As Apple marks the fifth anniversary of the App Store, we decided to revisit our 2012 study, Apps Across America, a report originally requested by the House Energy and Commerce Committee for its hearing “Where the Jobs Are: There’s an App for That.” Twelve months later, we return to the [...]
The Washington Post reported today about RIM’s announced January 30 launch date for BlackBerry 10. The new operating system will be accompanied by two new devices signaling that the Canadian manufacturer plans an aggressive push to reclaim lost marketshare. Further groundwork has been laid for a big splash with the BB10 launch [...]
Today we launched the App Privacy Icons - the newest feature of our App Trust Project. These icons are part of a broad campaign to provide developers with resources to demonstrate easy-to-understand transparency about the privacy settings and features of their apps. In the increasingly competitive world of mobile apps, [...]
The Association for Competitive Technology and the Family Online Safety Institute will host a panel discussion today to brief lawmakers, staff, and interested parties about the FTC's amended proposed changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). On August 1, the FTC released a supplementary notice of proposed rulemaking, [...]
The mobile app industry is a dynamic and fast growing marketplace. It has grown to $20 billion in only four years and is projected to top $100 billion by 2015.1 While the emergence of mobile apps has revolutionized the software industry, they are also having a profound impact on our [...]