As companies and governments around the world battle the coronavirus pandemic, Apple and Google are making changes to the contact tracing technology they've developed to help inform people when they may have been exposed to the virus.
Mobile media are here.
The future is how you use them.
Learn the best mobile media practices for informing, discussing and solving. Come to Mobile Me & You at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Oct. 28-30.
We’ve shared a lot of data about whether and why ‘this time is different’. But beyond that, why is the tech market opportunity larger than any time in history (no, really!)? One word: mobile.
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Do you want to know how psychology affects our decision? How it's connect with our actions and how to use it in our favor of our products. Psychology behind mobile apps is all about understanding what makes users tick and us digital products.
Op donderdag 26 september organiseerde de DDMA Commissie Mobile de Mobile Wave. Jasper Olieroock, strategy director bij mobtzu, heeft hier een sessie verzorgd en inzicht gegeven in de mobiele markt die door zijn omvang en snelheid van ontwikkelen al lang niet meer in de kinderschoenen staat. Aan de hand van cijfers over mobiel gebruik en trends in de markt maakt hij duidelijk waarom het vastleggen van regelgeving op dit terrein de markt volwassener zal maken.
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www.kapilkhandelwal.com
Mobile media are here.
The future is how you use them.
Learn the best mobile media practices for informing, discussing and solving. Come to Mobile Me & You at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications, Oct. 28-30.
We’ve shared a lot of data about whether and why ‘this time is different’. But beyond that, why is the tech market opportunity larger than any time in history (no, really!)? One word: mobile.
In this update of his past presentation on Mobile Eating the World — delivered this month at Andreessen Horowitz’ annual investor meeting — a16z’s Benedict Evans shares just how and why mobile changes everything. Because tech is outgrowing the tech industry.
Psychology behind mobile apps, Mobile Trends Conference Kraków 2015Piotr Biegun
Do you want to know how psychology affects our decision? How it's connect with our actions and how to use it in our favor of our products. Psychology behind mobile apps is all about understanding what makes users tick and us digital products.
Op donderdag 26 september organiseerde de DDMA Commissie Mobile de Mobile Wave. Jasper Olieroock, strategy director bij mobtzu, heeft hier een sessie verzorgd en inzicht gegeven in de mobiele markt die door zijn omvang en snelheid van ontwikkelen al lang niet meer in de kinderschoenen staat. Aan de hand van cijfers over mobiel gebruik en trends in de markt maakt hij duidelijk waarom het vastleggen van regelgeving op dit terrein de markt volwassener zal maken.
Integration is a modern necessity : Kapil Khandelwal, www.kapilkhandelwal.com Kapil Khandelwal (KK)
My fortnightly column, A Dose of IT that discusses the The 5 Ps Of Universal Healthcare Access
Kapil Khandelwal
QuoteUnquote with KK
www.kapilkhandelwal.com
You saved my life, Dr. Robot : Kapil Khandelwal, www.kapilkhandelwal.com Kapil Khandelwal (KK)
My fortnightly column, A Dose of IT that discusses on the opportunity for Robotic Surgery in India
Kapil Khandelwal
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www.kapilkhandelwal.com
Digital and technological advancements and how they have impacted health. From data, IoT & wearables, 3D printing, personalized medicine, all of these trends can be levers to help with demographic shifts, increased access to healthcare and rising costs.
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In this presentation hat I gave at our Faber Portfolio day this year I am trying to build a model of how AI, Robotics and Conversational Interfaces will create a Superstack subsuming the current Internet and the majority of the global workforce.
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The New Next: 2011 Tech Influencers Predictions by TrendsSpotting Taly Weiss
TrendsSpotting 4th annual digital prediction series is featuring the predictions of digital and marketing experts on the big changes awaiting us in the coming year.
Looking at 2010 and observing the trends we’ve seen that year – we aim at figuring out what will be new in 2011.
THE NEW NEXT initiative is focused not in what will happen in 2011 (as most predictions you find) but rather on the new trends emerging out of what we have seen earlier.
The Tech 2011 Report is following the predictions of ReadWriteWeb, GigaOm, IBM, Forrester and other leading experts.
