Move over Zoom, Microsoft Teams now allows for custom backgrounds during video calls
During a Teams meeting, you can replace your messy background at home with a more professional-looking image. Until now, Zoom was the virtual meeting company known for its background options, so this is a handy option for Microsoft Teams users. Now being rolled out to Teams, custom backgrounds will let you replace your meeting background with a "fresh and bright home office," according to Microsoft.
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Afraid of Zoombombing? Try Microsoft Teams
Afraid of Zoombombing? Try Microsoft Teams
This week, Microsoft went out of its way to invite in educators, noting in a blog post that its privacy controls are designed to not allow for random people to join a meeting and start screaming obscenities or flash pornography, two of the charges that have dogged Zoom.
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Apple to shut down corporate operations in China due to Coronavirus
Smartphone manufacturing giant Apple has announced that starting February 9, it will be closing down all of its stores, offices and support centers in China due to the Coronavirus outbreak, though it is not clear if the policy also applies to its manufacturing operations in the country, which are run by Foxconn and are currently operating on a holiday schedule.
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‘Shame on Google’ Employees gathered outside Google's San Francisco office
Tension escalated between Google employees and management as 200 Googlers gathered outside the company’s San Francisco office on Friday with a simple demand, give two employees their jobs back, immediately. Two Google employees, Rebecca Rivers, and Laurence Berland had been placed on administrative leave without a formal explanation by the company. Both raised their voices against company policies over the years.
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