Apple books coronavirus domain name after Google collaboration
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple books coronavirus domain name after Google collaboration

Live Mint  

Apple has booked a domain name called AppleCoronavirus.com, after the iPhone maker and Google last week announced a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the new coronavirus. The registrar is CSC Corporate Domains, a firm that protects domain names for large corporations, and is used by Apple for its domain name registrations, reports Mac Rumors. Apple and Google are launching a comprehensive solution that includes application programming interfaces and operating system-level technology to assist in enabling contact tracing. "In the coming months, Apple and Google will work to enable a broader Bluetooth-based contact tracing platform by building this functionality into the underlying platforms," the companies informed.

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Google Covid-19 Contact Tracing App Flaw Could Leak Sensitive Health Data: Report
3 years, 8 months ago

Google Covid-19 Contact Tracing App Flaw Could Leak Sensitive Health Data: Report

News 18  

Google, in a rare turn of events, joined hands with fellow big tech firm Apple to bring forth a privacy focused Covid-19 contact tracing effort at the height of the pandemic’s breakout in 2020. The report, coming from The Markup in partnership with the founders of mobile privacy analysis firm AppCensus, states a one-line flaw in the Google Covid-19 contact …

UK claims to work on hybrid contact-tracing app with Apple, not aware says latter
4 years, 6 months ago

UK claims to work on hybrid contact-tracing app with Apple, not aware says latter

India Today  

Days after the UK abandoned its organic contact-tracing app by the National Health Service and announced that it would work with tech giants Apple and Google to work on a hybrid app, Apple has said it is completely unaware of any such app. In the backdrop of COVID 19 with contact-tracing apps becoming a part of the new normal, Apple …

Coronavirus UK: Tracking app dropped for Apple and Google tech
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus UK: Tracking app dropped for Apple and Google tech

Daily Mail  

Matt Hancock tonight insisted Britain will eventually get a Covid-19 tracking app that works after ministers abandoned NHS-made technology following its failure in a trial on the Isle of Wight. Baroness Dido Harding, who is in charge of test and trace, today revealed the NHS's app did not work on iPhones The app developed by the NHS didn't work for …

The Apple-Google Contact Tracing System Won’t Work. It Still Deserves Praise.
4 years, 7 months ago

The Apple-Google Contact Tracing System Won’t Work. It Still Deserves Praise.

Slate  

This article is part of Privacy in the Pandemic, a Future Tense series. In Europe, countries like France and the United Kingdom are pushing for aggressive digital contact tracing efforts that involve government collection of broad new caches of location data. With respect to digital contact tracing, success depends on at least four factors—four factors that suggest the Apple and …

Apple and Google share contact tracing technology that can help fight coronvirus
4 years, 7 months ago

Apple and Google share contact tracing technology that can help fight coronvirus

India Today  

Authorities in 23 countries across five continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, the companies announced on Wednesday as they released the initial version of their system, as reported by Reuters. But authorities would have to stop requiring phone numbers from users under the companies’ rules, one of several restrictions that have …

Google and Apple release technology to help with coronavirus contact tracing
4 years, 7 months ago

Google and Apple release technology to help with coronavirus contact tracing

ABC  

New technology that could help alert people who have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 is being tested to determine if it will work in Australia. Key points: Technology could help solve issues plaguing apps like COVIDSafe Technology could help solve issues plaguing apps like COVIDSafe App users who test positive would decide to notify people they …

Apple-Google contact tracing tool's initial version released, tech draws interest in 23 countries
4 years, 7 months ago

Apple-Google contact tracing tool's initial version released, tech draws interest in 23 countries

Firstpost  

Apple and Google said several US states and 22 countries have sought access to their technology. Authorities in 23 countries across five continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, the companies announced on Wednesday as they released the initial version of their system. Developers of contact tracing apps for Austria, Germany and …

Apple and Google show what their contact tracing system could look like
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple and Google show what their contact tracing system could look like

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Apple and Google just provided a first look at how public health apps could use the coronavirus contact tracing software they are jointly developing. The two tech companies shared a series of images and guidelines on Monday for governments and public health authorities to integrate with their contact tracing apps, including how users will be …

Apple and Google won’t solve coronavirus contact tracing. Here’s what will
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple and Google won’t solve coronavirus contact tracing. Here’s what will

LA Times  

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A European Contact-Tracing App Might Be More Privacy-Invading Than Apple and Google’s
4 years, 8 months ago

A European Contact-Tracing App Might Be More Privacy-Invading Than Apple and Google’s

Slate  

This article is part of Privacy in the Pandemic, a Future Tense series. A number of scientists along with Apple and Google have proposed a “decentralized” approach to contact tracing that protects users’ privacy. Thus, the fundamental privacy guarantee of these “decentralized” systems hangs on two simple facts: Unless you’re positively diagnosed, your own pseudonyms will never leave the phone. …

