Mobile World Congress plans 2021 in-person event with 50,000 attendees

After cancelling the 2020 event over coronavirus concerns, smartphone conference Mobile World Congress intends to welcome back international visitors to its Barcelona event in June.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 3

All 270 US Apple Stores open for the first time since first pandemic-related closures

Every Apple Store in the US has reopened to some extent for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic forced stores to close around the world in March 2020.

Wesley Hilliard 5 years ago 2

World Health Organization denies vaccine passport talks with Apple

The European Commission had said that Apple and Google were talking with the World Health Organization about coronavirus vaccine passport, but WHO officials refuted those claims.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 8

Kroger plans rollout of iPhone-assisted COVID-19 rapid testing kits

An at-home COVID-19 test that uses the iPhone to check results will be available to buy from Kroger in the future, once the FDA approves the test for public sale.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 18

Utah launching Apple-Google exposure notification app on February 17

Utah is launching Coronavirus exposure notifications, using the Apple and Google framework, on Wednesday.

Will Shanklin 5 years ago 2

Apple restricts 'health pass' apps to developers working with recognized health authorities

Apple on Tuesday elaborated on so-called "health pass" apps, saying the health check and building admittance apps must be developed by a company with relations to public health authorities.

Mikey Campbell 5 years ago 7

Tim Cook speaks out against attacks on Asian population in San Francisco

Apple CEO Tim Cook has pledged to support aid groups working to help combat violence against the Asian community.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 0

Here's where Apple Stores have reopened and closed again around the world

Apple's retail operations continue to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Here's where Apple Stores have opened, as well as where they are closed, updated on April 12 with the Belgium store opening.

Wesley Hilliard 5 years ago 0

UK Apple-Google COVID-19 app credited for prevention of 600,000 infections

The UK's NHS COVID-19 app has been useful in reducing infections in England and Wales, the government claims, with an estimated 600,000 cases thwarted by the iPhone app.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 14

Apple wielding its market power to cut pandemic-related delivery delays

Apple is going to great lengths to prevent any delays in customers receiving orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a new report claiming that its financial might makes it able to do it better than smaller rivals.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 1

Apple speeds up masked Face ID by detecting an Apple Watch in iOS 14.5

Apple is making it faster for iPhone users to unlock their devices while wearing a face mask in the first iOS 14.5 beta, by confirming the presence of an Apple Watch.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 26

Apple suppliers paying staff to skip Chinese New Year over coronavirus fears

Apple's major manufacturing suppliers in China are offering incentives to workers who agree not to go home for the traditional Lunar New Year in February because of the coronavirus.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 1

TSMC puts workers in isolation over COVID-19 outbreak fears

Apple chip producer TSMC has started to instruct workers who visited a hospital in Taiwan to isolate themselves for two weeks, as well as preventing them from entering a factory used to produce Apple's processors.

Malcolm Owen 5 years ago 3

Apple denied COVID app to secure contact tracing monopoly, lawsuit claims

Apple has been hit with a lawsuit claiming that it rejected a coronavirus contact tracing app to maintain a COVID-19 exposure notification monopoly.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 18

Apple Watch may be able to detect coronavirus infection days before tests can

The Apple Watch may be able to detect if a wearer has coronavirus days before they are diagnosed or symptoms appear, a new body of research shows.

Mike Peterson 5 years ago 15

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