the government cannot compel email services or other third-parties, such…
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Recap: Tel Aviv App Strategy Workshop
Read more: Recap: Tel Aviv App Strategy WorkshopOn 25 November, the Application Developers Alliance hosted their first App Strategy Workshop in Tel Aviv. With around 100 app developers and entrepreneurs present in the room, here are the key takeaways from the event.
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Devs to European Commission: “Don’t Encourage Android Fragmentation”
Read more: Devs to European Commission: “Don’t Encourage Android Fragmentation”Nearly 140 European app developers from 20 countries across Europe today urged the European Commission to consider whether its investigation of the Android operating system could harm thousands of developers who write on the Android platform.
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Recap: Tech platforms. The global opportunities and the obstacles for fast growing startups
Read more: Recap: Tech platforms. The global opportunities and the obstacles for fast growing startupsThe European Commission, within the framework of the Startup Europe Initiative, organised an insightful debate on the issue of online platforms and how they help or support startups’ businesses. The Apps Alliance’s EU Policy Director, Catriona Meehan, was invited to speak .
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Apps Alliance Tech Policy Roundtable: Safe Harbour Ruling, Impact on SMEs and digital startups
Read more: Apps Alliance Tech Policy Roundtable: Safe Harbour Ruling, Impact on SMEs and digital startupsOn Tuesday, 17 November, the Apps Alliance hosted its second European Parliament Round Table discussion with Heinz K. Becker MEP. The event focussed on the recent Safe Harbour ruling and its ‘Impact on SMEs and Digital Startups’. SMEs and startups represent more than 60% of companies that participated in the Safe Harbour agreement and they will…
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Recap: Enterprise Development Workshop, London
Read more: Recap: Enterprise Development Workshop, London“There is no such thing as non-software company anymore,” states Geoff Hollingworth, Head of Product Marketing Cloud Infrastructure at Ericsson. “We are moving to digital world and the question that we all face is how do we build a ten times bigger economy?”
