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.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect this Friday, May 25, 2018. After years of deliberation and anticipation, the European Union’s foremost privacy protections will finally take hold and apply to all entities that handle the sensitive information of European Union (EU) data subjects. As evidenced by [...]
App developers, the business community, and privacy advocates alike have been achatter about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As the European Union’s newest privacy regulation, the GDPR is set to go into effect on May 25, 2018. Many businesses are curious about the impact this new regulation may have [...]
How you can license content from others while protecting their IP For most creators, intellectual property (IP) is the lifeblood to their innovation, helping to define the key characteristics of a product while setting it apart from the pack. The apps we use every day are not just the product [...]
A long, long time ago in a chamber not far away, congressional leaders enacted a law that would impact the fate of our most treasured communications for decades to come. Today, we seek the help of the Senate to reform these outdated laws – they are our only hope. In [...]
Women are important contributors to our tech ecosystem. Our 2018 State of the App Economy report found that the $950 billion app economy employs more than 4.7 million American developers, software engineers, information security analysts, and teachers across the nation. This dynamic economy will add more than 440,000 new computing [...]
