2014 brings a major milestone in tech. No, it’s not the year of the selfie (that was 2013) or the Year of the Dragon (actually, the Year of the Horse). We are celebrating the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web. In honor of that major milestone, we thought we’d [...]
ACT | The App Association today brings 50 software companies from across the country to the nation's capital for its annual Washington Fly In. On Monday, participants will attend the ACT Conference on the Mobile Economy. On Tuesday they conduct over 125 meetings with Senators, Members of Congress, FTC Commissioners, [...]
ACT | The App Association executive director Morgan Reed issued a statement on today’s FTC clarification on the enforcement of children’s online privacy to provide guidance for companies that manage student data online. School administrators often are provided few details about how online service providers handle data collected on children, [...]
FTC Settles with App Makers Credit Karma, Fandango for Deceptive Trade Practices Late last week, the US Federal Trade Commission settled with Credit Karma, Inc. and Fandango, LLC. for deceptive trade practices related to security on their mobile apps. Both companies overrode mobile operating system default settings. iOS and Google [...]
App Piracy Convictions Ensure Profitability of the 99¢ App The Justice Department just convicted two individuals responsible for running an internet marketplace for pirated apps - a first for our nascent industry. This enforcement action is welcomed by the small companies and startups that are the leaders of this growing [...]