I spend my (work) life talking about mobile devices and mobile app developers. I have been pitched on more great app ideas than I can count, and nearly every week been blown away by ideas I never could have conceived. As part of this give and take with the [...]
Today ACT submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which is seeking guidance as it rewrites regulations affecting mobile app developers. Specifically, the FTC is updating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), enacted in 1998 to protect children online. With its draft revision under consideration, the FTC is [...]
Mike Godwin and others have been saying it, but Steve Jobs was more than just a CEO to me. He quite literally shaped my life. From the day my dad, who was teaching computer science at the time, brought home one of the first Apple II computers, to today when [...]
ACT has been a leading proponent of legislation that helps protect manufacturers from companies who use stolen software to compete unfairly. These are known broadly as unfair competition or unfair trade practices laws. These laws empower manufacturers to seek damages against foreign competitors that use unlicensed, or pirated, products in [...]
I see articles on the patent system nearly every day. Some are well-reasoned discussions about how patents and innovation intersect, some discuss issues the tech industry faces from poor quality patents, and others are simply rants by those claiming their industry would fare better outside the patent system. Most days [...]