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The coronavirus pandemic is still looming, and most companies are working in a hybrid model if not sticking to the work from home rigmarole. But that means conferencing platforms such as Zoom become extremely important. The company also believes the current situation will help it earn more money and beat analyst expectations this quarter. AReutersreport noted that Zoom expects to cash in $985 million to $990 in revenue this quarter — much higher than the analysts’ figure of$931....

Zoom is crazy successful — but did it forget its brand? Zoom reached amazing new heights over the span of a couple of weeks, but its brand might still be at risk. To control, or not to control? Here’s a thing, Zoom is now a verb. I’ll wager Miriam-Webster’s will rubber-stamp it in their annual update. Entering the dictionary is a kind of marketing erotica: brand managers breathily utter names like Hoover, Biro, or Google in conference rooms around the world....

Video conferencing platform Zoom announced today that it’s bringing support forthe Center Stage functionthat debuted in the new iPad Pros. Not excited? Then let’s rewind a bit. Center Stage is a feature that uses the new iPad Pro’s ultrawide camera to focus on you even when you move. The iPad Pro’s M1 chip uses machine learning to dictate when you’re out of the frame and pan slightly towards you. If another person enters the frame, the camera zooms out to include both of you in the frame....

If you’ve missed your company’s all-important meeting, you might have to go through the whole Zoom recording to catch up on stuff. Now, the video conferencing platform is introducing a new AI-powered feature that’ll show you highlights from the recorded meeting. Once the meeting is over, the AI will automatically select the most important parts of the meeting. It’s understandable that you can’t rely entirely on the algorithm, so Zoom will allow you to “adjust” these important parts, so people watching it later won’t miss anything....

UK property listing websiteZooplahas launched a “Property Archive” feature this morning, enabling website visitors to view over 2 million property listings and providing them with more information to make better “property-related decisions”. The Property Archive encompasses properties from across the UK which have either been on sale or have been available to rent over the past ten years, displaying photos, detailed descriptions, asking prices (at the time) and the date when the property was listed....