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People can also decide whether they want their pronouns to be shared in meetings and webinars. (Photo: Flickr - Marco Verch)

Zoom adds new options to share pronouns

According to The Verge, pronouns will appear in parentheses next to people's names in calls

24 Jun 2021 10:35 AM

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos tops Forbes richest list. (AFP Photo)

Jeff Bezos tops Forbes 400 richest list, Trump's ranking drops to 352

Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications, was one of 18 newcomers on the list with a net worth of $11 billion

09 Sep 2020 7:04 AM

In this picture taken on August 13, 2020, Kalbeliya gypsy dancer Aasha Sapera practices before hosting online dance classes amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Jodhpur. (Photo | AFP - Sunil Verma)

Zoom or nothing: Kalbeliya dancers get online on patchy mobile data to teach classes for a living

Many live in huts or tents with infrequent electricity and non-existent wifi; it’s tough but keeps them just about going amid the pandemic.

30 Aug 2020 3:22 PM

“You become so accustomed to the software working, then (when it doesn’t) you realise how dependent you are on the software and it’s a little scary,” a Zoom user said. (Photo | Pixabay - Mohamed Hassan)

US descends into brief chaos as Zoom outage brings online schooling to a halt

Schools, governments and offices depend on Zoom for their operations, and everything grinds to a halt without this ‘essential utility’.

25 Aug 2020 4:57 PM

Prosecutors allege that Graham Ivan Clark, 17, was the mastermind of the scheme that hacked Twitter accounts of celebrities and politicians, and sent tweets from their accounts seeking payments of Bitcoin, the Tampa Bay Times reported. After multiple halts, the judge ultimately declined to lower Clark's bail, which was set at $725,000 when he was arrested on Friday. (Photo | AFP)

Twitter hacking suspect's Zoom hearing interrupted by porn and rap

The Zoom users who disrupted the hearing had of course disguised their names.

06 Aug 2020 4:44 PM

Zoom to set up shop in Bengaluru to attend to growing India user base

“India is a strategically important country for Zoom and we expect to see continued growth and investment here,” Zoom CEO Eric S Yuan said.

21 Jul 2020 6:00 PM

Zoom last month released an enhanced and encrypted version of the application in order to ensure protection and privacy of personal information. (Photo | Flickr- Marco Verch)

Update your Zoom app or hackers could get access, says national cyber security agency

The Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) says a vulnerability in an earlier version of the app could be exploited.

17 Jul 2020 9:23 PM

A Chinese flag flutters outside the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region after its official inauguration in Hong Kong on July 8, 2020. - China opened a new office for its security agents to operate openly in Hong Kong for the first time under a tough new law. The law stipulates that trials can be held behind closed doors without juries, with offenders subject to a maximum of a life sentence. (Photo | AFP)

Won't entertain Hong Kong user data requests, say Microsoft, Zoom joining Twitter, Facebook, Google

Police have stepped up requests on user data to pick up dissidents in the wake of the national security law being enforced.

08 Jul 2020 4:10 PM

Sweet Farm co-founder Nate Salpeter uses his iPhone to speak to a group during a Zoom meeting on May 1, 2020 in Half Moon Bay, California. The number of daily video meetings on Zoom skyrocketed from 10 million in January to more than 300 million at the end of April. (Photo | AFP)

Zoom will enhance security on free accounts too, firm says in deal reached on New York investigation

The company also agreed to conduct regular risk assessment and software code reviews to detect vulnerabilities.

08 May 2020 4:54 PM

Social media image posted by the Congress party showing Rahul Gandhi addressing a press conference by video link on April 16, 2020.

Lockdown not enough, test more, says Rahul

Lockdown is just a pause but not a solution, says Cong leader

17 Apr 2020 10:16 AM

Lack of adequate security has been a huge and seemingly endless problem with Zoom.

Google bans Zoom on devices used by staff

Employees may continue to use the videoconferencing app to connect to friends and family over browser or mobile

09 Apr 2020 4:20 PM

India must create a law on data protection, like the European Union has done with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016. (Photo | Pixabay)

The need for a data protection law becomes evident from the recent Zoom fiasco

None of the protections afforded by a privacy law are in place yet, which leaves our data open to exploitation by tech companies

03 Apr 2020 4:10 PM

A handout image taken and released by 10 Downing Street on March 31, 2020, shows a screen relaying a Zoom video conference with Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson chairing a remote session with ministers of his Cabinet, while self-isolating, in London. (Photo | AFP)

Porn shows up on Zoom, puts popular videoconferencing app under scrutiny in US

Zoom saw US downloads surge by 252 percent to 4.2 mn in the week of March 16, when stay-at-home measures began, compared to a week earlier

01 Apr 2020 4:56 PM

Ashley Bullard, left, sits on the porch of her family's rural home in North Sandwich, New Hampshire, as her daughters Raven, center, a senior in high school, and Willow, right, a freshman at Brandeis University, try to complete their classwork from home during the virus outbreak on a very limited internet connection, Thursday, March 26, 2020. In the town of 1,200, broadband is scarce. (Photo | AP)

What's life like with poor broadband in a stay-at-home situation? These small towns in the US tell you

Tens of millions of people are left out, largely because phone and cable companies hesitate to invest in far-flung rural areas

01 Apr 2020 1:36 PM

The scientists believe the technology could help develop visual prostheses, adjustable glasses, and remotely-operated robotics. (Photo: ANI)

These contact lens allows zooming with just a blink!

The resulting technology allows the lens to change its focal length depending on the signals generated.

30 Jul 2019 7:49 AM

Zoom has also released a fixed app version.

Apple quietly removes hidden Zoom server from Mac

The video conferencing app Zoom came under fire after a public vulnerability disclosure.

12 Jul 2019 7:46 AM

The P30 Pro also has a surprisingly good optical image stabilization that allows users to shoot with shaky hands and no tripod, even at full 50x zoom.

Huawei’s camera beast P30 Pro poses privacy problems?

While the issue is not currently as big as you would think and it has been around for a while too long.

17 Apr 2019 11:35 AM

Zoom Video Communications is a modern enterprise video-first unified communications service.

Airtel, Zoom join hands for unified communications solution for businesses

The collaboration aims to offer businesses enhanced agility with ability to connect employees over video, audio and web.

06 Mar 2019 10:16 AM

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