Mobile Laws and Guidelines
Developer news for laws, regulations, and legal advice when creating mobile apps.
ACT releases their State of the App Economy reportFriday, April 21, 2017 by Richard HarrisACT | The App Association released its fifth edition “State of the App Economy” report, which provides a snapshot of the trends driving and defining the dynamic app ecosystem. Mobile apps are a component of nearly every enterprise and consumer-facing industry and have impacted every sector of the American economy, in every congressional district.“The app economy is part...
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FFTF to expose Senators who are voting to allow ISP's sell your informationTuesday, March 28, 2017 by Richard HarrisDigital rights group Fight for the Future, known for organizing massive protests against SOPA and for net neutrality, has announced that - if the bill passes - they will unleash billboards with the names of every member of Congress who votes to gut the FCC’s Internet privacy rules that prevent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Comcast and Verizon from selling their...
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Advancing transformational and intelligent transportation technologiesWednesday, February 15, 2017 by Christian HargraveThe Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) released today its “The Road Ahead: The Next Generation of Mobility” public policy roadmap that provides policy recommendations on how to advance the research and deployment of transformational and intelligent transportation technologies. Specifically, the roadmap provides recommendations on policy issues t...
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Are your mobile game's Terms of Use enforceable?Friday, October 21, 2016 by Kimberly CulpMost 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 can also be used to ensure that any litigation is in a convenient location for the company. Some courts even allow the compa...
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Unified Experience Design: Solving XD's blindsideWednesday, October 12, 2016 by Demian EntrekinAny 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 experience, particularly for -- but by no means limited to -- digital experiences, drives sales and customer retention. This is w...
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Seven Keys to Obtaining Meaningful Patent Protection for Your Mobile AppFriday, September 16, 2016 by Mark LezamaYou’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 you need to implement your idea and satisfied yourself that your app is technically feasible. You are ready to finalize you...
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Partnership Between Developers, Publishers and Platforms Is Key Says New ReportMonday, September 12, 2016 by Richard HarrisThe 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 being misrepresented and sees unnecessary intervention from external authorities.In the context of the European Commission’s o...
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Protecting Your Mobile App from ImpostersThursday, March 03, 2016 by AJ TibbettsImitation 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 apps is widespread, to the point that Apple has introduced a web interface for reporting duplicates in an effort to clean...
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Technology Executives Visit Congress to Discuss App Governance IssuesTuesday, March 24, 2015 by Richard HarrisFifty 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 publishers and mobile entrepreneurs have scheduled over 100 meetings with elected officials in Congress, the White House,...
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Security to Take Front Row Seat for Operators and Governments in 2015Thursday, December 18, 2014 by Richard HarrisAdaptiveMobile 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. AdaptiveMobile is he world’s number one mobile security provider. The company released its top mobile security trends for...
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Mobile App Privacy Demanded By Twenty Four Global Privacy Authorities Wednesday, December 17, 2014 by Stuart ParkersonNational 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 Network (GPEN) had carried through a “mobile app privacy sweep” last year. The GPEN is made of 40 national and regional data p...
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POODLE Attacks The SSL/TLS ProblemThursday, December 11, 2014 by Stuart ParkersonThe 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 worldwide. The growth of F5 load balancers fell victim as devices have been impacted.The repurposed attack was previously disclo...
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The Application Developers Alliance Calls Out FTC Ruling As Falling Short Thursday, December 11, 2014 by Richard HarrisThe 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 others. The Commission had sued MPHJ Technologies for sending deceptive patent demand letters to thousands of businesses and...
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What Mobile Developers Need to Know About UK Free to Play Regulatory Focus Thursday, September 04, 2014 by Luke MoultonThe 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 undoubtedly entertained millions of gamers and has been a profitable route to market for many gaming companies. Consumer complai...
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An Artist Transitions from Console to Mobile Games: Lessons LearnedFriday, August 22, 2014 by Juan MendiolaBefore joining Kiwi Inc., I spent the first five years of my career working on AAA console games. In more than two years since I’ve been with Kiwi, I have learned a lot about the differences between each platform. Previous experiences with projects like Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 were instrumental to helping me gain a bearing in the games industry, but ultimately offered...
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Enabling Standard IoT: Future proofing Device Communications and Taking IP Interconnectivity to the Next Level with UPnP+Monday, August 11, 2014 by Dr. Alan MesserData centers, telecom, cable TV, mobile networks, and home, office and business services are moving towards increased interconnectivity, greater complexity and higher bandwidth. For each sector, the drivers are different. In telecom, we see a vast uptake of mobile devices, Web 2.0 software and social networking. For office networks, it’s the uptake of portable computing...
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