Coding a Career: Real Talk from Detroit’s Apple Developer Academy

  In a year of AI hype cycles, tech layoffs, and “learn to code” headlines, learners at the Apple Developer Academy in Detroit wanted to know one thing: what does a real career in coding actually look like? Our speakers addressed that and much more during our “Coding as a [...]

A Scroll Down Membership Lane: December’s 2025 Membership Mondays

  ACT | The App Association’s members drive the innovation that powers our digital world. Each month, through our Member Monday series, we spotlight these trailblazing small businesses and their cutting-edge achievements. This month, we’re looking at what’s top of mind for small and medium-sized tech companies as we enter [...]

Small Tech Founders Call for Fair H-1B Policy

  ACTivists for Change: Members join forces in a letter to the White House, urging balanced, startup-friendly reforms   While national conversations about the H-1B program often focus on large companies, our members live a different reality. These teams are lean, product-driven, and often hire for highly specialized roles where [...]

Small Tech Companies from Across the U.S. Call on White House to Reverse Course on H-1B Visa Fee

  President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20003   Dear Mr. President: We are the small business founders, innovators, and independent developers building the technologies that power America’s digital economy. Through our collective voice along with ACT | The App Association, [...]

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The 1-2-3s of Age Verification Compliance in the United States

  Lawmakers across the United States are introducing a wave of age-verification and parental-consent laws aimed at protecting kids online. While well-intentioned, these state-by-state approaches create a confusing and costly patchwork for startups and independent developers. And, as we have seen in other efforts to use age verification methods, the very [...]

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