Category: contact tracing apps

The first US COVID-19 app built on Apple and Google tracking tech is here

Post author By Randall
Post date August 5, 2020
Categories In api, app, Apple, contact tracing, contact tracing apps, coronavirus, covid-19, gear, Google, News, Public Health, Tech

[ad_1] Virginia Department of Health If an app user tests positive for COVID-19, a VDH official will give them a personal identification number that will be used to report the positive result to the app. Each day, phones with the app download a list of all the anonymous beacons associated with positive COVID-19 cases, and […]

New York AG asks Google and Apple to vet third-party COVID-19 contact tracing apps

Post author By Randall
Post date June 16, 2020
Categories In Apple, contact tracing apps, coronavirus, covid-19, gear, Google, News, Tech

[ad_1] “As businesses open back up and Americans venture outdoors, technology can be an invaluable tool in helping us battle the coronavirus… But some companies may seek to take advantage of consumers and use personal information to advertise, mine data, and unethically profit off this pandemic. Both Apple and Google can be invaluable partners in […]