All your friends are using Zoom, the video-chat app that is suddenly dominating competition from Google and Microsoft
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Zoom, a teleconferencing application typically used by businesses, has become the hot new way for people to connect while social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic.
Zoom is the world's 2nd most downloaded mobile app, behind only TikTok, according to app-analytics firm Sensor Tower. Chances are, if you're one of the tens of millions of people currently working from home or out of school due to the coronavirus pandemic, you've quickly become familiar with the teleconferencing software.
A Zoom public relations representative, Farshad Hashmatulla, added, "We believe every business has the social responsibility to contribute back to the community and to society, and it's critically important during times of crisis. With this tenet in mind, Zoom is doing everything we can to provide resources and support to those navigating the coronavirus outbreak."
Two professors from the University of California, Berkeley use Zoom to teach their students through an online course.The most clear evidence that Zoom is doing well is its position atop both the iPhone and Android top-downloaded apps charts.
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