A Letter From ACT | The App Association: How We’re Responding to COVID-19
To our members, the wider app and IoT community, and friends around the world, First, we hope you and your loved ones are safe and staying home. ACT | The App Association, like many other workplaces, is operating remotely due to the COVID-19 outbreak. However, remote work is not out of the ordinary for our staff. While most of our staff is in our Washington, DC, headquarters, we also have full time remote staff in Oregon, California, Arizona, and our [...]
Confusion Over Health Data Underscores Need for Federal Privacy Law
With the COVID-19 pandemic upending the normal routines of millions, commotion and confusion unfortunately rule the day. Much of the country is severely curtailing travel and abstaining from visiting healthcare providers unless a severe emergency arises, leading providers to adopt telehealth and remote patient monitoring solutions to handle more routine cases. However, the embrace of these virtual technologies brings to the fore longstanding uncertainties about data that leaves the auspices of traditional medical providers. As we have long pointed out, [...]
Soundtrack to Sanity: Music in the Age of Telework
With the advent of COVID-19 and many people across the world practicing social distancing and working from home, we’re examining some of the things folks can do to step away from their computers and avoid cabin fever. As someone who has a soundtrack to just about everything I do, allow me to share some ideas for activities you can do to step away, and my recommended tunes for each! Going for a Walk – “Buttercup” by Hippo Campus In the [...]
Shaping Europe’s Digital Future – The White Paper on Artificial Intelligence: A European Approach to Excellence and Trust
This blog is part of a series on three important documents the European Commission (EC) released on February 19, 2020, to outline its digital strategy and policy objectives. TLDR: The European Commission’s White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) The white paper on AI is part of the digital package the EC released in February. Read our response to the EC on its consultation on the white paper on AI. It sets out policy options to develop and deploy trustworthy AI [...]
Member Spotlight: App Family
Ten years ago, Per Haglund was a product manager for a fintech company in Sweden. While he felt it was a good job to pay the bills, he had very little room to be creative. When smartphones became a part of his work life, Per and his colleagues thought it could be interesting and fun to create apps. With a group of coworkers, he developed his first app and, in his own words, it “flopped completely.” However, Per didn’t let [...]
12 Apps to Get you Through the #stayathomechallenge
Have you found yourself on #TeamTelework recently? Whether you’re a parent trying to work from home, a college student taking classes from your childhood bedroom (yikes – we’re sorry), or a tot with energy only the playground can wear out, we feel you, and we’re here to help! We compiled a list of apps that can keep everyone practicing the #stayathomechallenge productive, positive, and most importantly hAPPy! Topik is an app that allows users to blog from anywhere – [...]