Opinion: Apple and Google’s Covid partnership is huge

Apple and Google launched a major joint effort to leverage smartphone technology contain the Covid-19 pandemic. New software the companies plan to add to phones would make it easier to use Bluetooth wireless technology to track down people who may have been infected by coronavirus carriers. — AP

This is a big deal.

Apple and Google are combining their engineering prowess and dominant market positions to fight the coronavirus war in a smart and effective way. If successful, it may be the first step in turning the tide against the pandemic and moving society back to a more normal life.