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Zoom controlled only about 7% of the market for communication and collaboration software as of the first quarter of the year, while Microsoft topped 42%, according to industry analyst IDC.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 4, 2023
Zoom expands tools and features in bid to compete with Microsoft
The company is adding word processing to its suite of tools and experimenting with novel features for meetings as it faces steep competition from Teams.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 23, 2022
Zoom stocks slump as video-conferencing company fails to grow in line with estimates
The firm's latest financial results show that its transition from an essential pandemic-era tool to an enterprise business platform is going to take longer than expected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2021
Zoom's next act is a big threat to the rest of tech
The pandemic catapulted Zoom Video Communications Inc. from a scrappy upstart into a $111 billion video-conferencing behemoth, central to the lives of millions of remote workers and other socially distant users.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2021
Imagine the COVID-19 economy before Amazon and Zoom
Online services such as Zoom and Amazon have proven their worth during the pandemic. And COVID-19 may ultimately push our society to learn new ways of using digital technologies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2021
'I'm not a cat,' says lawyer after Zoom meeting mishap
When Judge Roy Ferguson opened up virtual proceedings of a court in Texas on Zoom on Tuesday, he was not expecting to see two lawyers and a kitten.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 15, 2020
Zoom wants to partner with, not defeat, Slack and Microsoft
Zoom Video Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Yuan said the company will do a better job integrating office chatroom products from Slack Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp., betting that cooperation is better than competition for the software-maker’s growth.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 20, 2020
A digital pivot at Japan’s universities: ‘A lot of us expected to have our worst semesters online’
The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated the fall term, leaving professors and students scrambling to adapt to shifting rules and digital education.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 27, 2020
Zen on Zoom: Community meditation moves online
Several Japanese Buddhist temples have started digital Zen meditation sessions, bringing a sense of community to a global audience.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 15, 2020
‘Who’s Zoomin’ Who?’ is now an ominous question
Zoom must do more to win back confidence
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 12, 2020
Podcast platform Pocket Casts says Apple removed app from China store
New York-based podcasting platform Pocket Casts said its app had been taken down from Apple Inc's app store in China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 12, 2020
Zoom says China asked it to censor pro-democracy activists
Zoom Video Communications Inc. said it deactivated accounts of pro-democracy Chinese activists based in the U.S. at the request of China’s government, renewing concerns about the software-maker’s ties to the communist country.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 11, 2020
Zoom suspends U.S.-based activists' account after online Tiananmen event
Humanitarian China founder Zhou Fengsuo said that the group had yet to receive an answer from Zoom about why its account was closed.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 9, 2020
Three 'powers' are helping the Japanese in the new normal
Tap into your communication skills and feminine side to succeed in a world coping with coronavirus.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 20, 2020
Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom call
A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state's first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 20, 2020
People are paying real money to get into virtual Zoom nightclubs
It’s only 5 p.m. on a Saturday in Los Angeles, but the Zone — a 16-room virtual club on the videoconferencing app Zoom — is already in full swing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 20, 2020
Houseparty vies with Zoom to be homebound chatters’ app of choice
Sima Sistani has been getting through the coronavirus outbreak’s shelter-in-place order the past month in many of the same ways others have: home-schooling her 7-year-old, trading off parenting shifts with her husband, and jumping from room to room to find a quiet space for phone calls.
WORLD
Apr 9, 2020
U.S. senators told to avoid Zoom over security concerns, FT reports
The U.S. Senate has told its members to not use Zoom's video conferencing app due to data security concerns, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, even as the company attempts to stem a global backlash against its fast-growing app.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 8, 2020
Taiwan bans official use of Zoom over cybersecurity concerns
Taiwan barred all official use of Zoom, becoming one of the first governments to impose an outright ban on the popular video-conferencing app over mounting security concerns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 3, 2020
Zoom grapples with security flaws that sour users on app
During the coronavirus pandemic, it seems as if everyone is connecting with Zoom’s videoconferencing app — including, on occasion, unwanted visitors.

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