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Zoom enters all-stock deal to acquire Five9 for $14.7 billion

Zoom enters all-stock deal to acquire Five9 for $14.7 billion

Zoom Video Communications announced late Sunday that it had made a deal to acquire Five9 Inc, a cloud contact centre provider, in an all-stocks transaction worth $14.7 billion. Five9 was founded in 2001 and provided the enterprise contact centre market with a software-as-a-service platform, whic... Read more

date3 years ago
Google Meet introduces 1-hour meeting limit

Google Meet introduces 1-hour meeting limit

The move is an attempt to limit the impact of free users on their overall network. When the COVID-19 pandemic drove everyone online the demand for videoconferencing skyrocketed. It was then that Google seemed to rise to the occasion as a good corporate citizen. Everyone with a Gmail account woul... Read more

date3 years ago
Zoom announces iPad app updated with support for Center Stage

Zoom announces iPad app updated with support for Center Stage

When users first tested the 2021 iPad Pro, they did not have trouble using Center Stage, a camera feature that works with all the video calling apps. The feature keeps you in the centre of the frame as you walk or shift your chair around. When there are more people in the frame, it zooms out to ... Read more

date3 years ago
Zoom announces Zoom Events for hybrid and virtual events

Zoom announces Zoom Events for hybrid and virtual events

On Wednesday, Zoom announced a new platform that will be rolled out during the summer. It is built for live events that use both virtual and in-person attendance. Zoom Events, as it is called, expects that the post-pandemic world will find consumers holding on to the convenience and flexibility off... Read more

date3 years ago
Zoom pumps 83 million into app ecosystem

Zoom pumps 83 million into app ecosystem

Zoom has introduced the Zoom Apps Fund. It is a fund of 100 million dollars (83 million euros) to encourage third parties to build Zoom Apps. In this way, the company hopes to build a broad app ecosystem. Partners who demonstrate viable products and incipient market traction can expect hefty inv... Read more

date3 years ago
Dutch hackers get 200k for finding critical security leaks in Zoom

Dutch hackers get 200k for finding critical security leaks in Zoom

Two Dutch hackers from Computest Security, Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade, have discovered critical security vulnerabilities in the video calling application Zoom. For discovering and reporting these critical security leaks, they will receive a reward of 200,000 dollars. The security experts of ... Read more

date3 years ago
Microsoft set to introduce Zoom-like Meeting Codes for Teams

Microsoft set to introduce Zoom-like Meeting Codes for Teams

The new feature addition aims to make it much easier for people to log into a video call. Microsoft is adding the ability to join a meeting via a unique meeting Numeric “code”. When the feature rolls out, all meetings will have a Meeting ID that is automatically assigned to a Microsoft Teams... Read more

date3 years ago
Measures against zoombombing not effective in most cases

Measures against zoombombing not effective in most cases

As the pandemic forced everyone indoors, the world quickly transitioned to video conferencing services like Zoom and Google Meet. Soon thereafter, the trend of zoombombing started. The term describes internet trolls who join online meetings to disrupt and harass participants. Meeting services ha... Read more

date3 years ago
Zoom preps for the post-pandemic world of hybrid workplaces

Zoom preps for the post-pandemic world of hybrid workplaces

The platform will now offer contactless room controls and other tools to facilitate collaboration between in-office and remote workers. Zoom this week announced the availability of Zoom Rooms ‘Everywhere Workforce’ Innovations. These new features aim to address the impending needs of the mod... Read more

date3 years ago
Major growth in security apps and apps for remote work in 2020

Major growth in security apps and apps for remote work in 2020

Applications that assist employees in working from home have taken off in the past year. Yet the effect of the corona pandemic was not visible in all applications. This is according to the Business at Work report from Okta. The credentials management company looked at the behaviour of its users ... Read more

date3 years ago
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