The launch comes as public health officials have criticized the Trump administration’s objections to creating national standards for testing and contact tracing, leaving it up to the states.
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Virginia launches first COVID-19 exposure notification app in US using Google-Apple API
On Wednesday, the Virginia Department of Health released its official COVID-19 exposure notification app, and it is the first in the United States to use the Google and Apple API.
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Virginia launches the first U.S. app using Apple-Google coronavirus notification technology
Virginia’s coronavirus notification app, called Covidwise, launched on Wednesday, just under four months after the Apple-Google partnership was first revealed.
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Apple kills long-time Mac developer’s apps with no warning
The first clue that developer Charlie Monroe discovered about his ejection from Apple’s development program was users complaining that their apps stopped working — despite still being available on the …
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Apple will start making its own chips to enable iPhone apps to run on future Mac computers. But developers say pulling that off may not be so easy.
Apple silicon means iPhone apps will be able to run seamless on the Mac. That also means developers may have a lot of work ahead.
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Apple-Acquired Dark Sky Officially Shuts Down Android App
Apple in March purchased weather app Dark Sky, and at that time, Dark Sky’s developers said that the app’s Android version would …
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This Week in Apps: A guide to the US antitrust case against Apple, Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok
This week, we’re focused on rounding up the news from the U.S. antitrust investigation into Apple, as it pertains to apps, the App Store and developers.
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Google, Apple COVID-19 contact tracing apps to roll out in ‘coming weeks’ in US
Public health authorities have already created apps in 16 countries and regions using tools Google developed with Apple, Google says.
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WhatsApp on Android is about to catch up with the iPhone app
WHATSAPP users on Android have not had the same experience as their iPhone-owning counterparts. But it looks like the immensely-popular chat app is looking to even the playing field with a forthcoming …
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WhatsApp For iPhone May Soon Allow Same Account To Run On Multiple Devices
WhatsApp is currently testing new features These include allowing users to use the same number on four different devices It also includes other enhancements meant to improve the app such as the …
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Apple Offered to Halve App Store Fee to Get Amazon Prime Video on iOS and Apple TV
Apple offered Amazon lower App Store fees to convince it to launch its Prime Video app on the App Store and Apple TV, documents published by the …
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Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store
Telegram, the messaging app, has become the latest company to file a formal antitrust complaint to the EU over Apple’s App Store. In a complaint to EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager, Telegram, …
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WhatsApp on Android is finally catching up with the iPhone app
WHATSAPP users on Android have not had the same experience as their iPhone-owning counterparts over the last few months. But it looks like the immensely-popular chat app is looking to even the playing …
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Mark Zuckerberg says Instagram and WhatsApp are better off as part of Facebook
Some lawmakers have asked whether it’s a good idea for three of the world’s most popular social media apps to be owned by the same corporation.
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The Best Mobile Scanning Apps
Best of all, it’s totally free—even for iPhone owners. Free and refreshingly straightforward … and OneDrive; note-taking apps like OneNote and Evernote; and more esoteric options such as FTP servers …
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Need to shake up your work routine? Try a productivity app.
OneNote’s biggest competitor is Evernote, another note-taking app. As PCMag points out in its OneNote review, though, you have to pay for Evernote to really make the most of it, whereas the free …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘We Want to Get Every App We Can on the Store, Not Keep Them Off’
Cook will “make no concession on the facts” and plans to dispute claims that Apple is anti-competitive. Apple’s App Store, Cook says has opened the “gate wider” for developers. “After beginning with …
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