Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on the invite-only, audio-based social app Clubhouse on Thursday night. The news comes less than a week after Tesla’s Elon Musk did the same. Zuckerberg talked about Facebook’s Reality Labs group, noting how virtual reality and augmented reality technology can widen the scope for remote work, according to …
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As many companies consider the future of their workforce, and whether it will exist in an office, remotely or some combination, video chat giant Zoom is adding new features to its Zoom Rooms conferencing platform to boost employee health and productivity, wherever work is taking place. Zoom Room customers can now pair their Zoom Room with their mobile device, to …
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Looking for ways to get more out of WhatsApp on your Android phone or iPhone? We have your back. For example, rolling out right now is a new setting that will automatically clear out your messages after a week. It’s a Snapchat-like feature, sure, but who says that’s not welcome in other apps? You can even format the text you send in a message, adding …
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Sony Interactive Entertainment on Wednesday unveiled the updated PlayStation app, which includes a new layout, voice chat support and messages integration. The upgraded app is designed to “enhance your gaming experiences on both PS4 and PS5,” said a blog post about the update. The PlayStation App will start rolling out globally through updates on iOS and Android devices starting Wednesday. Players who …
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If you’d like to be somewhere else, at least digitally, you can now add your own background of a tastefully decorated room, for example, or a Minecraft farm to Microsoft Teams video chats. Designed for business and education, Teams includes group chat, video calling and collaboration tools, and has seen a spike in use since more people began working from …
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Facebook’s Messenger chat platform now includes screen sharing for iOS and Android mobile devices, expanding its video chat features given the many people still working and socializing from home as coronavirus cases spike across the US. Adding screen sharing to both Messenger video calls and Facebook’s new video chat platform, Messenger Rooms, helps Facebook better compete with popular services such as …
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Coronavirus lockdowns and quarantines may be lifting in some areas, but many people are still going to be working and socializing from home for the foreseeable future. Video-chat apps have never been more popular, with Zoom seeing 300 million daily meeting participants, and services like Microsoft Teams, Skype, FaceTime, Google Meet and Google Hangouts offering new features and free tiers …
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Google is making more moves into the video chatting space during the coronavirus pandemic, now providing its premium video conferencing service Google Meet free for consumers. Previously available only to organizations using G Suite, Meet is now open to everyone, in a move that puts Google in competition with rival video chat service Zoom. Now playing: Watch this: 3 video …
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Facebook’s new group video chat feature Messenger Rooms is now available, and is ready to compete with services like Zoom, Skype, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, as more people turn to video chat during coronavirus lockdowns and quarantines. You can create a video chat room via Facebook or the Messenger app and invite up to 50 people to join a video call — even if they …
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To slow the spread of coronavirus, many governments have imposed quarantines, lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders. This means many people are now working from home and in-person visits have moved to video-chat apps and services. There are many options available, whether you’re looking for a way to virtual happy hour or host a brainstorming session with coworkers, and two popular choices …
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