June 25, 2014
Secrets, secrets are no fun
Microsoft Executive Vice President and General Counsel Brad Smith (left) and Cameron Kerry discuss the future of global technology, privacy, and regulation at The Brookings Institution [...]
Buyer Beware: Android Phones Now Ship with Malware
It was reported last week that certain Android phones manufactured in China are shipping with pre-installed malware. Worrisome enough are the risks associated with downloading apps from uncurated [...]
The Supreme Court’s Decision in Alice Makes Us Wonder
Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced their decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, which invalidated the patents at issue. There's a "big picture" here, but there's some smaller, more [...]
Jonathan Zuck speaks on mHealth in Brussels
Today, ACT President Jonathan Zuck traveled to Brussels to speak about the mobile health landscape in Europe at the 2014 European mHealth Conference. Ray Pinto of Microsoft [...]
Apps and Autism
Last week, NPR's Morning Edition featured a story about a Queens school for children within the autism spectrum that use iPads in class and to play in their high school band. It's the type of story we're accustomed to hearing at ACT | The App Association. Most of the country first learned about the incredible impact apps have had educating children with autism from Leslie Stahl's Sixty Minutes segment on apps for autism in 2011.
Supreme Court Decision Clarifies Software Patentability
Today’s Supreme Court decision Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International addressed the patentability of abstract ideas. It confirmed what we all know to be true: abstract business [...]