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Apple and Google team up to build a coronavirus tracking system

The enviornment's two biggest smartphone corporations are participating on a contact tracing software that may lend a hand observe coronavirus cases.
The world's two biggest smartphone companies are collaborating on a contact tracing system that will help track coronavirus cases.

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Author: Thenextweb

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