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Google Meet Duo

Google Updates G Suite in Bid to Compete with Teams, Slack

Google is rolling out deeper integrations between its separate G Sutie tools alongside more features for videoconferencing app Google Meet.

July 20, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google is hoping to boost its G Sutie platform to rival Microsoft and Slack as the unified communications and collaboration software leaders with a redesign of Gmail for G Suite and deeper integrations between the included tools. The company hopes to bring all of its G Suite tools together and address the demand for remote […]

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Google Meet Duo

Google Steps Up Meet Security, Prohibits Anonymous Users from Joining meetings

Google Meet, popular among educators, is rolling out a feature that will prevent users without a Google account from joining meetings.

July 17, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

This spring, when the world was just getting familiar with videoconferencing platforms, security quickly became a big issue. Unauthorized users were gaining access to video calls and disrupting meetings, conferences, and classes. With children involved, security for the educational use of videoconferencing became very important. Many school districts banned the use of Zoom because of […]

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Upcoming School Year will Start 100% Online in Some Large Districts

Continuing online learning trend, Nashville students will receive two hours of real-time instruction, but rest of day will be at their own pace.

July 16, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Some major U.S. school districts have announced they’ll start the upcoming school year completely online. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD), which have approximately 720,000 students combined, made the announcement Monday that they won’t be bringing students back to classrooms when school starts next month, reports ABC […]

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Epson Laser Projectors

Epson Adds Support for macOS in Projector Software Update

Epson's new version of its Epson Projector Professional Tool (EPPT) includes support for Apple's macOS for the first time.

July 13, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Epson today announced a new version of Epson Projector Professional Tool (EPPT), a free software utility that helps users setup networked projectors in a meeting space that includes support for macOS for the first time. In a press release, Epson said the software provides easy access to the powerful projection features in the Epson Pro-L […]

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Campus Safety Summit

Campus Safety Summit Explains How Schools Can Reopen Safely During COVID-19

Campus Safety Online Summit presentations are now available on-demand at no charge for campuses struggling with how to respond to the coronavirus.

July 13, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

COVID-19 has forced every school district and institution of higher education in the United States to make drastic changes to practically every aspect of campus life. Our sister publication’s Campus Safety Online Summit (CSOS), held July 7-8, addressed many of the pressing concerns relating to the reopening of schools. A wide variety of campus decision makers were […]

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Week in Review: the Cloud, Security, Teams, etc.

This week, July 6-10, 2020: temperature scanning platforms, contactless technology, evaluating employees, sound masking, and more.

July 10, 2020 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Welcome to My TechDecisions Week in Review, where we round up the most important stories you might have missed this week, July 6-10, 2020. Read on to find out what’s happening this week:   Features Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Cloud Migration Approach Understanding the product that will overhaul your cloud migration […]

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Microsoft Teams New Features

Microsoft Teams’ New Features Address Meeting Fatigue, Productivity

New Microsoft Teams features utilize artificial intelligence, video filters, live reactions. Plus, they're designe to reduce WFH fatigue, company says.

July 9, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is again improving the experience on its flagship chat and communications platform Teams with new features that utilize artificial intelligence, video filters, live reactions and more. Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for Microsoft 365, detailed the new releases in a Wednesday blog post. “These features offer three key benefits for people at work and […]

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Google Meet

Google Meet’s New Features Put it on Par with Teams, Zoom

Google Meet is launching a series of new features that aim to make the platform more competitive with Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other video calling apps.

July 2, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Google Meet is launching a series of new features that aim to make the platform more competitive to Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other videoconferencing and collaboration solutions. The new features come as videoconferencing platforms enjoy a surge in use due to the rise of remote work amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company says the platform’s […]

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