App Piracy Convictions Ensure Profitability of the 99¢ App The Justice Department just convicted two individuals responsible for running an internet marketplace for pirated apps - a first for our nascent industry. This enforcement action is welcomed by the small companies and startups that are the leaders of this growing [...]
A study released today by Fordham University, "Privacy and Cloud Computing in Public Schools," underscores the importance of online educational resources. Remarkable achievements are being made with the assistance of cloud services and applications are helping to modernize classrooms with interactive learning environments. Innovation is occurring right now that can profoundly improve [...]
ACT, the largest association of startups and mobile app companies, praised today’s congressional action to protect small business innovation from predatory patent litigation. Today’s House Judiciary Committee passage of the Innovation Act addresses the growing threat of patent trolls. These entities threaten small technology companies with patent litigation without identifying [...]
The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), the world’s leading association for mobile app developers, will today release 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 app economy has exploded [...]
Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced updates to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) that addresses many of the concerns of industry. In response to the new rules, Association for Competitive Technology Executive Director Morgan Reed made the following statement: Final Rule Makes Important Changes for Large Companies [...]