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Google Play will launch a kids section for ‘teacher approved’ apps

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As children stay home from school amid the coronavirus pandemic, parents have been on the lookout for apps and other content that’s safe for their kids. Google on Wednesday said it wants to make it easier for parents …

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Facebook donates more than 7,400 Portal video chat devices to help isolated veterans

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Facebook said Wednesday that it has donated more than 7,400 Portal video chat devices to help veterans feel less isolated as people stay at home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. The social network partnered with the US Department of Veterans …

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YouTube launches video building tool

YouTube has a new free video-building tool to help businesses keep their customers connected during shutdowns and restrictions amid the spread of COVID-19. YouTube’s beta Video Builder can animate static images, text and logos with music from its library, Google announced Tuesday. YouTube says it made the tool available faster than planned “because businesses of all sizes are strapped for …

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Apple using Maps data to show if people are social distancing during coronavirus outbreak

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple on Tuesday said it’s making mobility data from Apple Maps available to provide insights to governments and health officials around the world trying to slow the spread of COVID-19.  “While protecting your privacy, we are sharing aggregated mobility data from Apple Maps …

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How you’ll get Apple and Google’s contact tracing update for your phone

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple and Google are working together on a major effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 that uses signals from people’s phones to warn them if they’ve been in contact with someone who’s tested positive for the disease.  The joint project takes advantage …

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Google may be working on its own processors for Pixels and Chromebooks

Google may soon add itself to the list of companies developing its own processors for its devices. According to a new report, the search giant is working on chips that could go into future versions of Pixel phones and Chromebooks.  According to Axios, Google has made “significant progress” and could have its own processor powering a Pixel phone “as soon …

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Apple, Google to terminate COVID

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. COVID-19 tracking technology being rolled out by Apple and Google has an expiration date, the tech giants say. The companies say Bluetooth interoperability they’re developing for Android and iOS devices won’t be used after the public health crisis caused by the respiratory disease …

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Apple wants to add COVID

How a COVID-19 testing location will appear on Apple Maps. Apple Apple is trying to find out where people can get tested for COVID-19 in order to add the locations to its Maps app. The company has created a portal for providers to share their details, which will then be verified by the iPhone maker. On the page, spotted late …

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Apple and Google building coronavirus tracking tech for iOS and Android, coming in May

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Two of the tech industry’s biggest players are working together to fight the coronavirus, announcing a new set of tools that could come to a majority of smartphones around the world. The new technology, outlined in white papers published by Apple and Google …

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Final hours of Best Buy’s Easter sale: Save 48% on Beats Studio3 headphones, Samsung 55

You might not have had time to notice, what with the global pandemic occupying so much of our attention, but it’s Easter Sunday. Easter isn’t traditionally a big gift-giving holiday — unless you count all the chocolate bunnies and Peeps for the kids — but Best Buy is having a one-day flash sale today. The retailer is cutting prices on …

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