When the first iPad was released in 2010, Pierre Abel and his wife were homeschooling their two daughters. The couple quickly realized that tablets can be a great child-friendly tool to enable learning and encourage creativity. Pierre, a developer and designer of Apple applications since 1983, then launched their family [...]
Author: Betsy Fuller Fast, reliable broadband is the only thing preventing rural communities from being the next tech hub. Pockets of the country either do not have reliable connectivity or don’t have any at all. Without innovative ways to connect, some towns will be left on the wrong side of [...]
ACT | The App Association testifies before House Judiciary Committee on “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship” On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, ACT | The App Association President Morgan Reed testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law as [...]
By Debbie Rose and Madeline Zick Let’s begin with a riddle. What do mobile apps, poetry, photographs, movies, books, and sculptures have in common? Answer: they are all eligible for copyright protection! The U.S. Copyright Act offers creators protection for original works of authorship, which according to the U.S. Copyright [...]
How New Privacy Laws May Impact Apps Designed to Protect Your Privacy By Graham Dufault and Madeline Zick On an average day, how many calls do you get that are just spam? You hear your phone buzz, you take one look at the screen displaying the phone number—likely with your [...]
