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Investors should rebalance exposure to US-focused funds; don't exit

Profits booked in these funds should be deployed in a diversified EM fund

The stampede from Silicon Valley

Regulatory burden is pushing big firms out of California

Zoom's Christmas gift: No cap on call length for free users during holidays

This covers the Christian celebrations of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the end of Hannukah for Jews and Kwanzaa marked by African-Americans, as well as New Year's Eve and New Year's Day

Zoom to now notify if your meeting is at the risk of being disrupted

Zoom has launched a new feature called 'At Risk Meeting Notifier that will help organisers identify which online meetings may be at the risk of being disrupted or 'zoombombing

Zoom's Eric Yuan, top Silicon Valley VC invest in retail-tech firm Arzooo

Funding amount not known; Arzooo is Yuan's first India investment. Bill Tai has 22 IPOs to his credit, was among first investors in Twitter, Zoom Video, Wish.com, Canva, and ColorGenomics

For companies like Zoom and Netflix, a Covid-19 vaccine dampens prospects

Shares in video conferencing network Zoom fell 4% on Tuesday after plunging about 17% a day earlier

Zoom to enhance security as part of proposed US settlement with FTC

The FTC said in a statement that the company would face fines of up to $43,280 for each future violation under the agreement

BS READS: From phones to TVs - Xiaomi's smart rise in India's gadget market

India's smart home market, worth $3 billion, is estimated to double over the next two years. Yuvraj Malik explains how Chinese electronics maker Xiaomi is working to be at the top of this market

No water-cooler gossip, but you may soon get the feel of your office in WFH

Through its Together Mode, Microsoft Teams lets participants share a virtual space like conference room, auditorium and coffee shop in a group video call meeting

Zoom to build customised products for education, medicine segments

Plans to launch 'most secured' version with best in class security algorithms by year-end

Meet the Tamil Nadu-born techie who is helping Zoom connect the world

Velchamy Sankarlingam, who heads the firm's engineering and product dept, reports directly to CEO Eric S Yuan, who was his colleague at WebEx

Zoom introduces two-factor authentication to boost users' security

Video meet app Zoom has introduced Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for additional security, making it easier for admins and organisations to protect their users data and prevent security breaches

What your Zoom background says about you

Is there no 'normal' background? Sure there is

$4 bn in hours: Zoom CEO's wealth soars as revenue jumps 355% in Q2

Shares of his virtual-meeting company surged as much as 26 per cent to $410 in late US trading as it reported a jump in quarterly revenue and suggested the explosive growth will continue.

BS Reads: The maturing of the video call

Video conferencing has brought about a cultural shift in how we conduct business. The platforms' sophisticated features have removed most glitches, but people still yearn for human contact

Zoom says most service restored after US users hit by partial outage

Zoom's stock has risen more than eight-fold since its initial public offering last year and four-fold so far in 2020, but it fell as much as 5.4% in early Monday

Techgentsia: A village-based video conferencing start-up's Zoom challenge

Techgentsia is determined to expand its presence to both Indian and international markets

Edtech start-up Whitehat Jr sold to Byju's on Zoom for $300 million

The deal is the biggest in the Indian edtech sector by far

Zoom Video halts direct sales in China, will rely on local partners

The company informed Chinese customers that sales will be conducted only through authorised partners from August 23

Customers can choose data centres to route their data, says Zoom

From January to April 2020, Zoom saw 6,700% growth in free user sign-ups in India