Security and Trust from an App Maker’s Point of View: A whitepaper on security and trust in the app ecosystem
In just 14 short years, the app economy emerged out of nowhere to become an €830 billion ecosystem. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the app economy thrived and played a key role in sustaining our work, studies, and daily lives. In particular, small app development companies, like ACT | The App [...]
The App Economy Generated €187.2 Billion in Revenue in the EU
In 2019, the app economy contributed a total of €187 billion in direct and indirect revenue to the European Union’s (EU) economy and supported up to 1.7 million jobs in all sectors. In 2019, the app economy added 0.4 percent in value to the EU’s GDP in 2019. Mobile app [...]
CCPA Updates: Enforcement, Final Regulations, and CCPA 2.0
We last checked-in on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) a little less than six months ago, shortly after the law went into effect. Since then, there’s been a lot of effort poured into refining and clarifying the law; two updates to the law’s implementing regulations and an entire new [...]
Out of the Box: How Platforms Changed Software Distribution
Quiz time! A buzz from your smartphone tells you there’s a new version of your go-to run tracking app. Which of the following do you do? Get in your car and drive to the nearest software store and grab the new version from the shelf. Scroll to the app store [...]