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Software Freedom Conservancy calls on FOSS contributors to ‘exit Zoom’

Ryan Daws — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:33:05 +0000

In the wake of the revelation that Zoom has been repurposing private user data to train machine learning models, the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) has taken a stand to emphasise the importance of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) alternatives. The SFC, an advocate for software rights and freedom, is extending its efforts to provide... Read more »

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Zoom is pumping $100M into advancing its third-party app ecosystem

Ryan Daws — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:00:07 +0000

Zoom is building on the momentum it’s gained over the past year with the launch of a $100 million fund to advance its third-party ecosystem. During 2020, Zoom’s business customer base grew by 470.33 percent. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom’s business customer base had grown 217.44 percent across the two years between January 2018... Read more »

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Zoom’s Video SDK brings the pandemic’s definitive service to other apps

Ryan Daws — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:39:24 +0000

Few services have become more synonymous with the pandemic than Zoom, and now it’s coming to other apps with the launch of its Video SDK. Zoom claims the SDK will enable developers to leverage the “scale-ready performance” of the communications platform to create new experiences for their users. Zeus Kerravala, Principal Analyst at ZK Research,... Read more »

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