Avoid Awkward Video Conference Situations With PIR and Arduino

Working from home with regular video meetings has its challenges, especially if you add kids to the mix. To help avoid embarrassing situations, [Charitha Jayaweera] created Present!, a USB device …read more Continue reading Avoid Awkward Video Conference Situations With PIR and Arduino

Mitch Lowe invests in UseCrypt to offer privacy in the field of telecommunications

Mitch Lowe – co-founder senior executive of Netflix, long time president of Redbox and Moviepass, has joined UseCrypt. The official announcement took place in Monaco, during the Monte Carlo Streaming Film Festival. The cooperation assumes USD 3.5… Continue reading Mitch Lowe invests in UseCrypt to offer privacy in the field of telecommunications

Zoom buys cloud call center firm Five9 for $14.7 billion

Zoom is taking advantage of the impressive rise in its stock price in the past year to make its first major acquisition. The popular video conferencing firm, which was valued at about $9 billion at its IPO two years ago, said Sunday evening it has agreed a deal to buy cloud call centre service provider […] Continue reading Zoom buys cloud call center firm Five9 for $14.7 billion

Employers permanently moving to a more flexible work model

Research conducted by Owl Labs, which polled 2000 business leaders based in the UK, Germany, France, and the Nordics shows that just 11% of business leaders expect their employees to return to the office full-time, indicating a more permanent shift to … Continue reading Employers permanently moving to a more flexible work model

Avaya Cloud Office capabilities enhance cloud communications for global businesses

Avaya and RingCentral announced a wide range of new capabilities for the Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) solution, including many Avaya device-specific enhancements providing easy migration, additional vide… Continue reading Avaya Cloud Office capabilities enhance cloud communications for global businesses

VMware and Zoom enable secure collaboration experience for hybrid work environments

VMware announced its work with Zoom to enable a better and more secure collaboration experience for hybrid work environments. The effort delivers interoperability between the recently announced VMware Anywhere Workspace and the Zoom collaboration platf… Continue reading VMware and Zoom enable secure collaboration experience for hybrid work environments

Juniper Networks Apstra 4.0 enhances the experience of users and operators in the data center

Juniper Networks announced version 4.0 of Apstra software, the intent-based networking solution acquired earlier in the year. Juniper Apstra helps organizations to minimize the time and costs associated with deploying and managing traditionally complex… Continue reading Juniper Networks Apstra 4.0 enhances the experience of users and operators in the data center

How Remote Work Changes Where we Work and Live

Many crises have caused societies to explore new opportunities, and the pandemic-induced switch to remote work is certainly an example. It is likely to accelerate underlying trends in urban living and enhance the quality of life for city dwellers. Eve… Continue reading How Remote Work Changes Where we Work and Live

Project Starline Realizes Asimov’s 3D Vision

Issac Asimov wrote Caves of Steel in 1953. In it, he mentions something called trimensional personification. In an age before WebEx and Zoom, imagining that people would have remote meetings replete …read more Continue reading Project Starline Realizes Asimov’s 3D Vision