Today, Congress considers two key issues affecting companies in the mobile economy at the House Energy and Commerce hearing on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) oversight and Senate Commerce hearing on the FCC’s privacy proposal. ACT | The App Association recently addressed these topics in a filing with the Department of Commerce, explaining how government agencies charged with protecting the public were previously able to define where their mandates started and ended. But, with the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and [...]

Earlier today, it was reported that Spotify is seeking preferential treatment in Apple’s App Store. In response, Morgan Reed, executive director of ACT | The App Association, released the following statement: We are disappointed that Spotify is attempting to undermine key elements of the App Store ecosystem. Spotify isn't asking to level the playing field, it wants special treatment. Demanding that Apple give Spotify preferential treatment would put new entrants at an enormous disadvantage, while undermining the trust between the [...]

ACT | The App Association VP for Public Affairs Jonathan Godfrey and member Jordan Epstein of Stroll Health discuss the newly released report, Six-Figure Tech Salaries: Creating the Next Developer Workforce, on KTVU.  

Today, ACT | The App Association released a new report entitled Six-Figure Tech Salaries: Creating the Next Developer Workforce. The report provides the most in-depth look at the state of software development opportunities and the availability of computer science in our schools. Interactive maps show where software developer jobs are, how much they pay, and where to find openings. It also reveals which locations teach computer science and where education needs are the greatest. Users can zoom in and out to see data [...]

At its annual developer conference, Apple announced a new program - Swift Playgrounds - that could dramatically improve the accessibility of coding education for children. The App Association’s Morgan Reed explains how this could benefit app companies. “At the WWDC keynote, Tim Cook explained that ‘coding should be a required language in all schools.’ This is a sentiment strongly shared by our 5,000 member companies. Fifty of our tech executives flew to Washington, DC, in April to meet with their [...]

Today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced it has approved a proposal from the ICANN community for the U.S. government to relinquish its oversight role of the domain name system. This marks the final stages of the IANA transition announced in 2014. “The announcement from NTIA provided just the impetus the community needed to round out the accountability mechanisms inside ICANN and harden the organization against capture by governments,” said Jonathan Zuck, president of ACT | The App [...]