• AltStore PAL third-party iOS app store launches in Europe

    After the EU forced Apple to open up its iOS platform for third-party app stores, we now have the first alternative to Apple's default App Store.It's called AltStore PAL, which is rather fitting. Technically, AltStore PALhas been around since 2019, but you were able to access it after "hacking" your way into it. You had to "disguise" yourself as a developer using companion software called AltServer running on your computer. But after the EU Commission's DMA, AltStore PAL is now available to...

  • Adobe Debuts Generative AI Video, Plans to Integrate Third-Party AI

    Adobe has previewed generative AI video tools that promise to redefine video creation and production workflows. The tools, designed for Adobe Premiere Pro, enable users to add or remove objects in a scene and will live alongside Adobe's Firefly generative AI models. [Read More]

  • TikTok quizzed by EU on TikTok Lite launch in France, Spain

    ByteDance's TikTok has been given 24 hours to provide a risk assessment on its new app TikTok Lite launched this month in France and Spain on concerns of its potential impact on children and users' mental health, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The move by EU industry chief Thierry Breton under EU tech rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) comes two months after he opened an investigation into TikTok over possible DSA breaches. The landmark DSA requires companies to do more to...

  • Leica just launched its third-gen smartphone

    Leica has announced the Leitz Phone 3. This is the third-gen smartphone from the camera maker, but you probably won’t be able to buy it.

  • TikTok launches enhanced ad placement controls

    Category Exclusion and Vertical Sensitivity controls have been rolled out to give brands more say over where their ads appear.

  • TikTok could launch new app to rival Instagram

    TikTok may soon launch a photo and text-based social media app, which many have already compared to Instagram.

  • Tuning out: party ends for a third of music festivals

    More than one-third of Australian music festivals are losing money as operational costs skyrocket, red tape becomes harder to wade through and people in their late teens and early 20s ditch events. That’s the finding from Creative Australia’s first Soundcheck report, which revealed it cost an average $3.9 million to run a music festival. Among […]

  • 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.

  • Streamers rejoice: TikTok Live is now integrated with Streamlabs

    Streamlabs and TikTok announce a collaboration that integrates the two. Streamers will now be able to livestream directly from Streamlabs to TikTok Live.

  • Essential Utilities Launches Third Annual Earth Day Celebration

    Essential Utilities launches its third annual Essential Earth Day celebration, supporting its mission to protect Earth's essential resources.

  • Samtec Introduces SIBORG Tool to Speed Component Launch Designs

    [New Albany, IN]– Samtec, Inc., the service leader in the connector industry, has expanded its Sudden Service® offerings with SIBORG™, a free tool designed to allow Samtec customers the opportunity to optimize their component launches. Initially intended to be used during design collaboration with experts in Samtec’s Signal Integrity Group (SIG), the tool can also be … Read More → "Samtec Introduces SIBORG Tool to Speed Component Launch Designs"