Recently, the Small Business Administration released data on the types of businesses that applied for one of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, established through the CARES Act at the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). As an association for small and medium businesses in the app economy, [...]
Recently, my colleague authored a resource (the 101 version of this “course,” for the academically inclined) to answer questions about European COVID-19 proximity tracing and exposure notification applications and to construct a best-practices framework for such apps. Now, we pivot our focus to the United States, where efforts to rally [...]
In light of the current global health crisis, more people are using the internet than before, making clear the relationship between broadband access and the app economy. During a time where all of us are working, learning, receiving healthcare, and entertaining ourselves at home, the internet is more integral to [...]
The end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 have seen rampant attacks on an aspect of communications technologies we often take for granted: encryption. In addition to being the protective buffer of most internet traffic—everything from commercial transactions to social interactions—it also protects those who may need increased privacy, [...]
With most of the world under some level of lockdown, technological innovation continues to play a crucial role in our fight against COVID-19. Public authorities, policymakers, and medical experts rely on the use of aggregated data to inform their decision-making and mitigate the impact of the crisis. The COVID-19 outbreak [...]