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.
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 [...]
Despite economic shifts in traditional industries like manufacturing and agriculture, the U.S. tech sector is booming, with jobs within the sector growing 3 percent every year. However, the American workforce is struggling to keep up. The United States has more than 500,000 unfilled computing jobs today, and unless we address [...]
