France says Apple's bluetooth policy is blocking coronavirus tracker

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PARIS (BLOOMBERG) - France is asking Apple Inc. to remove a technical obstacle that it says is delaying a government contact-tracing application designed to contain the coronavirus spread.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

PARIS - France is asking Apple Inc. to remove a technical obstacle that it says is delaying a government contact-tracing application designed to contain the coronavirus spread.

The government aims to deploy its app by May 11, which is when France wants to begin to lift restrictions on movement that were imposed in mid-March. Apple and Alphabet Inc.'s Google are developing their own technology to help build contact-tracing apps. Their platform should become available to governments and public health authorities everywhere next month, according to an official in the French minister's office. Still, the French are banking on a home-grown solution.

 

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