Leading app analytics firm AppFigures published a study this summer that examined developer preferences within the top three mobile platforms. Their findings were surprising. With more than 500,000 app developers in the mobile ecosystem, only a small percentage make apps to more than one platform. While Apple’s iOS has long [...]
We expect more from Eric Schmidt. This is the guy who pushed antitrust regulators to get involved in the tech industry throughout his career at Sun and Novell. He wrote the book on how "tying" a new product to your existing technological monopoly should be considered an aggressive, anticompetitive act. [...]
At ACT, we’ve taken great interest in the media coverage of a possible pending broadband deal between Verizon and Google. While we know nothing more than what’s been reported in the news, this appears to be an interesting development in the net neutrality debate. Advocates of net neutrality have differing [...]
Today, we're kicking off a new feature on the blog, a weekly round up of the tech industry's various antitrust cases and "potential" antitrust concerns. While last week's antitrust news was dominated by competition concerns outside the technology industry (health insurers and the BCS), there were a few notable stories [...]
At the Web2.0 conference last week, John Doerr made a powerful argument for why America needs to address our supply of talented scientists. Part of his proposed solution is:"I would staple a Green Card to the diploma of anyone that graduates with a degree in the physical sciences or engineering [...]
