About ACT | The App Association

The App Association is a global trade association for small and medium-sized technology companies. Our members are entrepreneurs, innovators, and independent developers within the global app ecosystem that engage with verticals across every industry. We work with and for our members to promote a policy environment that rewards and inspires innovation while providing resources that help them raise capital, create jobs, and continue to build incredible technology.

Has anyone actually READ the European Commission’s Open Source Study?

Recently, the tech press and blogging community have been buzzing over a new European Commission report on the economic impact of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) on the European information and communication technologies (ICT) sector.  One thing, however, is notably missing from the online debate over the nearly 300 page [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:37-05:00January 23rd, 2007|Blog, Innovation and IP|

22 January – Five Stories You Need to Read

ZDNet points out that the newly announced merger between FSG and ODSL “[shows] who's driving open source–corporations.” According to Computerworld, Steve Jobs' blockbuster keynote address at last week's Macworld was "a colossal mistake”. The Register reports that “[t]he US hosted more than one third of the websites containing malicious code [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:37-05:00January 22nd, 2007|Blog, Uncategorized|

18 January – Five Stories You Need to Read

According to Slashdot, “[t]he WIPO is currently engaged in negotiating a new treaty on digital IP rights, but they're having trouble agreeing on the particulars”. Computerworld reports that “[e]ven while Cisco Systems is suing Apple for violating its iPhone trademark, an open-source enthusiast is accusing Cisco itself of infringing copyright [...]

By |2007-01-18T18:43:44-05:00January 18th, 2007|Blog, Uncategorized|
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