New Hampshire lawsuit charges Apple shut out COVID-tracking app to protect its own
FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook waves during the Apple event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) Eric Risberg
Published: 1/29/2021 12:43:48 PM
Apple Inc. excluded a COVID-related application from its app store and launched its own, in violation of antitrust laws, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court by a group that includes a Dartmouth computer scientist.
In the suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Concord, the group says it completed its app, Coronavirus Reporter, on March 3, 2020, early in the pandemic and before anyone else had come up with a similar app.
Potty-mouths: Toilets still the talk of the town
Published: 1/26/2021 5:46:23 PM
At their meeting today, selectmen will again take up the topic of North Conway Village’s lack of public toilets, a topic that has taken on additional urgency during the pandemic.
The selectmen will meet at the new town hall at 23 Main St. in Conway Village at 4 p.m. Their meeting can be viewed on Zoom; it is also live-streamed over Facebook.
On Monday, Town Manager Tom Holmes said he plans to update the board “on what we are doing as far as looking for a spot for permanent public restrooms, as well as coming up with a temporary seasonal solution for this summer.”
New Hampshire prepares for yearly count of people experiencing homelessness
Fire Chief Dan Goonan and Fire/EMS Officer Chris Hickey do rounds at an encampment for the homeless under the Amoskeag Bridge on May 15. CAROL ROBIDOUX / Manchester Ink Link
New Hampshire will move forward with its yearly count of individuals experiencing homeless on Wednesday.
Each year, communities across the country use one day in January to get a snapshot of the number of people experiencing homelessness. This data informs what kind of support and funding are needed at a federal and local level.
“It informs all kinds of services that come into our state. So we want to get as accurate a count as possible because we want to get the funding to the places that need it,” said Melissa Hatfield, who leads the state’s Bureau of Housing Supports.
For Meredith couple, second dose hasn t materialized
Hilary and Butch Keniston of Meredith received the first of two scheduled doses of the COVID vaccine, but attempts to get the second dose have left them frustrated. Courtesy
Published: 1/27/2021 11:04:17 AM
The state has now given a second round of vaccine shots to about 15,000, and 83,000 people have had their first of the two rounds needed to inoculate them against COVID-19, the state said at a news conference Tuesday.
That was delivered as encouraging news by Governor Sununu and other officials, but for a couple in Meredith, their experience trying to access both needed doses has been frustrating.
State changes course, now says non-New Hampshire residents who own property here can’t get vaccines
Published: 1/25/2021 11:44:12 AM
The State of New Hampshire is no longer allowing nonresidents who own property in the state to obtain a COVID-19 vaccination.
A state website that offers answers to frequently asked questions related to the vaccine had indicated that anyone who owns land in New Hampshire, which includes second homeowners or out-of-state landlords who reside elsewhere, need only provide proof of property ownership to get vaccinated in New Hampshire, despite the lack of doses currently available for full-time residents.
Jake Leon, spokesperson for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, said Sunday that the policy is not new, and that “the intent of the vaccination plan is to make it as easily and efficiently as possible for people in NH to get vaccinated, not to throw up barriers.”