Alabama to get new contact tracing app
The app will use software from Apple and Google, which is already built into smartphones, to track those who may have been exposed to COVID-19 using Bluetooth signals. MotionMobs, a tech company based out of Birmingham, is playing a huge role in developing the app here in Alabama.
Alabama’s contact tracing app won’t collect location data
Do you remember everyone you’ve come into contact with over the past 14 days? Well, if someone is diagnosed with COVID-19 health officials are going to want to use that information for contact tracing. With a new app ADPH, UAB and Birmingham-based company Motionmobs are developing, people won’t have to remember; their phones will collect […]
B’ham-based company creating app with ADPH, UAB to slow spread of COVID-19
Governor Ivey mentioned last week about our state’s deal with Google and Apple to use their new technology that would help notify people of possible exposure. MotionMobs is the software development and consulting company now helping to build the app.
Alabama balances privacy against accuracy in contact tracing app
A cell phone app to alert Alabama users if they’ve come in close contact with a person who tests positive for COVID-19 will not compromise users’ privacy, say the teams working on its development.
B’ham-based company creating app with ADPH, UAB to slow spread of COVID-19
We’re getting an update on just how soon you could possibly download the app that could help ADPH slow the spread of COVID-19.