TraceTogether is a community-driven contact tracing app that works by exchanging short-distance Bluetooth signals between phones to detect other app users who are within about two to five-meter proximity.
Singapore-headquartered Madison Technologies said it has launched CovCT, an independent contact tracing platform that aims to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
ThingsPH, a tech start-up founded by Bicolano developers, has deployed “Project Greengrass: Covid19 City Watch Initiative”, a free real-time street activity monitoring map powered by video analytics.
A mobile app called “OneCountry 100” has been launched to monitor and enforce the “strict quarantine” of PUIs (persons under investigation) and PUMs (persons under monitoring).
On-demand services app MyKuya, which has seen a 300% rise in requests since the announcement of the lockdown in Metro Manila, said businesses with motorcycles can join the platform as an enterprise partner.
The chatbot, which comes in several languages, answers the most commonly asked questions about the pandemic, and gives users important and life-saving information.
Called “Crowd Store Finder”, the website works like Waze or Google Maps that scans through the user’s neighborhood to find stores, banks, pharmacies, and remittance centers that remain operational.
The move to create a dedicated section for Covid-19 is widely seen as YouTube’s way to “clear” channels that might be peddling misinformation through the platform.
Twitter said its speed and borderless nature presents an extraordinary opportunity to get the word out and ensure people have access to the latest information from expert sources around the world.
To help Filipino doctors and medical professionals with their tax obligations, Taxumo is now offering free use of its tax filing and payment service for two months.
