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Tracing Apps Rise as Jurisdictions Try to Flatten the Curve

April 16, 2020 by William Mapp Leave a Comment

If it’s Thursday, it’s time for Tech Talk with Mark Starling on First News 570. COVID-19 has been a focus of our stories lately, and this week we report on a possible breakthrough for ventilators and COVID-19 tracing apps. You can listen to Mark and I talk about tech every Thursday morning at 6:43 am Easter, LIVE. Be safe out there and stay healthy. Heed the words of the CDC and only go out for essentials.

TRACING APPS ON THE RISE AS JURISDICTIONS TRY TO FLATTEN THE CURVE

Last week Apple and El Goog announced a cooperative plan to implement tracing technology to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Both companies are planning to include the ability to self-report if you are infected, and to notify you if you’re within a certain proximity of infected carriers of COVID-19. Apple and Google intend to de-identify any data and make the system opt-in only. We also reported on Pinterest releasing the How We Feel app for consumers to self-report as well. Apple and Google’s partnership makes sense as baking any tracing tech inside the operating system reduces barriers to smartphone users.

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#CopingWithCovid19 – Rave with KORG’s iKaossillator

April 15, 2020 by William Mapp Leave a Comment

For many, the forced quarantine has given creators and makers time to complete projects they’ve had on the shelf. Every week, I’ll feature some things to do during the COVID-19 quarantine. It may be an app, tool, game, or something techie you can use to be more productive or be entertained during the quarantine.

Sometimes you’re sitting around the house during quarantine, and you get the urge to make some dope beats. Yesterday, it’s been a month since we’ve been cloistered in the Mapp household, and we’ve been doing a bunch of things to stay entertained and saned while in close quarters.

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Quarantine Connectivity – Video Chatting Using Marco Polo

April 9, 2020 by William Mapp Leave a Comment

These days, many of us are trying out new ways of staying connected with. Even though we’re stationery these days, mobile convenience is hard to pass up. Also, we might be quarantined, but we may not be quarantined with bae, and sometimes you just want to see someone’s face.

Each week, I’ll share a new way for you to stay connected with your friends and family. On this Good Friday, I present to you, Marco Polo, a video instant messaging platform that was shared with me by someone I was once close with.

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Samsung and Facebook Donate Devices, Tesla Makes Ventilators, and Zoom Hires Ex-FB-Exec After El Goog Bans Service

April 9, 2020 by William Mapp Leave a Comment

Samsung XCover 4S & Facebook Portal (Image linked via bbc.com)

It’s another Thursday, and it’s time for this week’s top news stories in the wonderful, wide world of technology with Mark Starling on First News 570. You can listen to Mark and I point, laugh, and pontificate about the goods technology delivers to the world every Thursday morning at 6:43 am, Eastern. You can to us LIVE online or using the iHeartRadio app.

TECH TITANS DONATE DEVICES

Yesterday, Facebook and Samsung announced plans to donate more than 2,000 devices to the British National Health Service for us in Nightingale hospitals. Samsung will delivering Galaxy XCover 4S devices to the service since they are sturdier and can be used while wearing gloves. NHS had already planned to order 20,000 devices (at cost!) during the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook is donating 2,050 of its Portal video conferencing device to NHS hospitals. The Portals will be sent to hospitals and care homes in London, Essex, Manchester, Newcastle, and Surrey. In addition to the phones, Samsung has also pledged sanitation units and other hardware in England.

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#CopingWithCovid19 – Scrivener

April 8, 2020 by William Mapp 1 Comment

Spectre of Shadows is Going to Be the Hotness

For many, the forced quarantine has given creators and makers time to complete projects they’ve had on the shelf. Every week I’ll feature an app, tool, game, or something techie you can use to be more productive or be entertained during the quarantine.

I do a lot of writing. A loootttttt of writing. After meeting people, I spend more time writing and designing than anything else. My writing spans design documentation and content. As with most things, you should use the write tool for the write job, and in some cases Microsoft Word or Google Docs aren’t the most appropriate tool.

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