Watch for TrendsSpoting's 2011 Social Media and Mobile Predictions.
This issue is about the new seamless platform, native ads, targeting and the programmatic environment.
Bu sayımız yeni seamless platformu, native reklamlar, hedeflemeler ve programmatic ekosistem hakkındadır.
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Ireland mobile consumer survey by Deloitte 2016Krishna De
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Posted for students of my workshops on digital and social communications
This is an abridged version of the 124-page report. Go to JWTIntelligence.com/trendletters to see the full report, including recommendations for brands
JWT’s third annual report on trends in the mobile sphere spotlights key themes that came out of this year’s Mobile World Congress, Consumer Electronics Show and South by Southwest Interactive, and builds on trends spotlighted in previous reports. The report covers significant drivers and manifestations of these developments, and their implications for brands. “10 Mobile Trends for 2014 and Beyond” is based around on-the-ground research at the MWC in Barcelona and SXSW in Austin, as well as desk research and insights gleaned from interviews with several mobile experts and influencers.
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Apple and Google are the best when it comes to technological world. But even these
economic giants fell victim to the nasty novel coronavirus. Get a Warning Ahead of Time
with Exposure Notification API Software
2020 is proving to be an unforgettable year. Not only with the pessimistic happenings like
the pandemic and tensions between the world nations but also with the innovative
solutions that are succeeding such incidents.
So, why the special mention of Google and Apple in relation to this topic? This is
because these two technology giants are perhaps also the most significant existing
databases of any matter. And the details regarding the Sars-Cov-2 is no exception to this
case. Remember, this innovation is only for the benefit of society. Let us see how.
Get a Warning Ahead of Time with Exposure Notification Software.pdfbellabrookly2022
Apple and Google are the best when it comes to technological world. But even these economic giants fell victim to the nasty novel coronavirus. Get a Warning Ahead of Time with Exposure Notification API Software
2020 is proving to be an unforgettable year. Not only with the pessimistic happenings like the pandemic and tensions between the world nations but also with the innovative solutions that are succeeding such incidents.
You saved my life, Dr. Robot : Kapil Khandelwal, www.kapilkhandelwal.com Kapil Khandelwal (KK)
My fortnightly column, A Dose of IT that discusses on the opportunity for Robotic Surgery in India
Kapil Khandelwal
QuoteUnquote with KK
www.kapilkhandelwal.com
Digital and technological advancements and how they have impacted health. From data, IoT & wearables, 3D printing, personalized medicine, all of these trends can be levers to help with demographic shifts, increased access to healthcare and rising costs.
Canned Intelligence - Voice assistants in GermanyRené C.G. Arnold
Back in 2010, Siri, Apple’s voice assistant, was the first of today’s popular systems to be introduced. Amazon and Microsoft followed in 2014 with Alexa and Cortana respectively. In 2016, Google introduced Google Assistant. Samsung’s Bixby is the most recent major voice assistant and was introduced in 2017. Due to short product cycles and regular software updates, the five companies can draw on an enormous number of consumer devices that feature the respective voice assistants. The figures below refer to the number of devices available to consumers globally that enable them to use voice assistant software. But how many consumers in Germany have got a voice assistant at home? How many actually make use of it? And what are the prevalent usage patterns? All these questions are addressed in the present research brief. To this end, we conducted a survey of 3,184 consumers in Germany and 20 semi-structured interviews with individual consumers of whom 11 were using voice assistants.
The Internet of Things - Software is eating the world, Industry, and everythi...Martin Spindler
Slides for a talk I gave in Munich on Dec. 2nd, 2016, on invitation of Harvey Nash. Talking about the Impact of Software and the Internet of Things on several industries and some common fallacies when trying to come up with strategies surrounding IoT.
10 Mobile Trends for 2014 and Beyond (May 2014)Karen Sanchez
This is an abridged version of the 124-page report. Go to JWTIntelligence.com/trendletters to see the full report, including recommendations for brands
JWT’s third annual report on trends in the mobile sphere spotlights key themes that came out of this year’s Mobile World Congress, Consumer Electronics Show and South by Southwest Interactive, and builds on trends spotlighted in previous reports. The report covers significant drivers and manifestations of these developments, and their implications for brands. “10 Mobile Trends for 2014 and Beyond” is based around on-the-ground research at the MWC in Barcelona and SXSW in Austin, as well as desk research and insights gleaned from interviews with several mobile experts and influencers.
