Virtually nobody in America is using an Apple-Google COVID-19 contact tracing app

In the early months of the pandemic, engineers from Google, Apple and a handful of other tech companies got together to build a system to notify people if they’d come in contact with someone who had tested positive for COVID-19, but virtually nobody in America today is using an Apple-Google contact tracing (exposure notification) app. […]

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Apple closes Texas Retail Store due to COVID-19

Now, 22 employees “have shared that they’re positive for Covid-19,” a store manager told staff during a Webex meeting on Wednesday, according to employees who attended. “They received a positive diagnosis and will return to work after 10 days of isolation as well as 48 hours of being symptom free,” the manager said. All employees […]

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Apple delays full office opening until March, 2022

Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, has sent a memo to all Apple employees announcing that Apple is again delaying all employees be back onsite at Apple Headquarters until March, 2022. Below is a copy of that memo: Team, It’s hard to believe we’re already in the home stretch of 2021. As I reflect on this extraordinary […]

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Apple to require all Apple Store Employees to go through COVID testing starting in October

Apple has informed alll retail store employees that they will be subject to on the spot COVID-19 testing starting this October. Unlike other tech companies, such as Google and Facebook, Apple has not mandated vaccines for its employees and still does not require workers to get vaccinated to remain at Apple. Prior to the upcoming […]

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