Zoom shares spiked after stronger-than-expected earnings
Zoom's stock jumped after the videoconferencing business posted fiscal Q1 profits that exceeded expectations.
Zoom reported a profit of $316 million for the first quarter of 2022, equal to $1.03 per share. Although profits are down from $402.1 million in 2021, revenue increased by 12 percen... Read more
Dell’s slimmest Latitude now has call control on the touchpad
Dell is committed to making video chats as simple as possible. The company has been experimenting with different ways to optimize web calls, from a 4K monitor with a built-in 4K webcam to a magnetic wireless webcam that can attach to the middle of a monitor or anywhere else, like many other tech v... Read more
Zoom announces a slew of new features for Spring
The new offerings include Zoom Whiteboard, Gesture Recognition, Zoom IQ for Sales, and more.
This week, Zoom announced a slate of updates and new features, including a virtual whiteboard and gesture recognition.
Theresa Larkin, Zoom's Manager for UCaaS Product Marketing, announced the new pr... Read more
Zoom launches IQ for Sales, automatic analysis of sales calls
Zoom introduced updates for Zoom Events, Zoom Webinar and Zoom Meetings. A new module allows organizations to automatically analyse and improve sales conversations.
Zoom announced the updates at the Work Transformation Summit, an annual event. The news is threefold. First of all, Zoom Meetings g... Read more
Major education cooperative: ‘Zoom can be used safely’
Zoom drastically improved the security of Zoom for Education and Enterprise in Europe.
In 2021, SURF -- a Dutch cooperative of more than 100 educational and research institutions -- conducted a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) of Zoom. A DPIA identifies the privacy risks of a solution. S... Read more
Zoom makes its Contact Center Solution generally available
The newly released platform combines unified communications and contact center services.
This week Zoom Video Communications announced it has launched a new platform, called Zoom Contact Center.
The platform combines unified communications and contact center services with the unique usab... Read more
Zoom was vulnerable to buffer overflows and memory leaks
Project Zero found two vulnerabilities in Zoom, which have since been patched. Clients of users were found to be susceptible to buffer overflows. Data from central Zoom servers was successfully leaked from outside the network.
The vulnerabilities were found by Natalie Silvanovich, a security res... Read more
Zoom acquires Liminal, invests in online events
Zoom acquires online event startup Liminal Entertainment Technologies. Thereby, the provider of online meeting and video services strengthens its portfolio in the field of online event hosting.
Through the acquisition of Liminal, Zoom aims to incorporate more technology for hosting online events... Read more
Zoom’s stock falls despite solid earnings report and healthy guidance
Zoom posted another strong earnings report on Monday, thanks to a growing customer base. The company also offered healthy guidance for the next three months. However, this was not enough to satisfy investors, as the stock fell more than 6% in extended trading.
Before costs like stock compensatio... Read more
End of an era: Zoom introduces advertisements to its free version
The free version of Zoom will soon start showing ads, marking the end of its entirely free conferencing feature.
Soon, users of the free version will see ads in certain countries. According to Zoom, these advertisements are necessary in order to maintain the free availability of its platform.
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