Today, Congress considers two key issues affecting companies in the mobile economy at the House Energy and Commerce hearing on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oversight and Senate Commerce hearing on the FCC’s privacy proposal. ACT | The App Association recently addressed these topics in a filing with the Department of Commerce, explaining [...]
Earlier today, it was reported that Spotify is seeking preferential treatment in Apple’s App Store. In response, Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT | The App Association, released the following statement: We are disappointed that Spotify is attempting to undermine key elements of the App Store ecosystem. Spotify isn't asking [...]
ACT | The App Association VP for Public Affairs Jonathan Godfrey and member Jordan Epstein of Stroll Health discuss the newly released report, Six-Figure Tech Salaries: Creating the Next Developer Workforce, on KTVU.
Today, ACT | The App Association released a new report entitled Six-Figure Tech Salaries: Creating the Next Developer Workforce. The report provides the most in-depth look at the state of software development opportunities and the availability of computer science in our schools. Interactive maps show where software developer jobs are, how much they [...]
At its annual developer conference, Apple announced a new program - Swift Playgrounds - that could dramatically improve the accessibility of coding education for children. The App Association’s Morgan Reed explains how this could benefit app companies. “At the WWDC keynote, Tim Cook explained that ‘coding should be a required [...]