Speech recognition and transcription provider Otter.ai has launched a new live video captioning services for videoconferencing calls and webinars on Zoom. The integration with the two popular platforms builds upon an existing relationship between the two that enables Zoom participants to open a secure, live, interactive transcript directly from a video call or after a […]
Microsoft says there are now more than 115 million daily active users on its flagship unified communications and collaboration platform Microsoft Teams, representing a 50% bump from what the company reported in April. That surge is largely due to the rise of remote and hybrid work and distance learning, both of which require a collaboration […]
ManagedMethods, a Google G Suite and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for K-12 schools, has launched its new Google Classroom monitoring and reporting features. The announcement of the newest features comes after the May announcement of the company’s Google Meet monitoring and reporting capabilities. Using ManagedMethods, IT administrators can monitor which Google Meet sessions students […]
Microsoft and Salesforce have patterned on a new integration that allows users to interweave customer and case records from Salesforce within the Microsoft Teams app. The integration will be offered to Sales and Service Cloud customers with Enterprise or Unlimited edition at no cost and aims to bring customer data typically stored in a customer […]
In addition to its phased approach to rolling out an end-to-end encryption offering to better secure calls, Zoom announced several new products and features during its fourth annual Zoomtopia. The event, held virtually this year, comes as the platform is experiencing a gargantuan increase in users due to the COVID-19 pandemic and remote work. That […]
Poly is leaning into the rising remote and hybrid work culture as it releases Poly Sync, a new line of smart, USB and Bluetooth speakerphones at this year’s Zoomtopia. The speakers – three separate products of varying sizes and capabilities – are designed for use in both the home office and conference room and are […]
Google Meet is getting breakout rooms for G Suite Enterprise for Education customers that will allow organizers to divide rooms into smaller groups during video calls. According to a G Suite blog, users can create up to 100 breakout rooms in one single call. Call participants will be randomly and equally distributed across rooms, and […]
Slack is reportedly adding new features to its platform that will introduce social media-like stories and push-to-talk audio by the end of the calendar year. In an interview with The Verge, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield detailed some of the new features the platform wants to bring to its users to help them better acclimate to […]
If you’ve been working from home for the last 6-plus months, you likely haven’t been driving much. I fire up my car every now and then to go to the store or just to get out of the area for a few days. But for the most part, she sits in the driveway untouched. My […]
Google is continuing its offer of free unlimited Meet calls through March of 2021 for Gmail accounts after originally setting a date of Sept. 30. The move will help keep users of the free service connected with one another after Google in April made its videoconferencing and collaboration product free for anyone with a Gmail […]
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