WSJ: “New Crop of Covid-Tracking Apps Addresses Old Concerns”
In hopes of containing the virus, seven states have put out apps using Google and Apple tech, facing privacy concerns head-on and keeping features simple. The first Covid-19 exposure-notification apps using technology…
City A.M: “Open source should always have been the way for the Covid-19 contact tracing app”
In a pandemic, speed is critical. When it comes to developing high-quality software at speed, using open source is essential. Rather than spending time building applications from scratch, open source software enables…
Siliconrepublic: “Developer of Irish Covid tracker app brings its tech to the US”
The Irish company behind the country’s Covid-19 contact-tracing app is now rolling out similar tech in the US. Waterford-based NearForm is launching the Covid Alert DE app in the US state of…
CNET: “The COVID-19 contact-tracing apps we were promised are finally here”
After launching in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, NearForm’s app based on Apple and Google technology is arriving in some US states next month. Contact tracing is a long-established form of finding out…
WIRED: “The Future of American Industry Depends on Open Source Tech”
WHEN YOU STREAM the latest Netflix show, you fire up servers on Amazon Web Services, most of which run on Linux. When a F-16 fighter takes off, three Kubernetes clusters run to…
Demystifying the 60% in Exposure Notification
Updated Sept. 4, 2020 As we start to see exposure notification apps rolling out around the world, we’ve been frequently getting questions about what level of adoption communities need to have the…
Coindesk: “The Linux Foundation Wants Open-Source Tech to Address Future Pandemics”
The Linux Foundation, which supports open-source innovation in blockchain tech, launched the Linux Foundation Public Health Initiative (LFPHI) at the end of July. The LFPHI’s goal is to promote the use of open source…
The Markup: “What Ever Happened to Those Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps?”
Contact tracing—monitoring who’s getting COVID-19 and tracking down anyone who might have been in contact with that person so they can quarantine—has long been considered a key to slowing and eventually ending…
SiliconANGLE: “Linux Foundation expands into the fight against COVID-19”
The Linux Foundation is joining the battle against COVID-19 with a program aimed at building on top of the foundational contact tracing work being done jointly by Google LLC and Apple Inc….
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented challenge to our society, and every industry is trying its best to adapt and combat this public health crisis. The IT industry has also come…