Coronavirus tracking apps: Tech firms see opportunities in Asia
SINGAPORE — From Silicon Valley giants to Chinese internet powerhouses to local small and midsize enterprises, tech companies are finding business…
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Google faces US$5b lawsuit in US for tracking ‘private’ Internet use
NEW YORK – Google was sued in a proposed class action accusing the Internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by…
Google sued by Arizona for tracking users’ locations in spite of settings
Arizona has filed suit against Google over tracking users’ locations even after they’ve turned tracking off, claiming that the advertising-fueled tech titan…
Beijing School Students Trial Temperature Tracking Bracelets
BEIJING: Temperature-monitoring bracelets that alert an app if a student has a fever were being trialled at Beijing schools on Monday – China’s latest use of…
Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in coronavirus contact tracing…
SAN FRANCISCO – Apple and Alphabet’s Google on Monday (May 4) said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system…
France will start testing its COVID-19 tracking app the week of May 11th
France was one of the first countries scrambling to create a COVID-19 contact tracing app, and now it’s close to finding out how its app works in practice.…
Apple and Google to Launch App for Tracking the Coronavirus
Longtime rivals Apple and Google are officially partnering to develop a coronavirus-tracking app designed to tell you if you’ve recently been exposed to…
Pinterest team of leading scientists launch a self-reporting COVID-19…
There have been a few scattered efforts to leverage crowd-sourced self-reporting of symptoms as a way to potentially predict and chart the progress of…
Fake coronavirus tracking apps are really malware that’ll stalk you
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The coronavirus outbreak is facilitating invasions of…
Privacy-focused DuckDuckGo launches new effort to block online tracking
DuckDuckGo, the maker of search engine and browser technology that doesn’t track you online, is sharing data it’s collected about online trackers with other…