Thank you, senator lee, for working with me and our two staff together on this hearing. I called to order this hearing of the subcommittee on competition, policy and antitrust Consumer Rights and the title of this hearing is antitrust applied examining competition in app stores. I welcome our witnesses in our hearing and we will examine the scope of americas monopoly problems and discuss what should be done to protect and foster competition in the 21st century. Today we will focus on competition in what we call the app economy. We will discuss competition waiting for the mobile obligations that run on her smart phone including revenues generated through app sales and App Purchases as well as app related ad revenues and sales of devices designed to run apps. In 2020 global revenues have been estimated at more than 580 billion and they are projected to grow to more than 900 billion by 2023. In just the first three months of this year users are estimated to have spent 21 billion on apps f
As a public service. Up next on American History tv we hear from a panel of scholars about how suffragists as a group outwardly adhered to traditional ideas of marriage and heterosexuality to demonstrate the Suffrage Movements respectability yet many privately engaged in nontraditional relationships the California Historical society hosted this event and provided the video. My name is frances kaplan, and im the reference and outreach librarian at the California Historical society. Thank you all for tuning into our program a little bit about us the California Historical society was founded in 1871 150 years ago its mission is to inspire and empower people to make californias richly diverse past and meaningful part of their contemporary lives. And now to our current program. On january 20th this year history will be made when Kamala Harris becomes the first woman Vice President of the United States of america as well as the first woman of color to hold this position. I think it is safe t
App. Representatives from apple and google defended their companies against accusations of antitrust practices and their app stores during a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing. Members also heard from App Store Developers who accused the Tech Companies of anticompetitive practices. This hearing is about three hours. Good afternoon everyone. Sorry we are a little late but we had a vote this afternoon and thank you, senator lee, for working with me and our two staff together on this hearing. I called to order this hearing of the subcommittee on competition, policy and antitrust Consumer Rights and the title of this hearing is antitrust applied examining competition in app stores. I welcome our witnesses in our hearing and we will examine the scope of americas monopoly problems and discuss what should be done to protect and foster competition in the 21st century. Today we will focus on competition in what we call the app economy. We will discuss competition waiting for the mobile oblig
Harris becomes the first woman Vice President of the United States of america as well as the first woman of color to hold this position. I think it is safe to say that this occasion marks the shattering of quite a few glass ceilings. Harris is inauguration comes just months after the us month 100 Year Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment which gave women the right to vote. Theres a long legacy of women fighting for political empowerment in the United States and in this program, our speakers will discuss their research into women whose contributions to this cause fully deserve recognition. Our first speaker is kimberly, hamlin. She is the associate professor of history and global and intercultural studies at Miami University in oxford, ohio as well as an awardwinning historian speaker and writer her book free thinker sex suffrage and the extraordinary life of helen hamilton gardner reveals the story of hamilton gardner who the same year that suffrage went into law becam
Where is he . What are you doing in the back . For anyone who has not heard of john milton hooper, shame on you. He wrote an awardwinning biography of Woodrow Wilson, and he has been enormously hopeful to us over the years, appearing many times, but also helping us unpack some of the difficult issues around Woodrow Wilson. The subject of todays conversation. So, in 1978, when the Wilson Center was 10 years old, we were charged by congress with creating a Hubert Humphrey fellowship in social and political thought. Good idea. The idea was that a quote, distinguished scholar, statesman, or cultural figure would deliver a lecture honoring humphreys legacy, which makes sense since he was a founding father of this place, as well as Vice President , senator, and dedicated public servant. And at times like this, when the mood in washington is so grim, he was always optimistic. Something i remember and cherish. Its taken us a few years, but we are very proud today to host the Hubert H Humphrey