Apple Maps is now prompting international travelers to self-isolate for 14 days in order to prevent them from potentially spreading out the novel Coronavirus in their communities. A pop up is displayed on your iPhone screen if the stock Maps app locates you in the proximity of an airport. It assumes that you traveled internationally…
Apple and Google have partnered to develop a COVID-19 Exposure Notification API that will help smartphone users to get alerts whenever someone that was in their proximity, over the last 14 days, has marked himself as infected with the new Coronavirus. This will alert the user to self-isolate, test himself and prevent from becoming an…
Apple has just updated its COVID-19 screening app with a new set of symptoms in accordance to the adjustments made by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in its guidelines. We’re talking about a fresh list of early tell-signs that could hint about a potential coronavirus infection. These include muscle plain, chills, shaking…
Although we strongly advocate for using a Passcode to protect the data on your iPhone, the COVID-19 pandemic pushes us to temporary disable it. That’s because wearing a mask and latex gloves complicates unlocking your iPhone. I’ve just returned from grocery shopping and I had to unlock my iPhone several times while on the move….
Apple has just released iOS 13.5, a major health update for iPhone and iPad. This third test version includes the announced COVID-19 Exposure Notifications function that will help smartphone users to get notified whenever they are in the proximity of a person that tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. The feature comes under the form…
