Getting the most out of video for remote meetings

Getting the most out of video for remote meetings Q&A with Spencer Waldron, Global Communications Director at Prezi When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Before now, most office workers would have encounteredvideo conferencingwhether that is for internal communications, client meetings orwebinars- now, given the current situation we find ourselves in, the uptick in usage has been astounding. At Prezi, we’ve seen that the education sector, in particular, is becoming more and more reliant on video - even more so with instructors teaching remotely....

May 29, 2020 · 6 min · 1254 words · Christopher Davis

Google launches free social distancing app – here's how to try it

Google launches free social distancing app – here’s how to try it See your personal space in real time When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Googlehas launched an experimental social distancing app that uses augmented reality to help you keep the recommended two meters away from other people when you’re outside. Sodar (presumably short for ‘social distancing radar’) is a web app that displays footage from your phone’s camera and superimposes a two-meter wide circle around your device so you can easily see if you’re too close to others nearby, or if you could afford to shuffle a little closer....

May 29, 2020 · 3 min · 436 words · Denise Cortez

Google makes it even easier to delete unwanted URL suggestions in Chrome

Google makes it even easier to delete unwanted URL suggestions in Chrome Chrome has a new mouse-powered privacy feature When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Googleis making it easier to cover your tracks in Chrome by preventing certain URLs appearing automatically in the browser’s address bar. When using a web browser people have numerous privacy concerns, many of which relate to the amount of data collected and stored about online activity....

May 29, 2020 · 3 min · 609 words · Micheal Morris

Google Pixel 4a XL leaks may show us what the apparently-canceled phone looked like

Google Pixel 4a XL leaks may show us what the apparently-canceled phone looked like And possibly how the Google Pixel 4a will look When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. When it launches later in the year, theGoogle Pixel 4awill be the first Pixel phone to come without an XL variant, according tomultiple leakswe’ve been hearing for a long time, however that hasn’t stopped people creating renders to show the apparently-canceled Pixel 4a XL....

May 29, 2020 · 4 min · 719 words · Meagan Rogers

Google unveils new system for measuring your website's quality

Google unveils new system for measuring your website’s quality Sites will soon be ranked based on the quality of a user’s experience on a web page When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Googlewill soon judge websites based on how users perceive the experience of interacting with them as the company has developed a new ranking algorithm. The new update is calledGoogle Page Experienceand for site owners, it means that if the company thinks pages on your website have a poor user experience, they will soon rank lower than they do now inGoogle Searchresults....

May 29, 2020 · 3 min · 541 words · Maurice Mays

Here's why your next phone will have superfast Wi-Fi

Here’s why your next phone will have superfast Wi-Fi New Qualcomm chips could accelerate adoption of the new wireless standard When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Qualcomm has unveiled its first ever Wi-Fi 6E chips, in a move that could propel the new wireless standard into the mainstream. The firm announced Wi-Fi 6E chips for bothmobile phones(set to land in H2 2020) andwireless routers(which are already available to purchase)....

May 29, 2020 · 3 min · 493 words · Wendy James

How to fix The Simpsons aspect ratio on Disney Plus

How to fix The Simpsons aspect ratio on Disney Plus Undo the cruelty of the 16:9 ratio When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. If you’ve been watching The Simpsons onDisney Plusso far, you’ll have been forced to use the 16:9 aspect ratio that came in for new episodes from 2009 – even for older episodes created in the 4:3 ratio, resulting in botched visual gags and a viewing experience quite unlike what the creators intended....

May 29, 2020 · 4 min · 700 words · Craig Olson
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