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Google said to be preparing its own chips for use in Pixel phones and Chromebooks
Google is reportedly on the verge of stepping up their hardware game in a way that follows the example set by Apple, with custom-designed silicon powering future smartphones. Axios reports that Google is readying its own in-house processors for use in future Pixel devices, including both phones and eventually Chromebooks,…
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Covidmaps lets you find grocery stores and pharmacies in India
More than half a dozen volunteers have banded together in India to launch a crowdsourced tool to help people in the nation identify and locate nearby grocery stores, pharmacies, and cash machines as New Delhi extends the nationwide lockdown to May 3. The service, called Covidmaps, allows people to locate…
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Popular apps download and revenue take a hit in India as people stay home
The coronavirus pandemic, which has forced billions of people to stay home, has led to a surge in new downloads of several consumer and enterprise focused apps in the west. But in India, the biggest open market globally, things have taken a slightly different turn. Daily downloads for several popular…
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Q&A: Apple and Google discuss their coronavirus tracing efforts
Last week, Apple and Google announced a partnership that will soon let users opt-in to a decentralized tracing tool, designed to help determine if a person has come into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. The opt-in system uses Bluetooth to transmit a randomized and anonymous identifier to…
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The importance of Apple and Google’s rare collaboration on contact tracing
Go back to the dawn of 2020 and the notion of everyone downloading an app to track our encounters with other people would have been worrying if not absurd. Today, with cases of COVID-19 ballooning in the US, it’s becoming increasingly probable that t… Source
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Daily Crunch: Apple and Google announce contact tracing initiative
Apple and Google reveal a joint effort to track the spread of COVID-19, a new study shows how fringe coronavirus theories are making their way to the mainstream and — in happier news — we get some hints on Apple’s hardware plans for the fall. Here’s your Daily Crunch for…
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