Android Authority

Google and Apple announce exposure notification API (Update: Now public)

Update, May 20, 2020 (01:00 PM ET): Today, Google and Apple announced that they are starting to release the COVID-19 exposure notification API publicly. Several states in the US, as well as 22 ...
MacRumors

Apple and Google Launch COVID-19 Exposure Notification API, Over 20 Countries Have Requested and Received Access

Apple and Google today launched their Exposure Notification API to assist public health authorities around the world with slowing the spread of COVID-19. On the Apple side, the API is available in the ...
TechCrunch

Apple and Google launch exposure notification API, enabling public health authorities to release apps

Apple and Google today made available the first public version of their exposure notification API, which was originally debuted as a joint contact-tracing software tool. The partners later renamed it ...
Wired

Web Notifications API Hints at a Brave New Real-Time Web

Google recently added a desktop notification option to Gmail-- whenever a new message arrives you'll see a pop-up window letting you know. Gmail's new feature works a bit like the popular OS X app ...
Android Authority

Google, Apple lay out strict rules for Exposure Notification API, no GPS data

Today, Google and Apple gave some more details surrounding its Exposure Notification API. Formerly called Contact Tracing API, the development tool is designed to help government organizations create ...
TechCrunch

COVID-19 exposure notification settings begin to go live for iOS users with new update

Apple has released iOS 13.5, which includes support for the Exposure Notification API that it co-created with Google to support public health authorities in their contact-tracing efforts to combat ...
Time

Foursquare Might Finally Become More than a Game with Push Notification API

This morning, word spread that Foursquare’s anticipated push notification API would be announced very soon. Co-founder Dennis Crowley confirmed the news via Twitter, adding, “If you are building on ...
Gizmodo

iPhone Developers Get Push Notification API

Apple’s just seeded the push notification API to developers through the second beta release of the iPhone 2.1 firmware. What this means to you is that developers can now tailor their apps to receive ...
9to5Mac

UK changes course on contact tracing app, will use Apple’s exposure notification API after all

The UK government today scrapped plans for a centralized contact tracing app and instead will announce that it is switching to use the API solution provided by Apple and Google, as reported by the BBC ...
Macworld

Apple’s COVID-19 exposure notification API: What it is and how it works in iOS 13.5

In the release notes for iOS 13.5, you may have noticed a somewhat ominous message. Apple says that the update, “introduces the Exposure Notification API to support COVID-19 contact tracing apps from ...
9to5Mac

Here’s how Apple and Google’s Exposure Notification API works while securing privacy

Apple has officially released iOS 13.5 to the public. The update includes changes such as Face ID improvements for masks, new Apple Music features, and more. Perhaps most importantly, however, the ...