Millions of people took to the Zoom video chat app to work and study from home during the pandemic — and even with vaccines and boosters rolling out, Zoom is still in heavy use. Many have discovered a fun little setting that transforms your video background from the room behind you to settings like outer space or …
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Nov 2021 Once only found in business settings, Zoom’s video chat service became the way millions of people connected during the pandemic, inserting the question “Wanna Zoom?” into the popular lexicon. Even after the novelty of changing our Zoom backgrounds to make it look like we were beaming in from the Starship Enterprise wore off, and the exciting glow of …
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The Xbox Series X may already have limited access to Discord’s multi-platform voice chat service, but don’t expect it to replace Xbox Live chat anytime soon. Negotiations for a Microsoft acquisition of Discord have ceased, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Reports that Discord was seeking a buyer surfaced in late March, with Microsoft being named as the potentially interested …
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This story is part of a series on life one year into the pandemic. Make sure to read part two: Zoom anxiety is real. Here’s how to combat it. We’ve also got stories on why COVID may have changed our habits forever, and how the pandemic gives health care workers a chance to shine on social media. When coronavirus lockdowns began …
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Microsoft officially put the Cortana app for iOS and Android out to pasture on Wednesday, announcing the end of support for the mobile apps, effective immediately. Reminders and lists created by Cortana users will no longer be accessible through the mobile app, but they still can be used on the Windows 10 Cortana app, Microsoft said in a Microsoft support …
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Facebook is introducing new updates to its Messenger Rooms video chat app, on Wednesday announcing personalization features. With more people separated or working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Zoom competitor also added a more streamlined way to find and create rooms on mobile. To personalize your room, you can now customize backgrounds with your own photos and …
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Skype stepped up its free video chat service offerings with a new feature called Meet Now, which lets you start a chat or meeting without having to sign up for an account or download the app to your desktop. This is Skype’s way of competing with Zoom, which saw a massive surge in users after coronavirus lockdowns …
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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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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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More and more people in coronavirus lockdown have begun throwing parties, celebrating their birthdays, having graduation ceremonies and hosting movie nights with their friends and family — remotely, of course. Due to quarantine, friends and family have had to get creative when it comes to celebrating special days. If you’re looking to throw a virtual party for yourself or someone …
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