#Zoom’s new security features tackle trolls and pesky zoombombers

#Zoom’s new security features tackle trolls and pesky zoombombers

“#Zoom’s new security features tackle trolls and pesky zoombombers” Video conferencing software maker Zoom is introducing new features to tackle trolls and “zoombombers.” The company has introduced three new features designed to make it easier to spot and remove meeting disruptors: the ability to pause meetings until malicious actors have been kicked out, a feature that…

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#Zoom, Peloton shares tumble 15 percent on COVID vaccine news

#Zoom, Peloton shares tumble 15 percent on COVID vaccine news

“#Zoom, Peloton shares tumble 15 percent on COVID vaccine news” Shares of companies that have benefited from the pandemic — including Zoom, Peloton, Netflix and Amazon –tanked after Pfizer revealed that it is getting closer to a coronavirus vaccine that could let people get back to the office. The popular video-conferencing software provider Zoom plummeted…

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#NYC conduct remote lessons from hammocks, moving cars

#NYC conduct remote lessons from hammocks, moving cars

“#NYC conduct remote lessons from hammocks, moving cars” The oddities of remote instruction now include teachers who can conduct classes just about anywhere — from the back seat of a moving car to a backyard hammock, officials acknowledge. A student at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn was stunned last week when teacher Nyeesha…

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#These Zoom characters are ones to look out for on calls

#These Zoom characters are ones to look out for on calls

“#These Zoom characters are ones to look out for on calls” ‘I love Zoom” isn’t a phrase you hear very often. After seven months of staring at co-workers in little boxes on the screens of laptops, tablets and phones, workers are experiencing “Zoom fatigue.” The term shows up in Google searches about 500,000 times. “ ‘Zoom…

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