Tech Swamp
Listen to monthly episodes of Tech Swamp for global tech policy and business headlines, tidbits of tech history, and topical policy deep-dives on legislation and regulation in the U.S., EU, UK, and around the globe!
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 120
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Privacy in the States: Colorado and California
This month we’re sitting down with Caleb Williamson, our state public policy associate and one of our newest App Association employees, and Matt Schwartz, privacy fellowship coordinator at the Innova…
00:38:42 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
The EU's DSA and Small Businesses
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at the Digital Services Act (DSA), a proposed law in the EU that aims to clarify the rules and obligations for online businesses, particularly when it come…
00:31:57 |
Fri 09 Jul 2021
Broadband in the Infrastructure Bill? Maybe!
This month we’re sitting down with our own Graham Dufault for a deep dive on all things infrastructure, specifically broadband. There was a lot of back-and-forth, some “will they, won’t they,” but no…
00:34:18 |
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Gender Equity in the App Economy with Dora Palfi
In this episode, Dora Palfi, CEO and founder of member company imagiLabs, joins us for a discussion around gender equity in the app economy and how her company is lowering the barriers to entry for g…
00:32:59 |
Thu 10 Jun 2021
Update: Apple v Epic
This month we’re sitting down with Ashley Durkin-Rixey for a debrief on the Epic v. Apple trial. We’ll also be talking competition and standard-essential patents (SEPs) as a refresh for our upcoming …
00:32:26 |
Wed 26 May 2021
EU mHealth Member Spotlights
In this episode, we’re sitting down with Birgit Morlion, Policy Officer in the eHealth and Ageing unit of the European Commission, to talk about the digital transformation of healthcare in the Europe…
00:37:59 |
Thu 13 May 2021
Breaking Down the Americans with Disabilities Act with Betsy Furler
This month we’re sitting down with Betsy Furler of member company For All Abilities for a conversation around accessibility access. We’ll be discussing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), spec…
00:32:49 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
Diving into Apple's App Store Small Business Program
In this episode, we’re going back in time to look at the origins of the app economy and analyse how the two largest app stores evolved, innovated, and interacted with each other over time. We’re also…
00:29:17 |
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Update: Telehealth Modernization Act
This month we’re bringing in our public policy team for a solid AppCon’21 prep session on all things telehealth and pandemic response. We’ll be chatting with senior director for public policy Graham …
00:36:36 |
Thu 25 Mar 2021
DMA + SMEs = OH NO
In this episode, we are sitting down with Aurélien Portuese, director of antitrust and innovation policy at ITIF to discuss competition in the digital age. We’ll discuss the new European regulation -…
00:38:53 |
Thu 11 Mar 2021
Celebrating Black History Month
This month we’re celebrating Black History Month! We’ll be discussing our efforts to celebrate Black history and entrepreneurship this month and throughout the year, as well as the additional initiat…
00:31:36 |
Fri 26 Feb 2021
SEP's: Revolutionary or Incremental?
In this episode, we are discussing standard-essential patents – otherwise abbreviated as SEPs – and how rules and regulations around those patents impact our members’ businesses. We’re diving into so…
00:24:38 |
Thu 11 Feb 2021
January 6th Impact on Our Work
This month we’re talking all things new in DC, on and off the Hill, in 2021 with senior director of public policy, Graham Dufault, to talk through the priorities of the new Congress and Biden Adminis…
00:38:08 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
DMA, DSA, & The Data Governance Act
The start of a new year is always an exciting moment to look at what’s ahead. In this first episode for 2021, we’re discussing upcoming tech policy in the EU with our founder and chairperson, Mike Sa…
00:35:11 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
2020 Election Updates and What to Expect in 2021
This month we’re hitting you with a 2021 forecast for our friends on Capitol Hill. We’re sitting down with friend of the pod and executive director, Chelsea Thomas to talk through the general legisla…
00:35:14 |
Thu 17 Dec 2020
The Future of US-EU Data Transfers
In this episode, we are sitting down with Graham Dufault, our senior director for public policy in the United States, and our European Union team to talk about the differences and similarities on eit…
00:41:31 |
Tue 15 Dec 2020
Breaking Down the Telehealth Modernization Act
This month we’re talking connected health tools and the life-saving Telehealth Modernization Act with senior director for public policy, Graham Dufault. But before we get into that we’re going to hit…
00:25:20 |
Tue 24 Nov 2020
The DSA and the App Economy
This month we're talking about the upcoming new European law – the Digital Markets Act - that aims to impose new obligations on large online platforms acting as gatekeepers. We discuss how such chang…
00:29:40 |
Fri 13 Nov 2020
All Things FRAND
This month we’re talking standard-essential patents (SEPs) with Steven Forte of member company Fresco Capital and Trish Thomas of member company TEEM. Before we dive into member chats, we’re doing a …
00:36:27 |
Thu 29 Oct 2020
Planet v Huawei: Not So FRAND-ly
In this episode, we will talk about an important topic for many of our members: Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). SEPs raise important challenges for small businesses that rely on standardized techn…
00:30:43 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
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