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Mac OS Ken: 05.21.2020

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7997 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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- Apple and Google Release Contact Tracing API - Apple Releases COVID-19-Centric iOS and iPadOS 13.5 - Apple Releases tvOS 13.4.5 - Apple Releases HomePod Software 13.4.5 - Updated Hulu HomeScreen Hits tvOS and Roku - Apple Announces Athlete-Centered Docuseries "Greatness Code" - Ming-Chi Kuo Thinks Apple Will Not Include EarPods with Next iPhones - Apple Adds 192-Room Hotel to Austin Campus Plans - Cut your wireless bill to 15-bucks a month at MintMobile.com/MACOSKEN - Do you have a Few Minutes for "In a Few Minutes?" It's in Apple Podcasts and Overcast now! - Power what we do next for as little as $1 a month. Join the Mac OS Ken Test Kitchen at Patreon at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: info@macosken.com or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0

This is out.

0:01.0

The Apple Google API is out, updates big and small from Apple, and athletes finally get their time in the spotlight.

0:22.0

It's Thursday the 21st of May. Time in the Spotlight.

0:22.8

It's Thursday the 21st of May 2020.

0:26.4

I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco-S-Ken, brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Mint Mobile.

0:36.7

Cut your wireless build a 15 bucks a month at mint mobile.com slash Maco-Sken.

0:45.0

This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.

0:51.0

Find out more and at your support at Patreon. The way this is over for the Apple Google Contact Tracing API.

1:06.0

Now we wait for apps that can use it.

1:09.0

Apple and Google announced Wednesday that their contact tracing API was ready,

1:14.0

then they let the world have it.

1:17.0

Engadgett says the two companies announced yesterday that they would that day release

1:22.0

their COVID-19 contact tracing technology to public health

1:25.6

agencies around the world. As of Wednesday the piece said 22 countries on

1:31.1

five continents had requested the API.

1:35.8

Now, get ready for part.

1:39.6

Who can say what part it is?

1:41.0

They all run together, don't as N-Gagget points out

1:44.9

Apple and Google are providing the API but public health agencies will have to

1:49.6

develop their own contact tracing apps in an attempt to promote adoption and avoid

1:54.6

fragmentation use of the API will be restricted to one app per country though

1:59.8

there may be some exception if a country has opted for a state or regional approach.

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