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Goodbye, Skype: Microsoft Teams Takes Over, Offering Free Calls and More
Sunday, March 2, 2025 - 3:00pm | 502Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Skype, once a pioneering video-calling service, will shut down in May 2025. The company revealed that users could transition to Microsoft Teams Free using their Skype account to stay connected with contacts and chats. “Starting in May 2025, Skype...
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Microsoft Teams' New Update Aims To Level Up Your Meeting Experience
Monday, December 11, 2023 - 7:55am | 447To elevate the meeting experience for users, Microsoft Teams is preparing to launch a significant update. As reported by TechRadar on Dec. 11, 2023, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is in the process of creating a feature for Microsoft Teams that would allow users to view a meeting’s live...
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WhatsApp's New Group Voice Call Scheduling And Screen Sharing Features May Leave Zoom And Google Meet Redundant
Friday, August 11, 2023 - 5:40am | 909Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) instant messaging platform, WhatsApp, has unleashed a slew of new features that directly challenge the dominance of Zoom Video Communication (NASDAQ:ZM), Microsoft Corp’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Teams and ...
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Microsoft Teams Adds Maybelline's Virtual Makeup For Enhanced Video Calls
Thursday, July 20, 2023 - 5:42am | 401In an effort to enhance the video call experience, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is introducing a new set of AI-powered “virtual makeup” filters to its Teams platform, in collaboration with cosmetics giant Maybelline, The Verge reports. Virtual Makeup for Teams: The Maybelline Beauty app...
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Microsoft 365 Services Down Globally For Hours: Company Says 'Rolled Back A Network Change'
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 6:49am | 852Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) multiple 365 services, including Teams, Outlook and Xbox Live, were down worldwide. The tech giant has now “identified a potential networking issue.” What Happened: On Wednesday, several Microsoft 365 users took to Twitter to complain...
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Apple, Microsoft 'Doing Very Little' To Tackle Child Sexual Abuse Content, Says Australia
Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 3:11am | 439Australia accused Apple Inc (NASDAQ:APPL) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) of not doing enough to stop child exploitation content on their platforms. What Happened: The Australian e-Safety Commissioner said that after seeking information from the tech giants – including Meta Platforms Inc, Snap Inc...
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Google Is Merging Its Video Conferencing Apps
Thursday, June 2, 2022 - 1:21am | 373Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google says it is merging its Meet and Duo video conferencing applications. What Happened: The announcement was made in a blog post by Javier Soltero, vice president and general manager...
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WhatsApp Adds PC Video Calling To Compete With Zoom
Monday, March 8, 2021 - 6:13am | 590From now on, it will be possible to use the feature from the PC app; voice messaging has been also integrated Only WhatsApp hadn’t taken part in the jungle of computer video call services that boomed during the last year. The Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)-owned messaging service has decided to...
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8 Stocks To Watch At CES 2021
Monday, January 11, 2021 - 8:50am | 843For over 50 years, attendees of the Consumers Electronics Show have received sneak peeks at some of the latest and greatest new gadgets in the technology sector. Now known as CES, this year’s event will take place completely virtually. Here is a look at some of the public companies taking...
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Jim Cramer: Salesforce Has 100% Upside After Buying Slack
Friday, December 4, 2020 - 1:33pm | 395Salesforce.com, inc.'s (NYSE: CRM) $27.7-billion acquisition of Slack Technologies Inc (NYSE: WORK) has received some pushback from analysts, but CNBC's Jim Cramer says the deal is "brilliant" and will double Salesforce's stock. What Happened: Salesforce has shown impressive...
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Microsoft Teams Adds 475% Daily Active Users In About A Year
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - 12:55am | 538Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) workplace collaboration software, called "Teams," has 115 million daily active users (DAUs) as of 2021 first quarter's end, CEO Satya Nadella revealed in an earnings call Tuesday, as earlier reported by GeekWire. What Happened:...
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Google To Make Its Slack, Teams Rival Service Chat Available For Free Next Year
Thursday, October 15, 2020 - 10:57pm | 482Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google said Thursday that it would make its Chat service available for free to all users beginning the first half of 2021. What Happened: Chat will replace Google’s Hangout service, and users of the latter would be migrated automatically...
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Zoomtopia 2020: Zoom Video Unveils Zapps, New Features To Take On Microsoft, Google
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 5:24pm | 577Zoom Video kicked off its Zoomtopia two-day event Wednesday with the announcement of several new features for its massively growing platform. Zoom Announces Zapps: One of the biggest announcements from Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM): the ability to have apps directly in video meetings....
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GameStop Shares Surge On Microsoft Partnership
Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 3:46pm | 376GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME) announced a new multi-year partnership with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). What Happened: The deal will include GameStop using back-end and in-store solutions from Microsoft to help with finance, inventory, e-commerce, retail and point-of-sale. The partnership will...
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Zoom Updating Messaging Platform, Could Compete With Slack: Report
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 - 7:45pm | 321Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) has seen huge growth in 2020 as one of the company’s reaping the benefits of the work from home shift. What Happened: A report from The Information says Zoom has hired a “significant number of engineers” to provide an upgrade to its current...