• Walmart Adds Third-Party Sellers’ Tires to Installation-Eligible Program

    Shoppers can now order tires from third-party sellers on Walmart Marketplace and schedule an appointment to have those tires installed at a Walmart Auto Care Center at the same time. The tires will be shipped to the customer’s local Walmart store for installation, Michael Mosser, vice president and category lead at Walmart Marketplace, said in a Wednesday (April […]

  • First third party App Store in the EU is live

    Following changes in iOS 17.4 and legislation allowing them, the first new alternative app store has launched in the EU, that promises to help distribute "indie" apps at a low-cost yearly fee. Image Credit: AltStore On Wednesday, AltStore PAL announced that it is officially launching as an alternative to Apple's App Store in the European Union. It bills itself as an "open-source, crowd-funded app store for indies." According to the developers, distributing apps via AltStore PAL is...

  • YouTube Is Cracking Down on Third-party Apps That Block Ads

    YouTube is blocking third-party apps with ad blockers from streaming videos. The change follows other crackdowns on ad blockers on YouTube's part.

  • Philadelphia transportation authority ends contract with CRRC in Springfield

    SEPTA, the public transportation authority for the city of Philadelphia, has cancelled a contract with manufacturer CRRC.

  • Three Wounded In Shooting At US Party For End Of Ramadan

    A shooting between rival groups left three people wounded at a celebration marking the end of Ramadan, police in the US city of Philadelphia said.

  • Google is cracking down on third-party apps that block YouTube ads

    In a support document, Google said that users attempting to access YouTube videos through third-party apps with built-in ad-blocking could experience buffering issues or see an error that reads "The following content is not available on this app."Read Entire Article

  • YouTube's crackdown on ad blockers expands to third-party apps

    Last year, YouTube launched a full-on assault against ad blockers in October, following an initial small scale experiment in June. Now, many months later, the crackdown is expanding. YouTube has announced that it will be commencing enforcement of its anti-ad blocker policy on third-party apps that violate YouTube's Terms of Service. YouTube specifically calls out "ad-blocking apps", on this occasion, although we assume third-party players with ad blocking built-in could also be a target. As...

  • Your Turn: Mother Jones readers sound off on voting third party

    Frustrated by the two-party system? Polling shows you’re not alone, with more Americans than ever supporting the idea of a third party. But the winner of November’s presidential election will be either Biden or Trump, and voters weighing other candidates need to consider if a protest vote to end the duopoly might instead help end […]

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    Third-party presidential candidate refuses to condemn Hamas’ actions

    Third-party presidential candidate Cornel West and his running mate Melina Abdullah share their opinions on the Israel-Gaza conflict with CNN’s Abby Phillip.

  • Love Your Block Program gearing up for their third year of community projects

    The City of Erie is continuing their mission of having safe, welcoming, vibrant neighborhoods. Their Love You Block initiative is back and helping them achieve their vision. The initiative is planning to come back with more community projects after a successful previous season. The City of Erie's Love Your Block Program is preparing for their []

  • Meta Expands VR Operating System to Third-Party Hardware Makers

    Facebook parent company Meta today announced the upcoming expansion of Meta Horizon OS, a virtual and augmented reality operating system that will be available to third-party hardware manufacturers that want to design their own headsets. Right now, Meta sells the Quest line of headsets, but the company wants to provide the software for third-party VR and AR products in the future, much like Microsoft offers Windows for all manner of third-party PCs. Meta Horizon OS is the mixed reality...

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    Apple Users in Europe Get a New Third-Party App Store

    Altstore PAL is available only to EU residents after a ruling that Apple has to allow third-party app stores.