I am attending the President's address this morning regarding the future of NSA surveillance. The tech industry has been deeply troubled by revelations of expansive government surveillance. NSA attempts to disable security measures protecting the communications infrastructure of American companies is a threat to our consumers in the U.S. and [...]
Virginia innovators have led the way in the explosive growth of the new $68 billion App Economy. New companies are springing up every day in the Commonwealth producing apps for our mobile devices. But while smartphones and tablets top many holiday lists this season, the gift that tech entrepreneurs want [...]
This week, Sebastian Holst, Executive VP of PreEmptive Solutions and member of ACT, testified before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property at a hearing on “The Rise of Innovative Business Models: Content Delivery in the Digital Age.” As the only software developer on the panel, Mr. Holst's perspective was of [...]
The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) have been in the news a lot the past few months regarding Apple and Samsung. While most know that Apple and Samsung have been fighting over patents, not everyone is familiar with the ways the ITC, [...]
Creating Jobs and Driving Growth The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), the world’s leading association for mobile app developers, released a new study showing that the app economy, including apps running on smartphones and tablets, has contributed nearly 800,000 jobs to the EU economy in just five years. The [...]