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Apple and Google’s COVID-19 tracking system will make its full US debut in new Virginia app

The Verge

This week, Virginia plans to release a COVID-19 exposure notification app based on the specifications published by Apple and Google in April. No location data or personal information is ever collected, stored or transmitted to VDH as part of the app,” a health department official told Virginia Public Media , which first reported the news.

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50 State VOAD Community

VisionLink

Pleased to report that Ray, Rene, Joanne, and I are attending the annual conference of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) here in Norfolk, Virginia. This is the 20th annual conference, and befitting the theme, Mountains to Sea , VisionLink is proud to release its 50 State VOAD Community project.

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Apple and Google’s COVID contact tracing tech is finally coming to their home state of California

The Verge

After a month of testing on university campuses, California’s governor just announced that the state is launching its COVID contact tracing app to the public this Thursday, December 10th. The app is called CA Notify, and its launch makes California the 18th state (plus Washington, DC) to release a contact tracing app.

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Apple releases iOS 13.7 with support for new automatic COVID-19 notification system

The Verge

The system is an extension of the existing coronavirus contact tracing efforts, but it removes the burden on states of having to build a dedicated app. In Android, the configuration file will automatically generate a custom Android app, while iOS will incorporate the settings into its OS-level contact system.

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An Amazon server outage is causing problems for Alexa, Ring, Disney Plus, and others

The Verge

It appears that the problems are focused on the US-EAST-1 AWS region hosted in Virginia, so users elsewhere may not see as many issues, and even if you’re affected, it could manifest as slightly slower loading while the network reroutes your requests somewhere else.

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VisionLink’s Strategic Advantage Consulting is Proud to support the Complete College America Strategic Planning Academy

VisionLink

States participating in the Complete College America Strategic Planning Academy are: California Hawaii Illinois New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma West Virginia VisionLink is proud to partner with the Complete College America and believe that “We all work better by working together”.

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Berry Buddies breakfast snack packs sold at Kroger recalled over serious allergen risk

Fast Company Tech

The affected products were distributed in the following states: Arkansas Michigan Ohio Tennessee Virginia Minnesota Kentucky Indiana Illinois Missouri Mississippi West Virginia Wisconsin What should I do if I bought the recalled snack pack? Contact Naturipe by phone, 239-598-6045, or by email, info@naturipefarms.com.