Developed | The App Economy Tour One Night Only – Coming to a City Near You
What’s Going On? – Marvin Gaye On Thursday, September 12, ACT | The App Association is kicking off our first cross-country tour! Developed | The App Economy Tour is a [...]
The Next Tech Hub Could Be Wherever You Are
Author: Betsy Fuller Fast, reliable broadband is the only thing preventing rural communities from being the next tech hub. Pockets of the country either do not have reliable connectivity or [...]
PSA: Healthcare Tech Isn’t Just at the Doctor’s Office—It’s on Your Wrist
By Martin Hito and Madeline Zick Healthcare was an expectedly hot issue in the initial 2020 Democratic presidential debates, with candidates clashing over private versus public healthcare systems. In the [...]
The N in FAANG: Netflix as a Cultural and Economic Phenomenon
Part of a series on the effects of some of the biggest U.S. tech companies on the app economy. On this blog, we’ve written about how software platforms make it [...]
DOJ: Antitrust is in the Eye of The Beholder
United States Attorney General William Barr made headlines a few weeks ago when he announced the Department of Justice (DOJ) was actively investigating “Big Tech” over antitrust concerns. Pairing together [...]
Rural Innovators Play a Key Role in the App Economy—Television White Spaces Can Help Them Do More
As we approach the 2020 election, Democrats and Republicans alike are increasingly interested in a key voting demographic: rural Americans. This isn’t without cause—this demographic has heavily swung red in [...]