Event Recap: GAEC: European Union
This March, members of ACT | The App Association travelled to Brussels for the first-ever Global App Economy Conference: European Union, and it couldn’t have come at a more pivotal moment. Sixteen of our EU [...]
Global ACTivists for Change: An Open Letter Regarding Recent International Trends in Competition Regulation
The global members of ACT | The App Association are innovative small businesses and enterprises changing the way we live, work, and play through apps and connected technology. Our members are the next generation of [...]
What’s New
Apps are Businesses, not Items on the Shelf
For users, it’s easy to think of an app store as a big box retailer. You browse the shelves, find the app you want, and make your purchase. Unfortunately, policymakers are beginning to look [...]
Turning Trade Challenges into Strategic Opportunities
European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), already facing a high number of regulatory obstacles in recent years, now face further uncertainties connected to evolving approaches to trade. Yes, these conflicts have also created opportunities, [...]
The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice – Are SMEs Being Left Behind?
Introduction As Europe continues to shape the future of artificial intelligence, the EU is expected to publish the final draft of the General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice (Code) in May. While the EU [...]
Digital Tax Follies: The Importance and Understanding of Sound Tax Policies in Europe
ACT | The App Association’s small business members are the leading edge of innovation in the ever-evolving digital economy. Governments are racing to create mechanisms to measure and tax the value of digital activity. [...]
The EU’s DMA at One Year: Are SMEs Better Off?
One year into the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Union’s ambitious effort to regulate competition in the digital economy, startups are seeing more challenges than benefits. The DMA was introduced [...]
