Apps to fight COVID-19

[J. Landman Gay]

I've resented that before. Apple adds a popular feature to iOS based on the 
download count of apps in its store, and then removes the original author's 
app and won't reinstate it.

Google does the same thing but at least leaves the original app available.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On April 10, 2020 6:44:06 PM dsc--- via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Short rant; skip if busy.
>
> What really gets me is that Carmela Troncoso, with help from an asteroid 
> belt of others, has worked hard on DP-3T, and Apple/Google adopts it with 
> some changes and then is all Apple/Google! Apple/Google! in the news. I 
> know that a big name can save lives. And I expect Dr. Troncoso is not in it 
> for the glory. But, still...
>
> I want to recognize my heroes.
>
> And I'm sure there are some heroes out there that are only known to be 
> heroes by a few, and those might be the cats.
>
>
>> On Apr 10, 2020, at 5:18 PM, Dar Scott Consulting via use-livecode 
>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> The illustrations from Google in that article are goofed up. I don't know 
>> whether Google did it or TechCrunch.
>>
>> The gray background confuses things. The "few days later" goes left to 
>> right not top to bottom.
>>
>> The order should be...
>>
>> Alice and Bob meet...
>> Their phones exchange...
>> 	A few days later...
>> Bob is positively...
>> With Bob's consent...
>> Alice continues...
>> Alice's phone...
>> 	Sometime later...
>> Alice sees a notification...
>> Alice's phone...
>>
>> I'm not saying that is the best way, only that the description of the 
>> procedure outlined by Google is confusing.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 10, 2020, at 4:58 PM, Trevor DeVore via use-livecode 
>>> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 5:07 PM Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/10/20 11:56 AM, Mike Doub via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>> Apple and Google adding contact tracking to their OSs
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/business/stock-market-today-coronavirus.html#link-418ae121
>>>>
>>>> From my limited understanding of this, Apple and Google are creating an
>>>> API which will be part of the OS. And then it's up to developers to
>>>> create apps and convince users to download them (Apple gets their 30%
>>>> off the top, no?). So at best we have reporting from the set of users
>>>> who have decided to opt in, download an app, and accept the app's
>>>> permissions.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here are some additional details. Seems like a good thing they are doing.
>>>
>>> https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/10/apple-and-google-are-launching-a-joint-covid-19-tracing-tool/
>>>
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