A strict boss learnt a tough lesson about enforcing rules without context after demanding that an employee turn on their camera during a video meeting - only to be met with a shocking revelation. Fine.”, the employee narrated the encounter with their boss named Mark, who was a “real stickler for the rules.” Detailing the incident that occurred in 2021, …
John Clarke Mills was in a Zoom meeting when everything went to hell. It was half past 10 on the morning of January 7, 2025, and Mills—slim, profane, voice charred by years of smoking—was talking up his free fire-tracking app, Watch Duty, to a coworker and one of his nonprofit’s investors. Watch Duty posts details on active fires in 22 …
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Visual artist Davinia Clarke, 22, who helped her operate a camera using a shoulder …
Love them or hate them, you cannot ignore the increasing popularity of selfies. SelfieX: Automatic Back Camera Selfie iOS SelfieX has voice controls telling you in which direction to move the phone and then asking you to say cheese at the opportune moment. Back Camera Selfie-Voice Guide app keeps telling you where to move the camera until you hear the …
Many people use their phones so much they have almost become an extension of their hands, so Google's latest patent was only a matter of time. The patent drawings resemble Google's much-maligned Glass headset and the feature could be added to a future version of the wearable. In the Korean firm's filing, a person wearing a camera would be able …
