Fall ’22 Member Priorities, Pt. 2: Workforce Development
Our next installment of fall ’22 ACT | The App Association member company priorities spotlights an issue that is near and dear to the hearts of app companies: workforce development. In fact, some of our member companies, like CAVU, are blazing trails in their efforts to help aspiring developers make their own way through scalable agile technology. With more than half a million developer and computing jobs open in the United States, App Association members are taking the matter into [...]
Age-Appropriate Design – A New Era for Children’s Privacy in California (and Likely Elsewhere Too)
Back in March, when we wrote about the State of Children’s Privacy, we flagged California’s AB-2273, the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC) as a key piece of legislation for developers to monitor. The AADC framework marks a significant departure from the sort of “collection standard” law (such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act [COPPA]) typically associated with the kids’ privacy arena. True to recent form, the California legislature moved incredibly quickly to pass the bill, which Governor Gavin Newsom [...]
Digital Markets Act Explainer
With the recent publication of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the Official Journal of the European Union on 12 October 2022, you may wonder what the DMA is all about. This blog is here to help and explains and highlights the main elements of this new European law that are relevant for app developers. While the European institutions have finalised the high-level regulation, we are now moving into the implementation phase, during which it will be crucial for small [...]
Event Recap: See Yourself in Cyber
A Fireside Chat with Chris Sims, CEO of CAVU, and Nikos Kiourtis, Co-Head of Research and Development at Quokka This October, ACT | The App Association joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) in leading a collaborative effort between government and industry to raise cybersecurity awareness nationally and internationally for small and medium-sized businesses. This year during Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the “See Yourself in Cyber” theme demonstrated that while cybersecurity may seem like [...]
Recap: The App Economy in Europe – Challenges and opportunities for digital health in Europe
On 12 October, ACT | The App Association brought together industry experts and policymakers to discuss digital health policy in the European Union (EU) and in other parts of the world. The event opened with a keynote message by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Deirdre Clune, who highlighted the importance of supporting the exchange of health data by increasing efficient access to data and introducing clear rules. Ms Clune emphasised that the European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation represents [...]