Developers see opportunity in WWDC announcements
This week I'm in San Francisco at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), where Apple unveils new products and services set to drive the mobile economy over the coming year. One thing is very clear: the app economy continues to thrive. Having already earned in excess of $30 billion, iOS developers are now finding great success through new devices like the Apple Watch. ACT | The App Association’s report on the current state of the iOS app economy reflects that success. Below [...]
WWDC Preview: The iOS App Economy
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We Wear It: Welcome to June 1
Welcome to June 1, the first day of ACT | The App Association’s 99-Day Wearables Try-on-athon! What’s that? It’s 99 days of our team setting some personal health and fitness goals, challenging each other, and trying a bunch of different wearable devices with various capabilities to see how they work, and how they might help us meet those goals. And telling you all about it along the way. We’re a team with diverse lifestyles—have you read the My Life in [...]
An Inside Look at the DMCA
Last week, the U.S. Copyright Office held the final hearings to decide whether there should be exemptions from the no-circumvention or no-hacking to access digital copyrighted works rule in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The Copyright Office does this every three years, and each time there is a predictable increase in anti-DMCA rhetoric. It is always the same: the DMCA is bad, the DMCA hampers innovation, the DMCA locks up content and prevents fair use. Representing thousands of software [...]
Introducing: We Wear It
Pools are open, schools are out, and summer is on its way. While the impending heat often leads to taking layers off, we’re dedicating 99 days to trying wearables on – and telling you about them along the way. The wearables market has seen incredible growth, but these devices are doing much more than just tracking steps. The wearables market spans a wide range of uses, working (or not working) for different lifestyles and goals. That’s why our team is spending the summer [...]
Put Your Money Where Your Health Is
Medical mobile app companies are changing the face of healthcare. They include companies like CareSync that contacts your doctor to get your medical records and allows you to keep your complete medical history right on your mobile device. iHealth Labs connects users’ smartphones to medical devices like glucometers and blood pressure monitors, and AirStrip gives clinicians a tool to view their patients’ data from anywhere in the world for quicker and more efficient care. Reports show that 60 percent of [...]