On 15 September 2021 the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, delivered the State of the Union address. Every year in September, the Commission president takes stock of the achievements of the past year and presents the priorities for the year ahead. This year, she not only [...]
Today, ACT | The App Association released a statement from president Morgan Reed on a decision in Epic v. Apple by the Ninth Circuit: "Today’s decision illustrates Apple is not a monopolist and keeps in place the services and benefits our members rely on to compete on a global scale. [...]
The digital technologies created within the app economy span across nearly every industry in the global economy and transform the way society functions daily. And that is not an exaggeration - in 2019, 77 percent of the European population reported daily internet use. Fast forward to 2021, and we can [...]
On 13 October ACT | The App Association continued its virtual App Makers Tour of Europe. After Romania, Germany, France, and Italy, we arrived in Spain! During the event we had an open conversation with local app developers and policymakers about the functioning of today’s app ecosystem and our members [...]
Every day, app developers around the world are creating new apps to help you monitor your health, learn something new, communicate with your loved ones, or manage your connected appliances at home. As large parts of our lives shifted online, so has our personal data. To keep improving their apps [...]