In this presentation hat I gave at our Faber Portfolio day this year I am trying to build a model of how AI, Robotics and Conversational Interfaces will create a Superstack subsuming the current Internet and the majority of the global workforce.
Its time for BDA to wake up to reality : Kapil Khandelwal, www.kapilkhandelwa...Kapil Khandelwal (KK)
My fortnightly column, A Dose of IT discusses on Urban census and public health and well being
Kapil Khandelwal
www.kapilkhandelwal.com
QuoteUnquote with KK
The New Next: 2011 Tech Influencers Predictions by TrendsSpotting Taly Weiss
TrendsSpotting 4th annual digital prediction series is featuring the predictions of digital and marketing experts on the big changes awaiting us in the coming year.
Looking at 2010 and observing the trends we’ve seen that year – we aim at figuring out what will be new in 2011.
THE NEW NEXT initiative is focused not in what will happen in 2011 (as most predictions you find) but rather on the new trends emerging out of what we have seen earlier.
The Tech 2011 Report is following the predictions of ReadWriteWeb, GigaOm, IBM, Forrester and other leading experts.
Watch for TrendsSpoting's 2011 Social Media and Mobile Predictions.
This issue is about the new seamless platform, native ads, targeting and the programmatic environment.
Bu sayımız yeni seamless platformu, native reklamlar, hedeflemeler ve programmatic ekosistem hakkındadır.
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Posted for students of my workshops on digital and social communications
This is an abridged version of the 124-page report. Go to JWTIntelligence.com/trendletters to see the full report, including recommendations for brands
JWT’s third annual report on trends in the mobile sphere spotlights key themes that came out of this year’s Mobile World Congress, Consumer Electronics Show and South by Southwest Interactive, and builds on trends spotlighted in previous reports. The report covers significant drivers and manifestations of these developments, and their implications for brands. “10 Mobile Trends for 2014 and Beyond” is based around on-the-ground research at the MWC in Barcelona and SXSW in Austin, as well as desk research and insights gleaned from interviews with several mobile experts and influencers.
Get a Warning Ahead of Time with Exposure Notification Software.pdfauroraaudrey4826
Apple and Google are the best when it comes to technological world. But even these
economic giants fell victim to the nasty novel coronavirus. Get a Warning Ahead of Time
with Exposure Notification API Software
2020 is proving to be an unforgettable year. Not only with the pessimistic happenings like
the pandemic and tensions between the world nations but also with the innovative
solutions that are succeeding such incidents.
So, why the special mention of Google and Apple in relation to this topic? This is
because these two technology giants are perhaps also the most significant existing
databases of any matter. And the details regarding the Sars-Cov-2 is no exception to this
case. Remember, this innovation is only for the benefit of society. Let us see how.
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Apple and Google are the best when it comes to technological world. But even these economic giants fell victim to the nasty novel coronavirus. Get a Warning Ahead of Time with Exposure Notification API Software
2020 is proving to be an unforgettable year. Not only with the pessimistic happenings like the pandemic and tensions between the world nations but also with the innovative solutions that are succeeding such incidents.
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Apple and Google are the best when it comes to technological world. But even these
economic giants fell victim to the nasty novel coronavirus. Get a Warning Ahead of Time
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the pandemic and tensions between the world nations but also with the innovative
solutions that are succeeding such incidents.
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Apple and Google are the best when it comes to technological world. But even
these economic giants fell victim to the nasty novel coronavirus. Get a Warning
Ahead of Time with Exposure Notification API Software
2020 is proving to be an unforgettable year. Not only with the pessimistic
happenings like the pandemic and tensions between the world nations but also
with the innovative solutions that are succeeding such incidents.
