Zoom calls employees back to office, users express surprise on X
1 year, 4 months ago

Zoom calls employees back to office, users express surprise on X

India TV News  

Video conferencing platform Zoom has made a significant decision to end its work-from-home policy and has requested all employees to return to the office for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began. According to Insider, Zoom is adopting a hybrid model, mandating employees who live within 50 miles of any Zoom office to work in person at least two days a week. Others pondered if this marked the end of the work-from-home era, given the irony that Zoom, a lifeline during remote work, is now calling employees back to the office. Another user raised curiosity about the impact on Zoom's usage since employees, back in the office, might use Zoom less just as the company introduces AI training.

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Zoom has changed its name – and now it wants to change the way the whole world works
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Zoom has changed its name – and now it wants to change the way the whole world works

The Independent  

“It was as if a photograph had suddenly come to life and begun to talk, smile, nod its head and look this way and that,” the New York Times wrote in 1927, following a demonstration at Bell Telephone Laboratories in which Herbert Hoover appeared on a screen. The early research that Hoover was showing off at Bell Labs eventually gave …

Zoom changes its name amid questions over the future of working from home
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Zoom changes its name amid questions over the future of working from home

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Zoom is rebranding, dropping the “Video” from its name and instead pitching itself …

Zoom launches AI-powered Docs feature to help workplace collaboration
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Zoom launches AI-powered Docs feature to help workplace collaboration

The Hindu  

Zoom has launched a new feature so users can now generate a document with AI and create shareable files based on their meetings, while also being able to use Generative AI to write and edit them. As a part of Zoom Docs, users can also prompt the AI Companion to organise meeting transcripts, create tables, make checklists, as well as …

Zoom Lay Offs 150 Employees As Tech Companies Continue To Cut Costs
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Zoom Lay Offs 150 Employees As Tech Companies Continue To Cut Costs

News 18  

Zoom is laying off nearly 150 employees, or less than 2 per cent of the company’s workforce. In addition to Zoom, cloud software vendor Okta also announced to lay off about 400 employees, or about 7 per cent of its workforce. Okta CEO Todd McKinnon said that the “reality is that costs are still too high”. McKinnon said the firm …

Zoom and Grindr are ending remote work
1 year, 3 months ago

Zoom and Grindr are ending remote work

BBC  

Zoom and Grindr return to office: Tech's surprising remote work U-turn In August, Grindr gave its workers a return-to-office ultimatum: either agree to work twice a week in person from October, or lose their jobs. There was a wave of firms going fully remote to save money, now they're following Big Tech in moving to hybrid – Zach Roseman Yet …

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan suggests U.S. FTC should rethink Microsoft Teams bundle
1 year, 3 months ago

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan suggests U.S. FTC should rethink Microsoft Teams bundle

The Hindu  

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan on Tuesday suggested that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission should perhaps scan the way Microsoft offers its products with the office video communication platform Teams included, due to antitrust concerns. Yuan’s comments came during the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, when he was asked about Microsoft’s decision to separate Teams from the rest of its …

Work dynamics are changing with focus on flexibility, productivity: Zoom official
1 year, 3 months ago

Work dynamics are changing with focus on flexibility, productivity: Zoom official

Deccan Chronicle  

It was the ubiquitous app on most mobiles phones and personal computers during the Covid period. They will also evolve as employees are seeking newer options for data presentation, storage, transmission and archiving,” says Sameer Raje, general manager and head, India and SAARC, Zoom, who showcased the Zoom capabilities in Hyderabad. What Zoom has: Zoom IQ: A smart companion for …

Zoom wants workers back in office part-time
1 year, 4 months ago

Zoom wants workers back in office part-time

The Hindu  

The company whose name became synonymous with remote work is joining the growing return-to-office trend. Zoom, the video conferencing pioneer, is asking employees who live within a 50-mile radius of its offices to work onsite two days a week, a company spokesperson confirmed in an email. The statement said the company has decided that "a structured hybrid approach – meaning …

At This Point, Zoom Could Use Another Pandemic
1 year, 4 months ago

At This Point, Zoom Could Use Another Pandemic

Slate  

For a while, Zoom was the most important company in America. Take a look at some recent headlines: • Over the weekend, full-stack developer Alex Ivanovs noted on his Stack Diary platform that Zoom had updated its terms of service, with language assuming automatic user consent for the company’s utilization of “Customer Content” and “Service Generated Data” for “machine learning, …

Zoom, which thrived on the remote work revolution, wants workers back in the office part-time
1 year, 4 months ago

Zoom, which thrived on the remote work revolution, wants workers back in the office part-time

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The company whose name became synonymous with remote work is joining the growing return-to-office trend. Zoom, the video conferencing pioneer, is asking employees who live within a 50-mile radius of its offices to work onsite two days a week, a company spokesperson confirmed in an email. The statement said the company has decided that “a structured hybrid …

