Google meet is Google’s alternative to Zoom, and it’s free too Because video meetings have never been more important, Google’s been fast-tracking the most requested features for Meet, and are now making them available to all Meet is available for free for everyone at...
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Google Duo max group size is expanding to 32 callers at once
A big update is coming to Google’s quite-popular video chat app Duo Duo is a casual cross-platform video chat app with a web version and android and iphone versions Cross platform is the key here, I mostly use Facetime with my apple friends – but that leaves Android...
MIT students painstakingly recreated their iconic campus in ‘Minecraft’
This is one of the most amazing examples of virtual design and engineering I’ve seen The block-building game “Minecraft,” which Microsoft bought in 2014 for over $2 billion, has been one of the most popular games worldwide over the last 10 years and now has 145...
Otter launches live transcription for Zoom meetings
Transcribing audio is a massive pain. Thankfully, Otter just made it a lot easier for people stuck at home on endless Zoom meetings. The otter.ai app, available for free or with a paid plan, is by far the single best, easiest tool ever to instantly transcribe to text...
How to use iPad app multitasking to get more done
These new gestures make using the iPad even more convenient and useful than ever. This is a short 5 minute video – and if you have an iPad – it’s worth watching twice! Many of these tricks were new to me – and a couple of them are super useful Having your...
Office 365 Is Now Microsoft 365 What It Means for You and Your Family
As of April Office 365 will be known as Microsoft 365 Office 365 was available in two plans for home users: Office 365 Personal and Office 365 Home Now Office 365 Personal has become Microsoft 365 Personal, for one user, and costs $6.99/month Office 365 Home was...
How to use FaceTime for group calls
If you have an iPhone or MacBook, then you have probably used FaceTime, Apple’s built-in video and voice-calling app. We’ve seen this as a very quick/fast way for leadership teams to stay connected with each other instantly via their mobile phones. Most folks do this...
Zoom Became the Most Important App in the Business World Overnight
Zoom Zoom Zoom! We use to occasionally Facetime our friends or family Now, In the blink of an eye, everyone we know is using Zoom 4-5 hours a day Now Zoom is simply how we hold meetings. Zoom went public in April of last year, is currently worth more than the major...
Typing speed on mobile is catching up to keyboards
Typing speed on mobile devices is catching up to that of physical keyboards 10-19-year-olds can type about 10 words per minute faster than can people in their 40s People spend an average of six hours per day on their mobile devices, so it’s no wonder they are skilled...
The Top 5 Skills New Grads Are Learning After Graduating, According to a New LinkedIn Report
There is a gap between graduates formalized education and the skills demanded by the workforce In a new report, The 2019 LinkedIn Grads Guide to Getting Hired, LinkedIn took a look at the skills new graduates are investing in learning just six months after graduating...
Microsoft HoloLens 2 AR Headset: On Stage Live Demonstration
A short 11 minute must-see video for CEO's and leadership teams to watch Released just 5 months ago - this is version 2 of Microsoft's Augmented Reality headset The first 5 minutes shows you firsthand how user-interfaces in the near future will just float in front of...
Gmail is now blocking 100 million extra spam messages every day with AI
Google is using it's in-house machine learning framework, TensorFlow, to help train additional spam filters for Gmail users With the new filters in place as of last month, the company claims Gmail is now blocking an extra 100 million spam messages every day Gmail has...