Making Love Alarm like app for Covid 19 to maintain safe distance

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The Covid 19 also known as Corona virus is slowly spreading from China to different parts of the world. Yes, there has been deaths but also recoveries of patients affected by the virus. Thanks to the efforts of health workers. Meanwhile as we try to understand the virus. It's spreading and it's affecting the world economy. The pharmaceutical companies and government agencies are working with WHO to treat Covid 19 and stop the spread.

People have been subject to lock down. In some cases the entire cities have been put in lock down and restrictions. There has been travel ban issued by certain countries to stop the spread of the virus.

The news on the televiosn, papers and social media has led to the demand for N95 masks and sanitizers.

There has been cruise ship with people and crew onboard. Many have pointed that having people locked in ships is more dangerous. Making healthy people infected.

You can watch interesting video by JeffHK on YouTube titled - Coronavirus: Why its Unstoppable on Ships & How We Deal With it on Our Ship. COVID-19 at Sea Vlog.

Link: https://youtu.be/C4ro4jd5RjY 

 

Making Love Alarm like app for Covid-19 to maintain safe distance.

Netflix show - Love Alarm

The story of a young girl caught between two guys and technology. This love triangle was created thanks to an app she downloaded, which lets a person know if someone loves them within a 10 meter radius. While this advanced technology certainly comes in handy for people too shy to make their feelings known, it also causes a few problems

Based on the popular webtoon Love Alarm by Kye Young Chan, the author first came up with the premise when pondering the question: “How would humans adapt to a world where romantic feelings are made visible, and how would that change the way we love? 

 

LoveAlarm Inc.

Since most of the people have a location enabled smartphone these days. Should we create an app that warns users if someone is within 1 meter (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone to warn the users to maintain distance and also add exceptions for family members to decrease unnecessary notification and alerts.

Interestingly I was able to find real life app 'Love Alarm' app on Google play store based on the series.

What if? we have a similar app to stop spread of  Covid 19.

Update - We understand there could be data privacy concern. But it could be a optional 'opt in' app to to share pings anonymously.

WHO has given protective measures against the new corona virus:

 

Wash your hands frequently

Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water.

Why? Washing your hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses that may be on your hands.

Maintain social distancing

Maintain at least 1 metre (3 feet) distance between yourself and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.

Why? When someone coughs or sneezes they spray small liquid droplets from their nose or mouth which may contain virus. If you are too close, you can breathe in the droplets, including the COVID-19 virus if the person coughing has the disease.

Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth

Why? Hands touch many surfaces and can pick up viruses. Once contaminated, hands can transfer the virus to your eyes, nose or mouth. From there, the virus can enter your body and can make you sick.

You can visit WHO advice page to protect from coronavirus for detailed information.

Link: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

Here is a look of interactive map from Johns Hopkins shows corona virus in real time.

Screenshot (23-02-2020)

Click on link below to view the interactive map:

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6

[Update - 23-03-2020]

Singapore government launches new app for contact tracing to combat spread of COVID-19

Link: https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/asia-pacific/singapore-government-launches-new-app-contact-tracing-combat-spread-covid-19

Update:

It started with Singapore government. Now Indian government also made an app. Please check your phone OS for more details.

Aarogya Setu app to fight against COVID19. 

Please download and share it using this link Android :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nic.goi.aarogyasetu
 
iOS :
itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/id1505825357

Quick Video: (14/04/2020)

Update:
Apple and Google come together to make tracking app for Android and IOS.
(Source - News Media)

Reference links:
WHO - https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public

Caught in a Love Triangle! Who Does Jojo Ultimately Choose in Netflix's 'Love Alarm'?
By Gabrielle Bernardini
https://www.distractify.com/p/who-does-jojo-end-up-with-love-alarm 

Difference Between an Epidemic and a Pandemic 

https://www.verywellhealth.com/difference-between-epidemic-and-pandemic-2615168

Sony Android mobile battery drain

I started using my first phone which was Nokia 6151 (3 years life) then I moved on to Samsung Monte (2 and half years life). 