Even Zoom is calling employees back to the office
1 year, 4 months ago

Even Zoom is calling employees back to the office

LA Times  

Zoom, based in San Jose, is requiring employees who live near a company office to be on-site two days a week. Employees who live near a Zoom location must be on-site two days a week, a company spokesperson said. A “hybrid approach” is most effective for Zoom, she said, because it will be in “a better position to use our …

Zoom introduces new feature for edge over Microsoft Teams, Cisco WebEx: Report
2 years, 3 months ago

Zoom introduces new feature for edge over Microsoft Teams, Cisco WebEx: Report

Hindustan Times  

Video conferencing platform Zoom said it is renaming and bringing new features to its Chat product, making it a more collaborative software in a bid to compete with rivals like Microsoft Teams and Cisco WebEx. The upgraded software brings together messaging, file sharing, third-party integrations, video, voice, and whiteboard in one place to make team working more convenient, Zoom said …

Zoom adopts new measures to bring more users: Renames chat feature and more
2 years, 3 months ago

Zoom adopts new measures to bring more users: Renames chat feature and more

Live Mint  

Zoom Video Communications Inc, a video conferencing platform said on Monday that it has renamed its chat product and added some features, including third party integration, as it looks to compete with rivals including Microsoft's Teams and Slack. The video calling app’s calling feature, now known as Zoom Team Chat, will also include features such as the ability to share …

'Zoom firing': Are virtual layoffs the future?
2 years, 5 months ago

'Zoom firing': Are virtual layoffs the future?

BBC  

'Zoom firing': Are virtual layoffs the future? No personal touch Part of the reason mass ‘Zoom firings’ feel so egregious, says Hayden Woodley, associate professor of organisational behaviour at Ivey Business School, Western University, Canada, is because they represent “a combination of two bad practices that shouldn't be done in the first place": firing people in groups and without a …

Today's Cache | Zoom’s $14.7 bln deal
3 years, 2 months ago

Today's Cache | Zoom’s $14.7 bln deal

The Hindu  

A multi-billion-dollar deal is under review over China ties Videoconferencing app Zoom became a household name during the pandemic. As the world of video chatting apps changed, not only did Zoom’s app installs rise and plateau, the company’s share price surged and ebbed. The review by the interagency committee means the deal could get delayed, and that Zoom could get …

Four reasons why Zoom is so exhausting and what you can do about it
3 years, 9 months ago

Four reasons why Zoom is so exhausting and what you can do about it

LA Times  

During the pandemic, the phrase “Zoom fatigue” became part of our vocabulary. “On Zoom, you’re getting eye contact 100% of the time, regardless of whether you’re speaking,” Bailenson said in an interview. Even though the gaze in that study was “socially fake” in the same way that people aren’t really staring directly at you over Zoom, it felt “perceptively real,” …

The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions to work from home — and the office will never be the same
4 years, 1 month ago

The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions to work from home — and the office will never be the same

ABC  

Hours of video-conferencing, long queues at suburban coffee shops and packed lunchtime bike paths; for millions of Australia's workers, 2020 has been very different. Key points: Workers are slowly returning to the office after months of working from home The change has prompted some businesses to structure their work days differently, including by imposing forced breaks away from the computer …

Zoom to enhance security as part of proposed U.S. settlement with FTC
4 years, 1 month ago

Zoom to enhance security as part of proposed U.S. settlement with FTC

The Hindu  

Zoom Video Communications Inc must implement a new information security program as part of its proposed settlement with U.S. regulators over user privacy issues, the Federal Trade Commission said on Monday. It said Zoom's misleading claims about giving users a secure channel of communication while offering a lower level of protection gave them a false sense of security. “Zoom's security …

Zoom announces new features for companies with hybrid working models
4 years, 2 months ago

Zoom announces new features for companies with hybrid working models

The Hindu  

Zoom has announced new features for organisations that plan to re-enter offices, and enable hybrid workforces. “Around the world we are in different stages of addressing COVID-19, with many still working from home while others are reopening or using a hybrid model,” Zoom said in a blog post. “No matter where they are in the process, all businesses want to …

Tired of work-related Zoom calls? Harsh Goenka shares the perfect hack
4 years, 4 months ago

Tired of work-related Zoom calls? Harsh Goenka shares the perfect hack

Live Mint  

Working from home is probably the new normal in everyone's lives due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. And video calls for work and practically for all types of human interaction has been on a steady rise due to the lockdowns imposed globally. Well, at times these work-related Zoom calls can become overwhelming, even for business tycoon Harsh Goenka. Realising the …

Zoom unveils $600 video conferencing device for home workers
4 years, 5 months ago

Zoom unveils $600 video conferencing device for home workers

Daily Mail  

Zoom has announced a dedicated video-conferencing device aimed specifically at home workers and retailing for a whopping $600. The new Zoom for Home device has a multi-touch display, three wide-angle cameras for HD video calls, integrated speakers and an eight-microphone array for clearer audio As a second screen, home users are given a whole extra display for video calls, meaning …

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