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 being misrepresented and sees unnecessary intervention from external authorities.In the context of the European Commission’s o...
New Developer Workforce Initiative to Support the Global Development Work Force
Friday, April 22, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
The Application Developers Alliance has launched the Developer Workforce Initiative to provide resources and support that will engage, educate and help grow the global developer labor force. Initial corporate supporters of the initiative include Apcera, AT&T, Built.io, Ericsson, Facebook, Ford, Google, Intel, and MapR.The Developer Workforce Initiative includes a nu...
New Report on the Opportunities for Developers for iOT and the Manufacturing Industry
Monday, March 2, 2015 by Richard Harris
The Application Developers Alliance has released a new report in its installment in their Internet of Things series titled, “The Internet of Things: Manufacturing IoT From the Factory Floor.”This is the fourth installment in the Alliance’s iOT series, which in previous installments provided an introduction to the future of iOT for the development community, and reports ...
App Developers Alliance to Offer Workshops on Starting an App Publishing Business
Friday, February 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
The Application Developers Alliance is reaching out to developers to help them learn more about creating an app publishing business through its App Strategy Workshop: Fundamentals series. These workshops are held in local settings to help mobile app developers, startups, and small app publishers learn about business basics and strategy fundamentals. During each eve...
IoT and Connected Wearables: What is the Real Opportunity for Developers
Thursday, January 15, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
I’ve talked ad nauseam through a number of recent articles about how CES has effectively launched the year of IoT and connected technology. It’s not that I’m a broken record, it’s just the fact that a large number of the information sent to our editorial department has been IoT related in the last couple of weeks.A case in point is the Application Developers Alliance re...
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 others. The Commission had sued MPHJ Technologies for sending deceptive patent demand letters to thousands of businesses and...
Learn How Mobile App Developers Can Cash in on the Coming Wave of Internet of Things (IoT) Initiatives
Friday, October 24, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Recently we reported on the first of several app developer centric whitepapers covering of the Internet of Things (IoT) by the Application Developers Alliance. The first entry in the series released in August is titled “Internet of Things: A Developer's Mandate” and if you haven’t read it yet, you can do so on the Alliance's website.
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A Real World Guide to the Internet of Things (IoT) from an App Developer’s Perspective
Thursday, August 7, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
It seems you can’t turn the corner without having someone virtually knock you on the head with the Internet of Things (IoT). But as an app developer, have you really heard anything yet about IoT that says, OK, now that is relevant to me?First, if you don’t know what the basic concept of IoT is, here you go: Connect all the things to the Internet so that automation and d...
Application Developers Alliance Relaunches DEVSBUILD.IT as App Industry Search Engine
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The Application Developers Alliance, a global membership organization for developers, has relaunched DEVSBUILD.IT as an app industry search engine. The DEVSBUILD.IT website was originally launched by the Alliance in 2012 as a networking tool for its members. The redesigned website now provides access to business tools, industry insight, and policy informa...
Application Developers Alliance Publishes Best Practices for Engaging and Retaining Mobile App Users
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The Application Developers Alliance has released a new report to help provide insight into the best practices for engaging and retaining mobile app customers. The report also suggests metrics for app publishers to follow for achieving these goals. The publication is authored by the members of the Alliance’s Business and Revenue Working Group, a committee ...
Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
Sunday, December 9, 2012 by Richard Harris
The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights is an effort by the Unites States Government to put privacy first for consumers and force digital information companies to be "within the law" when it comes to what sort of information they can gather, and use. As an app developer you need to pay close attention to this story because it will directly effect the way your...
The Application Developers Alliance wants to focus on Healthcare apps
Friday, November 30, 2012 by Richard Harris
The Application Developers Alliance http://appdevelopersalliance.org which was launched in January of this past year has more than 100 member organizations and 15,000 individuals. They are a non-profit origination based in Washington, DC. They offer networking, legislative and regulatory advocacy, industry information and research and resou...