When I got my first job I got myself Sony Experia E (1 year life) to use whats-app and fell in love with the camera but as it was running out of space I had to get another Sony product Sony Experia T3 (2 and half years life) but the Sony Experia XA Ultra has been the worst phone I have ever owned in terms of battery life. It dies in the standby mode and I have to use separate alarm clock as my mobile phone dies in matter of 1 hour if not charged. I normally miss calls and alarm in the morning as my phone dies.

Hilarious, right? that's what my work colleagues and friends tell me when my phone dies. Worst when traveling, the 3G/4G cell tower search drains the battery in 30 mins just like the guaranteed pizza delivery. I think it's not enough tip.

I have uninstalled unwanted apps.

I have tried testing by switching off WiFi, Mobile data and Bluetooth even if it affects my NFC enabled Sony Smart band SWR10. Hardly adds up to the phone battery life when social media apps like Facebook are running in the background.

I don't know what's wrong I am carrying my charger and Sony power bank everywhere so that I don't run out of battery.

Please fix this phone battery drain issue as soon as possible Sony but meanwhile I have taken some steps.

Update 1:

Switched to 'Battery Saving' mode for location and switched off scanning.
I have disabled Smart Cleaner as one of the Sony community member suggested.

Even clean master app is disabled. (Tried it month ago takes out annoying ads on home screen in locked screen mode.)

Update 2:

Went to settings - Wi-Fi - Pressed the three vertical dots on top right corner - settings - turn off 'Network notification' ( Notify whenever a public network is available)

Update 3:

Removed unnecessary shortcuts from the home tab.

Update 4: (Optional change)

Switched from Live wallpaper to solid wallpaper (Black)

*Update 5 (13th Jan, 2017):

Despite making the above changes I realized around 3AM to 6AM every night the phone makes some kind of systematic update which drains the battery enough to make the phone run out of battery.

I have switched off Google play store auto updates in the settings > Auto-update apps to "Do not auto-update apps". 

I also made sure App updates available notification is checked.

The battery usage meter shows Cell standby as the maximum battery consumer in use since last charged.

Mobile radio active: https://www.google.co.in/search?q=mobile+radio+active

Update 6:
Some more updates.

 I contacted the Sony India helpline.

They suggested me to reboot to safe mode and to check if the phone was still losing battery.

If so, then I was advised to reinstall the Android phone OS software via PC companion software via repair mode by following the instructions which worked with internet.

As per their justification it could be a third party application draining power or previous OS upgrade went wrong.

I backed up necessary contacts and other data.

Post installation, I noticed the Google search box in the home screen and some graphics related problem was fixed.

For added performance improvement. I have switched off location. I only use it when required. I turn it on and off in the settings.

I will update if the battery life gets sorted.

Update - 19/01/2017:

My phone battery is not draining. After doing the above steps. I have made sure to use location only when needed.

If an app requests for location like Instagram, Facebook, twitter, uber, etc.

I turn my location on and off. It is now giving battery life for 12 hours + depending on my usage.

Undo sent email on Gmail

The Undo Send feature in your Gmail settings can pull you out of the agony.

Here's how you can activate it:

1. Gear icon Go to the settings panel in your Gmail account.

2. Labs Locate the Labs tab in the settings panel. The Labs tab houses Google's experimental new Gmail features. Look for the undo send feature.

3. Enable Hit enable and save the settings. Your feature is activated.

4. Test To test the feature, you can send an email to yourself. Once you hit send should be able to see 'Undo Send' feature at the top of the screen. Click on it and your email is recalled; no one got to know.

Google Buzz Alert

Security Risk
If you are Gmail user then please make sure your Google Buzz Updates are "Private" 

My Gmail inbox is cluttered.

Google Buzz updates and requests popping up every second with friend request and making my Gmail Inbox cluttered

I think Google can instead concentrate on their social networking site like Orkut than making new features in Gmail with Buzz.

For The people who need to disable Google Buzz
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=171460