With Covid Insights Tracker, GroundTruth Looks to Democratize Location Data
GroundTruth’s new Covid-19 Insights tracker gives brands a way to track foot traffic down to the zip code level. The tracker is updated weekly, with the ability to search for daily foot traffic acr…
COVID-19 Rapid Evidence Review: Exit through the App Store? By Ada Lovelace Inst.
Our work | COVID-19 Exit through the App Store? A rapid evidence review of the technical considerations and societal implications of using technology to transition from the COVID-19 crisis was...
Governments and companies are building digital solutions to trace COVID-19’s spread. But public health experts say human labor and trust is irreplaceable.
Exit through the App Store? Should the UK Government use technology to transition from the COVID-19 global public health crisis
A rapid evidence review published by the Ada Lovelace Institute sets out proposals for whether, and how, the UK Government should use technology to transition from the COVID-19 global public...
India is forcing people to use its covid app, unlike any other democracy
Millions of Indian citizens are being forced to download the country’s tracking app—a line no other democracy has yet crossed in the fight against the coronavirus.
To reopen, the U.S. needs to quickly train and deploy thousands of people to track potential Covid-19 infections — because technology alone can’t do the job.
To reopen, the U.S. needs to quickly train and deploy thousands of people to track potential Covid-19 infections — because technology alone can’t do the job.
Researchers use smartphone data to determine which businesses are potential COVID-19 'super-spreaders' | CBC Radio
Researcher Oeindrila Dube is part of a team that uses anonymous phone location data to reveal which businesses are most likely to facilitate the spread of coronavirus, from restaurants to hair salons to gym.
There’s a lot of chat, and a lot of reports out (I’ll get around to listing them when I take the time to…) regarding the potential use of phone apps of various flavours regarding …
Huawei Map Kit vows to improve location-based service outside China
Huawei is in talks with global partners such as TomTom to help developers outside China implement personalised map displays and interactivity as well as improving the overall location-based service experience of their apps.
IIT Roorkee develops mobile app to track Covid-19 patients in quarantine - tech
This app can track suspected patients who have been quarantined by setting up a geo-fence around them. If they move out of that radius, the app will alert authorities
With consumers today asking for more authentic, personalized experiences, the German apparel manufacturer PUMA recently launched an outdoor campaign that involved audience targeting, programmatic c…