Lockdown or no lockdown, the video-call date is here to stay. Experts reveal how to look your best, keep the conversation flowing and turn that online spark into a face-to-face meetingAs if first dates aren’t awkward enough, along comes video dating to…
Zoom dilemmas solved! Expert advice on making video chats less awkward and more fun
Whether it’s chatting with small children, planning occasions or finding ways to socialise off-camera, after 18 months of lockdowns we’ve learned what worksWith many parts of Australia still in lockdown, connecting with others can feel increasingly cha…
Stop using Zoom, Hamburg’s DPA warns state government
Hamburg’s state government has been formally warned against using Zoom over data protection concerns. The German state’s data protection agency (DPA) took the step of issuing a public warning yesterday, writing in a press release that the Senate Chancellory’s use of the popular videoconferencing tool violates the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since […]
オンライン会議が増えると、なぜ人は“マルチタスク”してしまうのか？ 研究結果から見えた「もっともな理由」
コロナ禍でのリモートワークに伴って増えたオンライン会議で、参加者たちがマルチタスクをする頻度とその背景に関する大規模な調査結果を、このほどマイクロソフトが発表した。そこから見えてくるのは、多すぎるオンライン会議を巡る問題の数々と、人々がマルチタスクをしてしまうもっともな理由である。
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Online therapy is not perfect, but has its benefits | Letter
Dr Chantal Meystre says video appointments enable clients to access a scarce resource on their own terms, and should be here to stay after CovidPsychotherapy over Zoom may not be a panacea, but it has been a boon during Covid-19 lockdowns (Therapy via …
Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google
Zoom users to get $15 or $25 each in proposed settlement of class-action lawsuit.
Zoom reaches $85M settlement in ‘Zoombombing’ lawsuit
Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the video conferencing giant of violating users’ privacy by sharing their data with third parties without permission and enabling “Zoombombing” incidents. Zoombombing, a term coined by TechCrunch last year as its usage exploded because of the pandemic, describes unapproved attendees entering and […]
Amazon’s Fire TV Cube now supports Zoom calls on your TV
Late last year, Amazon launched support for two-way calling that worked with its Fire TV Cube devices. The feature allowed consumers to make and receive calls from their connected TV to any other Alexa device with a screen. Today, the company is expanding this system to enable support for two-way calling with Zoom. Starting today, […]
Class, a Zoom-only virtual classroom, nears unicorn status after SoftBank check
Class, a virtual classroom that integrates exclusively with Zoom, announced today that it has raised $105 million in a financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund II. The 10-month old startup has now raised a total of $146 million in known venture funding to date, which eclipses the amount of capital raised by founder Michael Chasen’s […]
【解決】WEB会議を録音する方法（ステレオミキサーのないPCで、マイクとスピーカーの音声をミックス録音）
在宅勤務でPCでのWEB会議が日常的になりました。 私の環境では、主としてマイクロソフトのteamsをつかったWEB会議ですので、teamsは開催者であれば録音・録画できる機能もありますが、基本的に参加者はできません。 […]…