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Despite lingering iOS issues and some bugs, the Federal Government’s Covid contact tracing app, CovidSafe, appears to be going gang-busters – defying many who were sceptical Australians would embrace such an app.

With three million downloads so far, it's indicative as much as anything of our desire to get back to a more normal society safely and fire up the economy again, with contact tracing widely regarded as a key pillar for reducing the risk of further lockdowns.

The app is just one part of the puzzle, but every bit helps. That is, every download helps. So if you haven't yet, do it now.

Meanwhile, businesses are helping the cause by introducing their own workforce contact tracing. We take a look at a few of the leading options.

In news this week:

Early results promising for CovidSafe
DX used to be about improvement. Now it's about survival.
Taking contact tracing to the workplace
Zoom + Otter = Zooming live transcription for videoconferencing service
The Covid-free weekly wrap

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Heather Wright
Editor
editor@istart.com.au

CONTACT TRACING

Australia’s Covid-19 app gains traction

Health authorities say they are expecting about half the population to download the new app…

Australia’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app has exceeded adoption expectations, with two and half million downloads since its launch on Sunday.

“I think Australians are very sophisticated users of technology, they understand apps.”

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

DX: From business optimisation to business continuity

Automation, cloud and connectivity in a Covid world…

DX may once have been a business optimisation strategy, but it's now become a business continuity and risk mitigation necessity as Covid changes the way we work and our technology focuses.

“Business continuity has gone from being an academic concept to a real thing and it’s been turned on its head.”

[Read more]

CONTACT TRACING

Coming to a business near you: Workforce contact tracing

Can private contact tracing solutions help ease lockdowns?…

Attention is turning to the potential role of workplace contact tracing and health and safety offerings as a means to help ease lockdowns.

Site by site contact tracing avoids giving data wholesale to the government and makes gathering data feasible.

[Read more]

VIDEO CONFERENCING

Zoom makes a splash with Otter transcription

Forget Disney backgrounds, here’s a Zoom feature we can really appreciate…

The Disney background may have been cute, but tech du jour, Zoom, has now served up an offering which has some real benefits: Live transcription of meetings.

For Zoom, it’s a welcome distraction from its recent security – and PR – woes.

[Read more]

TECH NEWS

The Covid-free weekly wrap

AU to sue Facebook, Canty Uni beams up 3D printing, CDR reprieve and money, money, money…

Australia’s Federal Court has given the Australian Information Commissioner the green light to sue Facebook US and Facebook Ireland over alleged privacy issues.

These actions left the personal data of around 311,127 Australian Facebook users exposed.

[Read more]

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