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Zoom videoconferencing app

Compared to Zoom, Libero has additional features like ‘white board, meeting notes and noise cancellation, the developer said, adding that it was also more secure.

Southern startup Soulpage wins government funding to develop alternative to Zoom

Finalist in a competition run by the Union government, the developer receives Rs 15 lakh from the Ministry of Electronics and Communication.

11 Jul 2020 5:28 PM

Reliance Jio launches its own video conferencing app JioMeet to take on Zoom

The JioMeet video conferencing app is available across Android, iOS.Windows, macOS and web since Thursday evening.

04 Jul 2020 2:28 PM

The most visible changes to Zoom included a switch that automatically protected all meetings with passwords and kept all participants in a digital waiting room until the meeting host let them in.

Zoom came into the limelight during lockdown, accelerated security fixes forced by zoombombing

When faced with a wave of lawsuits, the company said they would fix the service's weaknesses in 90 days. Now time's up and Zoom takes a bow.

01 Jul 2020 9:44 PM

The queen has always shown an interest in new technology. She sent her first email long before most people, from a computer at a British Army base in 1976. A screengrab taken from a video handout released by Buckingham Palace on June 11, 2020 shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a Zoom video conference call with carers. (Photo | AP)

The Queen sets apart face time for caregivers on her first official video call

She logged in to mark a week of events commemorating people who care for relatives or friends with a disability, mental or physical illness.

11 Jun 2020 9:27 PM

People say prayers and light candles at a vigil along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in Hong Kong on June 4, 2020, to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing. - Tens of thousands of people across Hong Kong lit candles and chanted democracy slogans on June 4 to commemorate China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethed over a planned new security law. (Photo | AFP)

Now you know why Zoom is accused of being a China stooge

Zoom accounts of activists in the US and Hong Kong have been suspended before meeting ahead of anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen crackdown.

11 Jun 2020 7:19 PM

Zoom violates the privacy of its millions of users, the plea says, an allegation that the government’s COVID app Aarogya Setu also faces from users.

Zoom not safe, says plea in Supreme Court asking for ban on app, Centre asked to respond

The plea also seeks a direction to the Centre to carry out a technical study into the security and privacy risks of using Zoom.

22 May 2020 8:38 PM

“The death penalty is inherently cruel and inhumane, and Singapore’s use of remote technology like Zoom to sentence a man to death makes it even more so,” said Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director Phil Robertson.

'Death sentence given over Zoom inhumane, man should have right to see accusers face to face in court'

Singapore court conducting drug trafficking case on Zoom criticised for pronouncing a death sentence over the videoconferencing platform.

20 May 2020 5:28 PM

A screenshot of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a Parliament session being held over Zoom. Trudeau went for the typical bookcase background, while another MP streamed in front of a white bedsheet meant to hide home renovations, which was described as looking like a “hostage video situation”, and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains, a devout Sikh, won praise from viewers for using a painting of colorful turbans as a backdrop.

Keep your background neutral! Canada Speaker lays down rules for MPs as they Zoom Parliament sessions

Every Tuesday and Thursday over the past month 338 Canadian MPs logged into Zoom from home.

17 May 2020 4:32 PM

Aarogya Setu app-focused phishing has been on the rise. Scammers impersonate as HR department, CEO, or any other known person and target users by spreading messages like ‘your neighbour is affected’, ‘see who all are affected’, ‘someone who came in contact with you tested positive’, ‘recommendations to self-isolate’, ‘guidelines to use Aarogya Setu’ among others, CERT-In said in its latest advisory.

Links telling you to check if you’re COVID infected could be an online scam, don't click on them

Online fraudsters trying to impersonate the Aarogya Setu app as well as video-conferencing apps such as Zoom, Teams and Meet to collect data

16 May 2020 7:02 PM

Zoom, which boasts 300 million users, had the luck to be in the right place at the right time just as millions of employees around the world suddenly found themselves ordered to work from home.

