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Zoom is struggling to fit in a post-COVID world
Shares of Zoom have tumbled from their pandemic peak in October 2020 as the company cuts its annual sales forecast and posts its slowest quarterly growth. Read more…
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The story behind Zoom Phone in the Asia Pacific region
Zoom’s journey to help companies in Asia Pacific perform in the new normal includes its voice over IP (VoIP) cloud system – Zoom Phone. Read more…
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Zoom pays $85mn to settle lawsuit over privacy rights and Zoombombing
Zoom agreed to pay $85mn to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data and allowing Zoombombing. Read more…
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Zoom to hire hundreds for expanded R&D centre in Singapore
Zoom to expand its presence in Singapore by opening a research and development centre and will immediately hire hundreds of engineering staff Read more…
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Zoom sets up first Southeast Asia data centre in Singapore
Zoom Video Communications has opened a new data centre in Singapore, its first in Southeast Asia, bringing its total to 18 sites globally. Read more…
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Zoom to open new technology centre in Bengaluru, India
Zoom Video Communications Inc will open a technology centre in Bengaluru and soon begin hiring as part of an expansion push into India. Read more…
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Zoom mulls legal action against JioMeet for copying user interface
Zoom may pursue legal action against JioMeet over uncanny similarities between the two apps in terms of the user interface (UI) and design. Read more…
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Reliance Jio takes on Zoom, Teams and Meet with free to use JioMeet
Reliance Jio has officially launched a free video-conferencing application, JioMeet, to take on Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet. Read more…
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Zoom used to bypass the Great Firewall of China to access outside world
Zoom has gained a following in China, seen as a rare way to connect with the world beyond the reach of state censors and the Great Firewall. Read more…
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Malaysian man sentenced to death via Zoom video-call in Singapore
A judge in Singapore has sentenced a Malaysian man to death remotely via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal. Read more…
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India developing home-grown video conferencing alternative to Zoom
India is developing its own secure video conferencing platform to offer an indigenous alternative to services like Zoom. Read more…
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Zoom limiting new user registrations in mainland China
Video conferencing provider Zoom said it was limiting new user registrations in mainland China to enterprise customers only. Read more…
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Is Zoom+Keybase a truly private video communications platform?
Zoom is acquiring the secure messaging and file-sharing vendor Keybase and it now claims to be a truly private video communications platform. Read more…
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Google offers free video conferencing on Meet to all, takes on Zoom
Google says any user will soon be able to host free video conferences on Meet, turning its previously business-only tool into a rival to Zoom Read more…
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The messaging wars may just turn into a messaging massacre
The messaging wars were heating up before COVID-19. Now, the arena has become more intense still and could end up in a massacre. Read more…
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Now India says Zoom is not safe for video conferencing
India said videoconferencing software Zoom is “not a safe platform”, joining other countries that have expressed concern about security. Read more…
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Standard Chartered bank warns against using Zoom and Google Hangouts
Standard Chartered is the first major global bank to tell employees not to use Zoom Video and Google Hangouts due to cybersecurity concerns. Read more…
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Singapore suspends use of Zoom by teachers after very serious incidents
Singapore has suspended the use of Zoom by teachers after “very serious incidents” in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown. Read more…
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Zoom being sued for overstating its privacy standards
Zoom was slapped with a class action suit by one of its shareholders, accusing the video-conferencing app of overstating its privacy standards Read more…
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Facebook launches desktop version of Messenger from nowhere
Facebook has rolled out the desktop version of its Messenger app to make video chats available on computer screens for Facebook users. Read more…