Coronavirus: UK confirms plan for its own contact tracing app →
The UK has confirmed plans for an app that will warn users if they have recently been in close proximity to someone suspected to be infected with the coronavirus. BBC NEWS
Read MoreCoronavirus: UK considers virus-tracing app to ease lockdown →
A coronavirus app that alerts people if they have recently been in contact with someone testing positive for the virus "could play a critical role" in limiting lockdowns, scientists advising the government have said. BBC NEWS
Read MoreNew app attempts to detect signs of Covid-19 using voice analysis →
A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and other institutions have released an early version of an app that they claim can determine whether you might have COVID-19, just by analysing your voice. FUTURISM
Read MoreIndian police use facial recognition app to reunite families with lost children →
Tens of thousands of children go missing every year in India and many are trafficked to work in eateries, handicraft industries, brick kilns, factories or into begging and brothels. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreApp checks whether you've come in contact with deadly coronavirus →
China released an app over the weekend that lets residents check to see if they’ve come in “close contact” with Covid-19, the coronavirus that’s killed more than a thousand people in the nation. FUTURISM
Read MoreThe entrepreneur stopping food waste →
The BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Mette Lykke, co-founder of fitness tracker Endomondo, and chief executive of food waste app, Too Good To Go. BBC NEWS
Read MoreEncrypted app aims to boost sex crime reporting in India →
The app uses blockchain to create an encrypted space where victims can store notes, photos, screenshots, documents, video and audio. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreSpanish coders harness tech to track health risks for firefighters →
A small team of volunteers based in Barcelona is hoping to deploy cutting-edge technology at home and further afield to protect the health of those on the frontline: the firefighters. After winning a global coding challenge backed by tech giant IBM in New York last weekend, they will receive financial and technical support to deploy more widely their open-source application, named Prometeo. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreAlbanian teens develop app for domestic violence victims →
The app provides breathing exercises to help women, connects them to state officials in every town who can help them secure restraining orders and access benefits. REUTERS
Read MoreTap for trash: App seeks to clean up Zimbabwe's waste-clogged cities →
The rubbish bins in Harare are supposed to be emptied once a week, but often sit untouched for up to four weeks - now the private sector is sweeping in with a new tech solution. PLACE
Read MoreNose for a problem: Barcelona tests first global odour map →
An app-based project aims to snuff out scents using the collective power of crowdsourcing in Barcelona. PLACE
Read MoreClinicians are using an app to speed up detection of a ‘silent killer’ →
Healthcare professionals can now detect one of the National Health Service’s (NHS) “biggest killers” in minutes rather than hours due to the use of a new app. The app, which has been developed by Alphabet’s DeepMind Health together with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL), is used to help identify patients who are at risk of something called “acute kidney injury”, or AKI. CNBC
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