So, why the special mention of Google and Apple in relation to this topic? This is
because these two technology giants are perhaps also the most significant
existing databases of any matter. And the details regarding the Sars-Cov-2 is no
exception to this case. Remember, this innovation is only for the benefit of
society. Let us see how.
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Apple, Google rework coronavirus tracking tech to address privacy concerns
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Apple, Google rework
coronavirus tracking tech to
address privacy concerns
The tech giants added new security features for their
iPhone and Android phone technology.
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As companies and governments around the world battle the coronavirus
pandemic, Apple and Google are making changes to the contact tracing
technology they've developed to help inform people when they may
have been exposed to the virus.
The contact tracing technology, which the two companies have been
working on for a little over a month, was initially designed to help people
alert one another if someone they were in contact with over a 14-day
period was diagnosed with the coronavirus. When the project was first
For the most up-to-date news and information about the
coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website.
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2. announced, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google head Sundar Pichai
promised the technology would be built with privacy in mind.
The technology basically works by helping Apple iPhones or devices
powered by Google's Android software communicate with one another.
They do this by sending signals to one another over Bluetooth radio that
are stored on the phones. If someone is then confirmed as having the
coronavirus, their phones send out a new signal alerting all the phones
they'd come in contact with over the preceding 14 days.
Apple's and Google's efforts are just the latest ways big tech companies
have been working to help fight the coronavirus, which has killed nearly
200,000 people around the world, and infected more than 2.7 million
people.
C O R O N AV I R U S U P DAT E S
Verily, the life sciences arm of Google parent company Alphabet, last
month launched a website that gives people in California information
about virus testing. The website, developed in partnership with the
White House, lets people fill in symptoms and complete an online
screener.
Google also last month said it's committing more than $800 million to
help small businesses and crisis responders dealing with the
coronavirus pandemic. Apple and Google have both also begun making
and distributing protective equipment for health care workers.
Now with this new coronavirus tracing technology, two of Silicon Valley's
biggest rivals are hoping to help create apps that'll help us regain a
sense of normalcy as we wait for a vaccine or other ways to fight the
virus.
New privacy protections
Apple and Google said the technology will be opt-in, meaning it won't be
turned on by default. The companies will offer programming tools to
developers in mid-May, allowing health authorities to build apps with this
new technology. Then Apple and Google plan to offer software updates
to the more than 2 billion active devices around the world using their
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3. software by the end of the year.
Apple said that includes any phone that can power iOS 13, the
company's latest software, which runs on devices as far back as the
iPhone 6S, which was initially released in 2015.
The companies began discussing the project two weeks ago, sharing
initial planning documents publicly to offer security researchers, partners
and critics a way to begin vetting the technology.
To ensure further security, Apple and Google said they'd change the
contact tracing program to use better encryption, scrambling any
identifying information to ensure people cannot be tracked. The
companies are also protecting any potentially identifiable information
about a person's phone, such as which model of phone they're using or
the signal strength of their transmissions.
Apple and Google are looking to health officials to build apps, the
companies said, but they'll also provide assistance. The companies said
it'll be easy to build an app for this project. And for health officials who
don't want to build their own, they'll be able to use a premade app that
can be rebranded.
Call it 'exposure notification'
The companies are also changing the terminology they're using, moving
away from the widely used term "contact tracing," which could heighten
anxieties of people worried about their privacy. Instead, they're calling
this system "exposure notification," saying it better describes the
functionality of the program while the companies shift to emphasizing
that the program is "privacy-preserving."
Whether Apple's and Google's software will ultimately win over people is
still unclear. The companies admitted they don't know the minimum
number of people opting in that's necessary for the system to be
effective. Experts believe at least half the population would have to opt
in, meaning the companies would need to convince potentially billions of
people to sign up.
As part of their efforts to entice people, Apple and Google have
promised to dismantle the system when the coronavirus crisis passes.
That will include shutting down the application programming interface,
or API, built to work with public health apps being built.
"The promise that Apple and Google will shut the API off is very
welcome," Jennifer Stisa Granick, the ACLU's surveillance and
cybersecurity counsel, said earlier this month. "We just want to make
sure that this is something that's verifiable, and that there will be an
independent review to make sure the commitments they've made is
something they're living up to."
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