Representing thousands of app developers, ACT applauds Apple's proposed steps to address concerns raised by the use of location data on mobile phones. The public outcry we are witnessing demonstrates that the technology industry must do more to make consumers confident in the security of their personal information. Apple has [...]
Today, Senators Reid, Schumer, Lautenberg and Udall released a letter they sent to mobile applications stores asking them to block distribution of traffic software apps like Trapster and PhantomALERT because user-generated input can warn drivers about drunk driving checkpoints. While I applaud the Senators for seeking to curb drunk driving, [...]
Yesterday's announced merger between AT&T and T-Mobile could bring increased access to more smartphone platforms throughout the US, and more spectrum for mobile apps that are becoming the backbone of a fully functional mobile web. Despite apps being the dominant feature in smartphone ads, we've only begun to scratch the [...]
[cetsEmbedRSS id=http://actonline.org/feed/rss itemcount=5 itemauthor=0 itemdate=1 itemcontent=0]A bipartisan group led by Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) have introduced the American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 to permanently expand and extend the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit. Innovation is the engine of our U.S. economy, spawning new [...]
Today, Congress began asking why search engines are allowed to willingly promote and finance piracy. In a Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, Former Chairman of the Intellectual Property Subcommittee Howard Berman led off with a question that intellectual property advocates have been asking for years. If a search engine can adjust its [...]