Facing flak over lapses, Zoom acquires security firm Keybase to fix encryption issues

Keybase is Zoom’s first acquisition. The company will help Zoom implement end-to-end encryption.

08 May 2020 8:12 PM

Google said in a blog post that it has “invested years in making Meet a secure and reliable video conferencing solution that’s trusted by schools, governments and enterprises around the world.”

Google Meet videoconferencing app now free for all, hopes to draw Zoom users

Google Meet had previously been reserved for subscribers to the premium G Suite software tools for businesses.

29 Apr 2020 5:37 PM

WhatsApp is good enough for family calls now with up to eight participants but it can't still compete with Zoom which supports up to 100 participants.

Now WhatsApp video call can have 8 participants; Centre offers Rs 1 cr prize to build homegrown Zoom

WhatsApp's earlier limit was four callers; Centre's innovation challenge encourages developers to build an alternative videoconferencing app

21 Apr 2020 3:16 PM

Couples can now organise a videoconference between them, the town clerk who approves marriage licences and the person solemnising the marriage.(Photo | AFP)

New Yorkers can now get married on Zoom! Governor Andrew Cuomo permits online marriage licences

It helps one to get health cover on their spouse’s company insurance if they lose their jobs. Over 20 million filed for doles in four weeks.

20 Apr 2020 7:29 PM

India this week banned the use of Zoom for government remote meetings, saying it “is not a safe platform.” (Representative Image | AFP)

Only paid Zoom users can opt not to have Zoom calls routed through China, free users can't choose

Amid concerns over information passing through China where it might be subject to snooping, users of the free app have no such protection

17 Apr 2020 1:40 PM

When it comes to paid apps, it shows that people will spend money to keep themselves engaged in an entertaining and exciting activity. The game Minecraft is the top paid app on both iPhone and iPad.

Here are the top 10 apps for your iPhone and iPad this week

Despite security concerns, Zoom remains the most downloaded free app, followed by another videoconferencing app, Houseparty

15 Apr 2020 6:56 PM

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (on the right screen) addresses a live video conference on the special Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three Summit on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Hanoi on April 14, 2020 as South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and China's Premier Li Keqiang are seen on left television screen. (Photo | AFP)

Zoom security further compromised as 500,000 Zoom accounts sold on dark web, says report

Hackers are selling users’ email addresses, passwords, personal meeting URLs and host keys, including of companies like Citibank

14 Apr 2020 4:30 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing a protective mask chairs a meeting with chief ministers on COVID-19 lockdown via video conference, in New Delhi, Saturday, April 11, 2020. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and others are also seen. (Photo | PTI)

After Zoom gets hacked, Government issues advisory cautioning staff against using third-party apps

Stick to videoconferencing solutions provided by the government's National Informatics Centre, the advisory says

13 Apr 2020 4:33 PM

In this picture taken on March 30, 2020, YogaUP founder Chaukei Ngai greets her students as they appear on her laptop screen via the Zoom online video conferencing platform, at the start of a live streamed yoga class at her studio in Discovery Bay, on the outlying Lantau Island in Hong Kong. (Photo | AFP)

'Zoombombed', Singapore halts use of Zoom videoconferencing for education

Hackers 'zoombomb' video calls mainly because users tend to hold public meetings out of convenience, instead of password protected ones

10 Apr 2020 6:34 PM

Videoconferencing has become de rigueur for work and social life as people around the world hunker down at home to avoid spreading the deadly coronavirus. (Photo | Microsoft Teams)

Microsoft's videoconferencing app in high demand amid Zoom security concerns

Microsoft said a new record of 2.7 billion "meeting minutes" in a single day had been reached on Teams

10 Apr 2020 4:50 PM

A yoga teacher in Hong Kong holds a Zoom meeting for a guided session of the fitness activity. (Photo | AFP)

Zoom introduces security measures to ensure there is no more Zoombombing

Last week’s embarrassing hacking of official group calls by naked men exposed the lack of security in the videoconferencing web app

05 Apr 2020 2:58 PM

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