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Video calling became new normal amid 'Zoom fatigue' in 2020

By IANS | Updated: December 21, 2020 19:55 IST

New Delhi, Dec 21 Before the Covid-19 pandemic happened, most of us never heard of Zoom in India. ...

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New Delhi, Dec 21 Before the Covid-19 pandemic happened, most of us never heard of Zoom in India. Microsoft Teams and Google Meet were moving at a snails pace and Cisco Webex was limited as being an exclusive enterprise collaboration platform. Then, the novel coronavirus struck.

Social distancing and lockdowns forced millions to work and learn from home and video started to play a crucial role in helping us connect whether it's across time zones or just across the street.

The situation was unheard of and for big and small enterprises to schools and universities and working professionals from all walks of life, Zoom became the go-to video meet app, garnering millions of users across the globe, and in India, at a blazing-fast pace.

Despite facing initial privacy woes, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan doubled down on the efforts to bring meaningful change to his video meet app, and successfully did so during the pandemic.

Finally, in October, Zoom made its new end-to-end encryption

( With inputs from IANS )

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