A COVID-19 tracking app has proven an overnight hit in the UK, with the medical researchers behind it hoping to bring it to the US too.
The app allows people to self-report coronavirus symptoms, and the app then logs the date, time, and location to help medical professionals identify potential hotspots …
With coronavirus misinformation common, either through deliberate hoaxes or honest misunderstandings, Apple is doing its bit to help. The company is currently giving top UK App Store billing to an official government health app.
The National Health Service (NHS) app opens with a symptom-checker and a highlighted link to COVID-19 info …
Plex offers a mix of free content through its platform, but to access all of the service’s features, like Live TV, you normally need a Plex Pass paid subscription. Today the company has announced, in light of the global coronavirus crisis, that it will make its Live TV feature free to Plex users for three months. Follow along for how to get set up with the functionality.
Over the weekend, US Vice President Mike Pence said that Apple had donated over 6 million N95 masks to health professionals in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a press conference yesterday, Pence upped that to 9 million, and now Tim Cook has taken to Twitter to offer more details.
Tracking apps could be one of the keys to containing the coronavirus outbreak, some believe, supporting an approach known as contact tracing. As the term suggests, the idea is that every time someone tests positive for the virus, you try to identify all the people who have been in recent close contact with them, in order to test them too.
Singapore has had significant success with this approach, using an app known as TraceTogether, and is now open-sourcing the code so that it can be used by other countries…
A supply chain report indicates that demand for MacBooks and iPads remains positive despite the fact that most stores are closed and many consumers face financial concerns during the coronavirus outbreak.
While it’s just one measure, today’s report says that suppliers of Apple’s scissor-switch keyboard are continuing to ramp up production as per pre-coronavirus plans …
All iPhone production in India has been suspended as the country’s prime minister announced a strict 21-day lockdown to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
In the strictest rules seen yet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that almost nobody is allowed outside their homes for three weeks …
A combination of ‘stagnant supply’ and ‘crippled demand’ will see smartphone production fall by as much as 30% in the first half of the year, predicts ABI Research.
The firm says the impact of the coronavirus outbreak has already been ‘disastrous’ despite iPhone 12 production reportedly now being back on track …
A new drone video offers an eerie look at Apple Park and the surrounding area during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Apple Park is largely deserted as Apple shifts to a work from home policy and Santa Clara County enforces a shelter in place order.
A new report from Nikkei today says that iPhone assembler Foxconn has hired enough workers to meet “seasonal demand.” What this seemingly means is that Foxconn has recovered from the COVID-19 shutdown in China and is prepared to ramp up mass production for the iPhone 12.
As the coronavirus pandemics continues on, AAPL is seeing further declines along with the rest of the market. This morning with the opening bell, Apple’s stock dropped another 3% which put the company below a $1 trillion-dollar valuation.
Apple last week implemented restrictions on buying multiple iPhones from the online Apple Store, with customers limited to no more than two of any given model. That particular restriction has now been lifted …
Apple has updated Siri to provide new responses to questions about COVID-19. As first reported by CNBC, the virtual assistant now includes answers from the CDC and other sources when asked about the virus.
Apple announced back in the middle of February that it wouldn’t hit its financial guidance for the March quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak and we knew other smartphone makers would be hurting along with the rest of the global economy. Now we’ve got an analyst report estimating specific numbers for how much smartphone shipments dropped last month.
Netflix was yesterday asked to limit streaming quality in order to preserve Internet bandwidth for all the people working from home during the coronavirus outbreak, and the company has now confirmed that it is doing so in Europe …
Even though Apple has reopened its retail stores in China, many of its supply chain operations are still in flux. A new report from Bloomberg details some of those struggles, but says the 5G iPhone 12 is still on track for this fall.
In addition to ongoing coverage via Apple News, Apple is now promoting a video on Apple Music and iTunes that features a “message from the White House Coronavirus Task Force.” The 1-minute long video features a brief explainer of social distancing and how it can help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Apple has implemented purchasing limits on many of its products this week. As noted by CNBC, Apple has placed restrictions on how many iPhones and iPads can be ordered by a single customer due to ongoing supply constraints as a result of COVID-19.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced that Apple is making a substantial donation of medical supplies and more to Protezione Civile in Italy. This comes amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit Italy incredibly hard by the virus.
The tech world is having to respond to the coronavirus outbreak in a bunch of ways, with a mix of good and bad news out there.
There’s some good news for hospitals …
A new analyst report takes a pessimistic view of the potential supply-chain impact of the coronavirus, suggesting that could mean no 5G iPhones this fall …
Along with the change to working from home for many jobs, remote meetings and conferences will be increasingly relied upon over the coming weeks and months. With each service being a bit different, follow along for how to get your Mac, iPhone, and iPad set up with Zoom, Skype, and more.
It’s not just Apple Stores closed to limit the spread of the coronavirus: more than 30 other major retail chains have made the same decision …
Apple Watch is designed to help you live a healthier life, and there is a range of notifications and alerts that help with that. However, with the coronavirus outbreak on most everyone’s mind, these Apple Watch alerts for things like your move, stand, and exercise goals, activity sharing, etc. might be more stressful than helpful. Here’s how to turn off activity alerts for stand and move progress, activity sharing, and breathe reminders.