Videoconferencing platform BlueJeans is rolling out new features that help the platform keep pace with competitors like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, including enhanced security and time management features. In a blog, senior product manager Mahabaleshwar Bhat said the improvements were driven by rising customer demand for “more natural collaboration and secure engagements” as the world […]
Zoom reversed course Wednesday, saying that users with free accounts will receiving end-to-end encryption once the enhanced security feature is released. In a blog post, CEO Eric Yuan gave an update on the company’s security and encryption plans that apparently now include end-to-end encryption for free users after recently saying only paid users will have […]
If you aren’t a cybersecurity expert, then don’t believe everything that hacktivist group Anonymous posts on Twitter. Yes, some services were down simultaneously for some reason yesterday, but it wasn’t because of a single coordinated DDoS attack, according to cybersecurity experts. Early yesterday, people across the U.S. were posting to social media that they weren’t […]
Zoom is working on end-to-end encryption as it hopes to become the first major videoconferencing platform to offer the feature and help keep organizations secure. However, that will start and stop with paid users, CEO Eric Yuan said in an earnings call with investors earlier this month. According to Yuan, the company doesn’t want to […]
Microsoft has rolled out several new features for the free version of communication and collaboration platform Teams, most notably the ability to set a new custom background. The custom background feature is similar to one that Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms offer that gives users the ability to make their background in a video meeting […]
Zoom is building technology that can remove or block users based on country after the company shut down Chinese activist accounts after pressure from the Chinese government. Per media reports and Zoom’s own blog, the company shut down accounts belonging to Chinese civil rights groups that were planning to commemorate the 1989 protests in Beijing’s […]
Artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI is releasing an Application programming interface for accessing new AI models developed by OpenAI, giving businesses access to its first commercial product and general purpose AI models. Most AI systems are designed for one use case, but OpenAI’s release is intended to provide a general-purpose “text in, text out” interface […]
Global electronics manufacturer and technology solutions provider AtlasIED has announced that its IPX Series Voice-over-IP speaker is now complaint with key Avaya IX Workplace solutions. This helps customers improve key measures of engagement and productivity with new calling, collaboration and meeting capabilities in addition to a range of flexible connected phones and devices, AtlasIED said […]
Google has started rolling out new intelligent noise reduction features in Google Meet that can filter out noises like keyboard strokes, barking dogs and snacks. According to VentureBeat, which posted a lengthy interview with Serge Lachapelle, G Suite director of product management, the feature leverages supervised learning and an AI model on a labeled data set. […]
Communications and collaborations device manufacturer Poly says its video bars and videoconferencing system are the first Zoom Rooms Appliances to receive Zoom certification. In a press release, Poly announced its Studio X30 and Studio x50 video bars along with the G7500 video conferencing system are the first Zoom Rooms Appliances to be certified by the […]
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