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Perspective on the Microsoft v. US Supreme Court decision

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Perspective on the Microsoft v. US Supreme Court decision


  • Saturday, April 21, 2018
  • By Richard Harris

Geoffrey Sant talks about the recent United States Supreme Court decision and how it could have implications for international technology businesses....


How to protect IP communications from telecom fraud

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How to protect IP communications from telecom fraud


  • Thursday, December 28, 2017
  • By William King

Business can avoid falling victim to fraud by partnering with their IP communications carriers to better understand what telecom fraud looks like and how it can be prevented. ...


A guide for protecting your app with a patent, trademark, or copyright

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A guide for protecting your app with a patent, trademark, or copyright


  • Tuesday, December 12, 2017
  • By Bryan Wheelock

How developers can protect their IP by following a plan, even before a line of code is written....


How app developers can avoid costly IP mistakes

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How app developers can avoid costly IP mistakes


  • Tuesday, August 29, 2017
  • By Chinh Pham

Intellectual Property tips for mobile app developers to make sure that they don't make any crucial IP legal errors....


ACT releases their State of the App Economy report

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ACT releases their State of the App Economy report


  • Friday, April 21, 2017
  • By Richard Harris

The App Association released its fifth edition “State of the App Economy” report....


FFTF to expose Senators who are voting to allow ISP's sell your information

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FFTF to expose Senators who are voting to allow ISP's sell your information


  • Tuesday, March 28, 2017
  • By Richard Harris

Fight for the Future to unleash billboards to expose Congress members who vote to gut Internet privacy rules....


Advancing transformational and intelligent transportation technologies

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Advancing transformational and intelligent transportation technologies


  • Wednesday, February 15, 2017
  • By Christian Hargrave

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America's policy recommendations on how to advance the research and deployment of transformational and intelligent transportation technologies....


Are your mobile game's Terms of Use enforceable?

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Are your mobile game's Terms of Use enforceable?


  • Friday, October 21, 2016
  • By Kimberly Culp

Most mobile games have terms of use, and for good reason. Terms of use can help a game company avoid distracting, time-consuming, and expensive litigation. Terms of use can be a game changer by helping a company avoid class action litigation. They ca...


Unified Experience Design: Solving XD's blindside

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Unified Experience Design: Solving XD's blindside


  • Wednesday, October 12, 2016
  • By Demian Entrekin

Any of us would be hard pressed today to find a consumer-facing brand that doesn’t espouse to “design thinking,” putting the consumer experience at the center of product development. Most people are on board with the concept that quality user experie...


Seven Keys to Obtaining Meaningful Patent Protection for Your Mobile App

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Seven Keys to Obtaining Meaningful Patent Protection for Your Mobile App


  • Friday, September 16, 2016
  • By Mark Lezama

You’ve come up with a brilliant idea for a mobile app that will deliver disruptive technology. You’ve sketched out a rough storyboard of your user interface and user experience. You’ve outlined the algorithms and architecture y...


Partnership Between Developers, Publishers and Platforms Is Key Says New Report

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Partnership Between Developers, Publishers and Platforms Is Key Says New Report


  • Monday, September 12, 2016
  • By Richard Harris

The Application Developers Alliance has released the result of a global survey of mobile app developers and publishers: Competition in the Mobile App Ecosystem. The report shows a healthy mobile app market and an industry that is concerned about bein...


Protecting Your Mobile App from Imposters

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Protecting Your Mobile App from Imposters


  • Thursday, March 03, 2016
  • By AJ Tibbetts

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but in an app context it will lead to lost users and ad imprints. This may seriously impact a bottom line and may even affect exit strategies such as prospects for acquisition. Worse, copying of mobile...


Technology Executives Visit Congress to Discuss App Governance Issues

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Technology Executives Visit Congress to Discuss App Governance Issues


  • Tuesday, March 24, 2015
  • By Richard Harris

Fifty software executives from around the USA have traveled to Washington, DC to meet with policymakers and regulators about the top tech innovation priorities as part of ACT | The App Association’s 2015 Fly-In on March 22-24.  The attending app...


Security to Take Front Row Seat for Operators and Governments in 2015

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Security to Take Front Row Seat for Operators and Governments in 2015


  • Thursday, December 18, 2014
  • By Richard Harris

AdaptiveMobile has identified that network-level security is set to be on operator and government agendas for 2015. The company also identified trends that IoT and mobile malware will be defining new challenges of mobile security. Adap...


Mobile App Privacy Demanded By Twenty Four Global Privacy Authorities

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Mobile App Privacy Demanded By Twenty Four Global Privacy Authorities


  • Wednesday, December 17, 2014
  • By Stuart Parkerson

National data protection had been the recent focal point by twenty four worldwide authorities on mobile app personal data processing. An open letter had been proposed from a group of data protection authoritiesThe Global Privacy Enforcement Netw...


POODLE Attacks The SSL/TLS Problem

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POODLE Attacks The SSL/TLS Problem


  • Thursday, December 11, 2014
  • By Stuart Parkerson

The POODLE attack has been repurposed to attack a new SSL/TLS problem, according to Qualys’ Director of Engineering Ivan Ristic. Ristic pointed out that vulnerability what has triggered the attack to some of the most popular websites worldw...


The Application Developers Alliance Calls Out FTC Ruling As Falling Short

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The Application Developers Alliance Calls Out FTC Ruling As Falling Short


  • Thursday, December 11, 2014
  • By Richard Harris

The Application Developers Alliance forcefully criticized the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed agreement to end enforcement litigation against a notorious patent troll for being too weak and failing to deter future bad behavior by this troll or ot...


Conversation Rate Optimization (CRO) and How It Contributes to Mobile App User Engagement

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Conversation Rate Optimization (CRO) and How It Contributes to Mobile App User Engagement


  • Sunday, September 21, 2014
  • By Sriram (a) Ram

What is CRO and why does a company needs to focus on it?Conversion is making your visitors perform an action which you want them to perform. Depending upon your purpose, the action can be anything, an online purchase, subscription, user enrollment, a...


O Brother, Where Art Thou? How New Laws Are Governing the Collection and Use of Geolocation Information Inside Apps

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? How New Laws Are Governing the Collection and Use of Geolocation Information Inside Apps


  • Saturday, September 20, 2014
  • By Adam Grant

Trying to find out where someone is located is valuable information for businesses and attorneys, but there are new laws winding their way through Congress which directly impact how this information is obtained. In 2000, George Clooney appeared ...


What Mobile Developers Need to Know About UK Free to Play Regulatory Focus

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What Mobile Developers Need to Know About UK Free to Play Regulatory Focus


  • Thursday, September 04, 2014
  • By Luke Moulton

The online and app-based games industry has exploded in recent years. Many gaming companies have developed games which follow a free-to-play (F2P) format. The most common F2P model adopted is the freemium model.The growth of freemium games has undoub...


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