Google & Apple Tackle COVID-19 Together
Jointly Developing Contact Tracing Technology Source: Smart phone stock images Purpose: Slow the Spread of COVID-19 This is a very rare, global tech collaboration. Google and Apple power 99% of the world's smartphones. They've joined forces to develop contact tracing technologies to stop the spread of the coronavirus. They are using their smartphone platforms to do this. They just made the announcement. Potential: To Help 1/3 of World's Population The importance of this new use of smartphone tech is massive. Experts say it has the potential to monitor the conornavirus spread and help about one-third of the world's population through smart information. That amounts to 3 billion people being monitored and helped. Phone User Privacy Google and Apple say their plan protects user privacy. It's a phone user opt-in system to get an alert if you and your phone have been in close contact with someone who has