The TraceTogether opt-in app is expected to be rolled out in the next two weeks. It may use GPS tracking as well as Bluetooth technology to record contact with people, even if you do not know them.

Germany’s Corona Warn-App is a smartphone warning system designed to let users know when they’ve been in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. It is a completely voluntary app that ...

A team of Yale researchers has developed a new app, Hunala, that aims to be the “Waze for coronavirus.” Led by Sterling Professor Nicholas Christakis, a physician and social networks expert, with ...

As the coronavirus pandemic pushes us indoors and confines us to our homes, we’re leaning on technology more than ever to stay connected. From virtual happy-hours to cyber birthday parties to digital ...

Michigan is expanding its COVID-19 exposure app for residents to use statewide after a successful pilot program in October. The anonymous, no cost and voluntary app, piloted in Ingham County and on ...

Germany is the latest European country to have launched its own national contact-tracing app this week, in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus as the nation gradually lifts lock-down ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The Walmart Grocery app took the top spot among downloaded shopping apps earlier this week, beating out ...

Researchers at Covid Watch, an international group of academics building a mobile app to track the novel coronavirus, have one number in the back of their minds: 60%. That is a commonly cited ...