EU interoperability gateway for contact tracing apps goes live
Europe has finished testing its platform for allowing COVID-19 contact tracing apps to work across national borders, but only a few countries are up to speed.
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Scotland shows England how to do a contact tracing app
While the English government insisted on trying to reinvent the wheel, semi-autonomous Scotland did the sensible thing and went with the off-the-shelf decentralised model.
India blocks a bunch more Chinese apps
The Indian government has decided to block 118 mobile apps that it thinks threaten national security.
Telegram adds another antitrust complaint for Apple to ponder
Following Rakuten and Spotify, messaging service Telegram has filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding Apple’s App Store.
Google in talks for more prominence on Samsung devices: report
According to reports on Bloomberg, Google and Samsung are in preliminary talks to grant more search tasks to Google products on the Korean devices.
UK tracking app causes more problems as it breaks privacy laws
The Open Rights Group (ORG) has forced the Department of Health to admit it is not compliant under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as it didn’t follow the right procedures.
India has become the new China for Silicon Valley
It wasn’t long ago that pretty much every US firm was attempting to crack the lucrative Chinese market, but now India is drawing the attention.
How has COVID-19 influenced the telecoms industry so far?
The coronavirus pandemic forced the world into some very dramatic changes, with connectivity critical for continuity; but what are the trends worth keeping an eye on now?
India puts more distance between itself and China
India has made moves to restrict Chinese investment, is on the way to block vendors from state networks, and now has banned 59 apps from the country, including TikTok and WeChat.
UK inevitably ditches its misguided coronavirus app strategy
Nobody outside of the government and NHSX thought it was a good idea for the UK to develop its own contact tracing app when Google and Apple had already done the heavy lifting for them.
Germany launches decentralized contact tracing app while UK flounders
Pragmatic bunch that they are, the Germans have gone with the only viable approach to developing a contact tracing app, while UK attempts to reinvent the wheel have predictably faltered.
Data privacy is in the same position as cybersecurity five years ago
It has taken years for the technology and telecoms industry to take security seriously, and now we are at the beginning of the same story arc with privacy.
Switzerland claims to be first to trial Apple and Google COVID-19 APIs
Two universities, the army and several hospitals in Switzerland have launched what is claimed to be the worlds’ first major trial for Google and Apple’s decentralised contact tracing APIs.
UK Cabinet Office, as well as DCMS and DoH, clueless about COVID app
Some might assume the strategy to combat COVID-19 is being devised on the hoof while patchy delivery suggests there is little communication between departments, and the cynics would be right!
51% of IT pros disagree with UK approach to COVID-19 app
With the UK’s COVID-19 tracing application being tested on the Isle of Wight, only 24% of IT professionals believe the initiative will be successful.
After 107 million downloads in April, TikTok faces a European privacy probe
Questions over the privacy of popular video-sharing application TikTok have been raised by Dutch authorities, but scepticism can’t slow the rapid expansion.
UK’s COVID-19 contact tracing app – will it work?
The UK has officially launched its NHS contact tracing app, but there remain many questions about how effective it can be.
Why is Google so interested in Fitbit?
In early November, Google announced it was acquiring Fitbit for $2.1 billion, a transaction which has polarised opinion. But why is Google interested in a faltering wearables brand?
UK snubs Google and Apple privacy warning for contact tracing app
Reports have suggested the UK will pursue a centralised data collection approach for its COVID-19 contact tracing app, despite the well-publicised security and privacy risks.
Unlike France, Germany decides to do smartphone contact tracing the Apple/Google way
Contact tracing via smartphone is a powerful way to tackle the spread of coronavirus, but it mustn’t be done at the expense of individual civil rights.
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