The past weeks have seen a wave of health tech companies pledging support to anti-racism protesters, as well as public pressure for clear action steps.
A new CB Insights report lays out the role of the FAMGA companies in healthcare and what could be next for each.
Opt-in "Exposure Notifications" are included in new operating system updates on both companies' platforms and available now to worldwide public health agencies.
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This report comes as news breaks that the UK has decided not to use Apple and Google's contact-tracing tech as originally planned.
The new data will be available in the university's COVIDcast map, and on Facebook's Data for Good.
Governments are finding technology-based tracking is helping in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, but when does it cross the line into problematic surveillance?
The two tech giants' unprecedented partnership looks to engage as many users in disease-tracing and prevention efforts as possible while tearing down the data silos of their respective smartphone platforms.
The anonymized, aggregated GPS data is collected from mobile devices that have opted into location-tracking services.