Microsoft Teams breaks daily record with 2.7 billion meeting minutes, tops mid-March high by 200%
The latest evidence of this trend comes from Microsoft, which today announced that Microsoft Teams set a new daily record of 2.7 billion meeting minutes, up 200% from the 900 million minutes it recorded on March 16, when many lockdowns were just going into effect. The latest numbers come as Microsoft finds itself facing intense competition from Zoom.
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Microsoft and Zoom joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in Hong Kong data pause
Microsoft and Zoom have said they will not process data requests made by the Hong Kong authorities while they take stock of new security law. They follow Facebook, Google, Twitter, and the chat app Telegram, which had already announced similar "pauses" in compliance over the past two days. China passed the law on 30 June, criminalizing acts that support independence. Apple says it is "assessing" the rules
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Mukesh Ambani takes on Zoom with JioMeet
Mukesh Ambani takes on Zoom with JioMeet
India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani is now targeting popular video conferencing app Zoom. India’s Reliance Jio Platforms, which recently concluded a $15.2 billion fundraise run, is ready to enter a new business: Video conferencing. Reliance Jio officially launched JioMeet on Thursday, its video-conference service that looks uncannily like Zoom. JioMeet offers unlimited number of free calls in high definition to users and supports 100 participants on a call
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Zoom misses its deadline to publish the first transparency report
Video conferencing app Zoom missed its own deadline to publish its first transparency report. The video conferencing giant previously said it would release the number of government demands it has received by June 30. But the company said it’s missed that target and has given no firm new date for releasing the figures. It comes amid heightened scrutiny of the service after several security and privacy concerns came to light
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Zoom got 131 million downloads in April
Zoom got 131 million downloads in April
According to the data gathered by app analytics firm Sensor Tower, Zoom topped the list of the most downloaded non-gaming apps worldwide in April 2020. The video-conferencing app got a total of 131 million downloads in April. Sensor Tower’s report says “The countries with the most installs of the app during this period were India at 18.2%of its total downloads and the United States at 14.3%”.
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