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Getting Married in the Metaverse
Traci and Dave Gagnon met in the cloud, so it only made sense that their wedding took place in it. On Labor Day weekend, the couple — or rather, their digital avatars — held a […]
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If You Never Met Your Co-Workers in Person, Did You Even Work There?
Kathryn Gregorio joined a nonprofit foundation in Arlington, Va., in April last year, shortly after the pandemic forced many people to work from home. One year and a zillion Zoom calls later, she had still […]
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Zoom Agrees to Settle Lawsuit Over ‘Zoombombing’
Zoom Video Communications, the videoconferencing company whose internet app became a mainstay of American life during the coronavirus pandemic, has agreed to pay $85 million and improve its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming […]
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Reading the Zoom Tea Leaves
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. On Tech is back from a summer vacation. Did you miss us? We missed you. No one […]
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Work at Home or the Office? Either Way, There’s a Start-Up for That.
SAN FRANCISCO — Before the pandemic, Envoy, a start-up in San Francisco, sold visitor registration software for the office. Its system signed in guests and tracked who was coming into the building. When Covid-19 hit […]
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Turn Tech to Your Advantage in the New Hybrid Workplace
When working with colleagues from a remote setting, a text or an email is probably fine for quick conversations, like setting up a meeting. But for more serious discussions, a phone or video call is […]
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What to Know About the Newest iPhone and Android Software
As the pandemic recedes across the country, a lot has changed about how we work and live. Some of us are now planning on returning to the office, while others will continue working from home. […]