How to Sabotage Your Zoom Call so You Can Peace the Eff Out
Photo: DmitryStock (Shutterstock) After a year of remote work, spending hours on Zoom attending countless meetings that could have been emails has simply become a way of life. That’s why…
Our 8 Best Work-From-Home Tips From 2020
Photo: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) First things first, and that’s vacation. Just because the lines between work and your personal life have been blurred, it doesn’t mean that vacations don’t exist. Even…
Good-bye Zoom. Hello Low-Key Ambient Snooping
One year into our all-remote existence, executives at white-collar companies are realizing two things. One is that they’re pleased (stunned, even) by how productive employees have been. They’d worried that…
Why Can’t I Stop Staring at My Own Face on Zoom?
Support Request: I don’t think I’m a particularly vain person, but whenever I’m on a Zoom call, I’m constantly looking at my own face instead of focusing on the other…
How to Stay Engaged During a Videoconference
Photo: Frazer Harrison (Getty Images) The only thing more predictable than the monotony of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic has been the consistency of video conferencing. The necessity of staring…
How to Enable Zoom’s New Live Transcriptions
Zoom is bringing its Live Transcription feature to free users. Paid users have had access to the service for a while, but free users will soon also have the option…
How to Overcome ‘Zoom Fatigue’
Photo: Girts Ragelis (Shutterstock) Throughout the pandemic, many former office workers have been necessarily glued to their computer monitors. As work migrated online, video tools like Zoom and Google Hangouts…
Spice Up Your Zoom Chats With Filters
Screenshot: David Murphy You know you’re stuck in the never-ending loop of pandemic life when you can no longer muster the enthusiasm to change your silly virtual Zoom background. I’ve…
Google Discontinues Home Max Smart Speaker; Nest Hub Max Gets Zoom Support
Google Home Max smart speaker has been discontinued by the tech giant, as per a report. Google has stopped manufacturing the product that was launched back in 2017; the white…
Tired of Zoom Calls? Company Offers At-Home Hologram Machines
Looking for a new way to communicate during the pandemic? A Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam live holograms into your living room.The device made by…