Apple and Google’s contact tracing initiative would omit billions who don’t have smartphones
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple and Google’s contact tracing initiative would omit billions who don’t have smartphones

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — Apple and Google may have set aside their smartphone rivalry to help track the spread of the coronavirus. And between their Android and iOS operating systems, the new contact tracing technology they are jointly developing — which tells smartphone users if they’ve been around someone who tested positive for the virus — could make its …

Who can access our data? Does digital contact tracing even work? Five questions about the government's new coronavirus app
4 years, 8 months ago

Who can access our data? Does digital contact tracing even work? Five questions about the government's new coronavirus app

ABC  

The Federal Government will soon introduce a contact tracing app, which aims to identify who someone diagnosed with COVID-19 may have come into close contact with in case they need to be tested or quarantined. "This new tracing app will be voluntary and will digitise the current contact tracing process that already occurs when an individual tests positive to coronavirus," …

A deeper look at Apple and Google’s joint technology to combat COVID-19
4 years, 8 months ago

A deeper look at Apple and Google’s joint technology to combat COVID-19

The Hindu  

On April 10, Silicon Valley giants Apple and Google announced that they were joining hands to create operating system-level technology to help speed up the contact tracing process. To be effective, users need to install a public health app that uses Apple and Google’s service. More importantly, over-reliance on technology may not help as much as investing in manual contract …

Apple and Google want your phone to become a coronavirus tracking device. Can it really work?
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple and Google want your phone to become a coronavirus tracking device. Can it really work?

CNN  

CNN Business — Apple and Google grew into global forces by creating wildly popular devices and applications. Apple and Google ’s ambitious plan to help track the spread of the coronavirus using Bluetooth technology could need as many as half of all Americans to participate, and likely more, in order for the tracing scheme to work most effectively, according to …

Apple tries to give answers to COVID-19 contact tracing tech problems
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple tries to give answers to COVID-19 contact tracing tech problems

India TV News  

Apple and Google recently announced a joint plan to help fight the current Coronavirus crisis. The plan includes COVID-19 contact tracing technology in the form of Android and iOS apps. For this, Apple tries to provide more details regarding the COVID-19 contact tracing technology. Apple COVID-19 contact tracing tech According to a report by The Verge, Apple has provided answers …

Apple registers for Coronavirus domain for COVID-19 contact tracing tech: Know what it is
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple registers for Coronavirus domain for COVID-19 contact tracing tech: Know what it is

India TV News  

Apple has booked a domain name called AppleCoronavirus.com, after the iPhone maker and Google last week announced a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the new coronavirus. Apple and Google are launching a comprehensive solution that includes application programming interfaces and operating system-level technology to assist in …

Apple, Google to create contact tracing technology to fight Coronavirus spread
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple, Google to create contact tracing technology to fight Coronavirus spread

Firstpost  

They will work together on technology that will allow mobile devices to trade information via Bluetooth connections to alert people. Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the Coronavirus by allowing users to opt into a system that catalogs other phones …

Apple reveals more details about its COVID-19 contact tracing tool
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple reveals more details about its COVID-19 contact tracing tool

India Today  

Apple and Google on Saturday announced that they have joined hands to build a Bluetooth-based COVID contact tracing platform that lets people know when they have come in contact with a coronavirus-infected person. In a joint statement earlier, Apple and Google had said that they are working on application programming interfaces and operating system-level technology to assist in enabling contact …

Apple, Google wants to fight Coronavirus with COVID-19 contact tracing tech: Know how
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple, Google wants to fight Coronavirus with COVID-19 contact tracing tech: Know how

India TV News  

Coronavirus has undoubtedly become a global threat and its reach is expanding with each passing day. Hence, Google and Apple have now collaborated to bring about Coronavirus contact tracing technology for users across the globe. Apple, Google collaborate for COVID-19 contact tracing As announced by both Google and Apple, both tech majors will introduce Bluetooth-based contact tracing tech for the …

Apple and Google plan software to slow spread of coronavirus
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple and Google plan software to slow spread of coronavirus

The Hindu  

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the Coronavirus by allowing users to opt into logging other phones they have been near. “With Apple and Google, you get all the public health functions you need with a decentralised and privacy-friendly app,” …

Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking

Associated Press  

Apple and Google fueled hopes for digital technology’s promise against a fast-moving, invisible killer, announcing a joint effort to help public health agencies worldwide leverage smartphones to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. New software the companies plan to add to phones would make it easier to use Bluetooth wireless technology to track down people who may have been infected by coronavirus …

Apple, Google to create contact tracing technology to fight coronavirus spread
4 years, 8 months ago

Apple, Google to create contact tracing technology to fight coronavirus spread

Live Mint  

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus by allowing users to opt into a system that catalogs other phones they have been near. The technology will first be available in mid-May as software tools available to contact tracing apps …

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