On April 10th Apple and Google did something unusual: they announced plans to work together. These two firms exert varying degrees of control over almost every operational smartphone on Earth—Apple through its production of both iPhones and the software that runs them, and Google thanks to a range of programs found in nearly all of the iPhone’s Android-powered rivals.
The Economist: Covid-19 – App-based contact tracing may help countries get out of lockdown
People enjoy the evening sunshine on the wooden pier beside Gabriel's Wharf, on the south bank in London on April 12, 2020, during the nationwide lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic.
