Taking the kids to the mall to sit on Santa’s lap isn’t as appealing — or feasible — during the coronavirus pandemic. Macy’s canceled its in-person Santaland this year, while malls are scaling back or putting safety measures in place, like plexiglass shields, between children and Santa. But some parents […]
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How the pandemic drove college students and professors into ‘Zoom University’
Almost eight months into the coronavirus pandemic, Zoom has emerged as a staple of online learning among colleges across the country, with more than 700 colleges and universities now using the virtual learning platform. The San Jose-based company, which is Yahoo Finance’s Company of the Year, was in some ways […]
How To Do the Holidays Over Zoom
TipRanks 3 Monster Growth Stocks That Are Still in the Buy Zone With markets generally rising for now – the S&P is up over 9% in the past 30 days – investors are taking a close look at growth stocks. These are the equities that show long-term appreciation, with returns […]
AA to Zoom: Substance abuse treatment goes online
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Until the coronavirus pandemic, their meetings took place quietly, every day, discreet gatherings in the basements of churches, a spare room at the YMCA, the back of a cafe. But members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other groups of recovering substance abusers found the doors quickly shut this spring, to prevent […]
AA to Zoom, substance abuse treatment goes online
“AA members I speak to are well beyond the initial fascination with the idea that they are looking at a screen of Hollywood Squares,” said Dr. Lynn Hankes, 84, who has been in recovery for 43 years and is a retired physician in Florida with three decades of experience treating […]
School Board Member Finishes Wine Glass, Flips Off Zoom Meeting, Prompting Demands for Apology
A Buffalo, New York, school board member is being asked to apologize or step down after video emerged showing her finishing the contents of her wine glass before flipping the middle finger and cursing at others during a Zoom meeting. At least two Buffalo school board members and several local […]
A.A. to Zoom, Substance Abuse Treatment Goes Online
Until the coronavirus pandemic, their meetings took place quietly, every day, discreet gatherings in the basements of churches, a spare room at the YMCA, the back of a cafe. But members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other groups of recovering substance abusers found the doors quickly shut this spring, to prevent […]
How to get paid for hosting Zoom and Facebook classes
How to get paid for hosting Zoom and Facebook classes Before the pandemic hit, people used to go to fitness and cooking classes in person. Nowadays, such contact is unfathomable, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t still host classes and make money. Thanks to a new feature on Facebook […]
Take This Lollipop 2 uses ‘haunted’ Zoom call to show deepfake threat
Filmmakers have created a chillling interactive video that features looming figures in a video conference and deepfakes of viewers. The on-screen experience creates a videoconference call in which a figure appears behind viewers, and viewers appear to say things they didn’t as their likeness is manipulated. The filmmakers say the […]
Standring column: Zoom in with love: A virtual tea party brings joy – Opinion – The State Journal-Register
Columns share an author’s personal perspective. ***** Fire up your imagination and make people feel loved. COVID-19 restricts in-person meetings but online, face-to-face connection is unlimited. Separated by thousands of miles, invitees in Massachusetts, London and the Caribbean island of Dominica toasted with teacups on Zoom. Elizabeth Thomas, 53, of […]
4 Ways To Put Your Best Self Forward On Zoom
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Happy millennial african american man in glasses wearing headphones, enjoying watching educational … [+] webinar on laptop. Smiling young mixed race businessman holding video call with clients partners. getty Marie Labrosse, a master’s student in English Literature at McGill University contributed to this story. Mark Bowden, human behaviour and body […]
8 common Zoom call blunders that are crippling your success at work
Who would have ever thought that you would meet with your family, workout, have wine night, and interview for jobs – all from the comfort of your computer screen. Welcome to the year 2020. When seemingly all normalcy in terms of social interaction and how we do things vacated our […]
How to change your personal Meeting ID in Zoom to make it easier for others to join your meetings
With a paid Zoom subscription, you can customize your personal Meeting ID. Zoom You can change your personal Meeting ID in Zoom through your online settings, but you’ll need to have a paid subscription. A personal meeting ID is a code that’s unique to each Zoom meeting you host, and […]
Go Inside a Zoom Horror Film With ‘Take This Lollipop 2’
For fans of webcam horror flicks like Host and Unfriended, there’s now a new interactive short called Take This Lollipop 2 that will put you right into the Zoom grid — and danger. Take This Lollipop 2 is a sequel-of-sorts to a 2011 Facebook app with the same name, which […]
5 Ways To Make Zoom Presentations Engaging And Irresistible
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getty Dry. Dull. Boring. Exhausting. Painful. Waste of time. Forgettable. Those are the words and phrases that came up when I asked people this question: What word would you use to describe the Zoom Presentations/webinars you attend? And it’s true, most webinars are likely to be uninspiring … and forgotten […]
Zoom launches OnZoom to facilitate online classes and events
Zoom unveiled an integrated marketplace for online events at its annual Zoomtopia event this morning, signaling the next step in its evolution as a video communications platform. It has been a whirlwind year for Zoom, the historically enterprise-focused video chat tool that was thrust into the spotlight by the COVID-19 […]
The most common Zoom problems and how to fix them
Telecommuting is more popular than ever, with thousands of companies turning to videoconferencing to keep their employees in the loop. Zoom and other online meeting tools make that easier than ever, but they’re not always a perfect solution to the difficulties of working from home. Bugs and breakages can get […]
Zoom breakout rooms provide sense of normalcy, but not without challenges | Opinions
Before the pandemic, I genuinely liked school. There were many times I sat in a classroom, entirely engaged and left feeling buoyant with intellectual curiosity. Now that everything is online, classes are mundane, unstimulating and unorganized. I weighed my options this summer and decided that school in any form would […]
Lewiston Finance Committee meeting gets ‘Zoom bombed’
LEWISTON — City officials are investigating an incident of videoconference hijacking, or “Zoom bombing” that took place Monday during a Finance Committee meeting. City Administrator Denis D’Auteuil confirmed Wednesday that the meeting was hacked, and that “there were several racial slurs said as well as pornographic material displayed before staff […]
US seniors turn to Zoom to connect with friends and family
Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters In his 72 years, Brad Veloz has risked his job and overcome health issues to fight for LGBTQ+ and Latino rights. The coronavirus wasn’t going to stop his activism. A year ago, the self-described “in-your-face” activist had never even used Zoom online video conferencing, but it is […]