Global ACTivists for Change: An Open Letter to Leaders Around the World
The global members of ACT | The App Association are innovative small businesses and enterprises changing the way we live, work, and play through apps and connected technology. Our members are leading the next generation of trailblazers working to solve problems and fill gaps across industries—from healthcare and education to privacy, cybersecurity, and Web3—and they’re harnessing the power of the app economy to drive change. For our members to continue improving the lives of their customers and clients through safe, [...]
Tech has a trust issue, not an antitrust problem
Earlier this week, President Biden wrote an op-ed calling for regulation of the tech industry—starting with strong privacy protections for consumers. On the one hand, the President’s focus on privacy is welcome, because unexpected uses of data are among the most common and insidious ways that bad actors violate consumer trust. But the op-ed’s focus on digital platforms that “promote their own products while excluding or disadvantaging competitors” may signal a willingness to support policies that prohibit key platform privacy [...]
UK Employment Law for Startups: A business strengthening member resource
Whether it’s the challenge of completing that first hire or the complexity that comes with a growing team, employment law is a key consideration for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The latest ACT | The App Association member resource, in partnership with IEM Consultancy, covers everyday employment essentials that businesses need to understand in early stages of growth. Employment law experts, discuss what employment means, how to define when someone is really an employee, employee rights, and the [...]
Fall ’22 Member Priorities, Pt. 3: Telehealth and Digital Health Coverage
Our next installment of fall ’22 ACT | The App Association member company priorities spotlights an issue important to all Americans—continued access to telehealth and digital health coverage. In 2022, more than 81 million Americans are estimated to have accessed care through telehealth and digital health services. Here is what our members are asking of Congress: We urge the Senate to pass the House’s additional two-year extension on telehealth and digital health coverage. We also encourage both chambers to extend the current [...]
What is Web3?
Before the New Orleans Entrepreneur Week evangelized me on the metaverse and Web3 (learn about NOEW here), I’d hear terms like “metaverse” and “mixed reality.” Two things happened: one, I would roll my eyes, and two, depending on how much sleep I did or didn’t have, my mind either went everywhere, imagining all of the things the metaverse could accomplish, what it did or didn’t look like, the gaps it could fill . . . or my mind would go [...]
App Makers Face a Hotline to Hardship
The effort to impose European-style regulation on app stores is seeing a late surge as sponsors are fast-tracking (or hotlining) the Open App Markets Act (S. 2710, OAMA) through the Senate. Under the Senate’s hotline procedure, legislation is circulated by email to every Senate office. If no office objects within the given timeframe, the bill passes the Senate by unanimous consent. In part because OAMA didn’t traverse the full legislative process, which would have involved a legislative hearing, Senate offices [...]