On 17 June 2021, ACT | The App Association continued the App Makers Tour of Europe. During our second stop in Germany, local app developers, policymakers, and industry representatives discussed the German app economy and the opportunities and challenges developers face today. Our panel also debated the Digital Markets Act [...]
The racial wealth gap in the United States has remained relatively unchanged since 1967, with Black and Brown Americans making a little more than $57 for every $100 in income earned by their White counterparts. When you consider that 66 percent of new entrepreneurs start their businesses using personal savings, [...]
On 25 May 2021, ACT | The App Association kicked off the App Makers Tour of Europe with its first stop in Romania. During this webinar, we engaged with local app developers, policymakers, and academics. Our speakers discussed the Romanian tech ecosystem and considered the impacts of impending tech regulation [...]
Online Webinar – Register here 14 June 2021 15h00 CET – 16h30 CET Standard-essential patents (SEPs) are a key component of the modern economy. With billions of connected devices in the internet of things (IoT), new avenues of growth open up every day for innovative firms in a vast array [...]
The state of competition in app stores is a hot topic in Congress and state legislatures as they evaluate proposals to remedy issues arising from a perceived lack of competition in app store markets. At the federal level, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights [...]