For decades, America’s rural communities have led the country in entrepreneurship. However, rural entrepreneurship is on the decline, and the lack of something essential is jeopardizing entrepreneurial opportunity in rural America. Today, 23.4 million rural Americans live without access to high-speed internet, a resource on which modern businesses depend to [...]
ACT | The App Association (The App Association), a trade association championing small tech innovators, today (Wednesday) called on the European Commission to announce a prohibition on any form of use-based pricing of technology essential to the development of the internet of things (IoT). The Commission is expected to publish a [...]
When you think about it, the success of the smartphone is really the story of the success of mobile apps. When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007, he didn’t want an App Store. He envisioned a world where apps were solely web-based, and iPhones were hermetically sealed and inaccessible [...]
In today’s legislative environment, tax reform is on the tip of everyone’s tongues. Whether discussing the corporate tax rate, childcare exemptions, or credits and deductions, changes to the tax code will have an impact on America’s small businesses, app developers, and tech innovators. Congress and the Trump Administration have introduced [...]
The United States is a global leader in technology. A key driver of the American economy, high tech industries account for roughly 12 percent of the U.S. total employment, but contribute nearly one quarter of economic output. Despite the influence and importance of tech, our country faces a serious workforce [...]