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Zoom's newest challenger: Budding internet tycoon Mukesh Ambani

Like Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and other services, JioMeet offers unlimited high-definition calls - but unlike Zoom, it doesn't impose a 40-minute time limit.

Reliance launches JioMeet to take on Zoom, can support up to 100 members

Other highlights include easy sign up with either mobile number or email ID, meeting in HD audio and video quality

Digital strike: India bans 59 Chinese mobile apps on security threat

Experts say now service providers may be told to block IP addresses

An intimate peep into Dharavi's streets and its food, all virtually

Geetanjali Krishna takes a stroll around Asia's largest slum and gets a hands-on cooking lesson

'Boycott Chinese apps' campaign heats up, may have little economic impact

Apart from the boycott campaign, Indian intelligence agencies have red-flagged usage of over 50 China-linked apps as being a threat to national security.

Zoom plans to offer end-to-end encryption to free, paying customers

The company will also be using AES 256 GCM transport encryption as its default, which it describes as "one of the strongest encryption standards in use today"

CrossFit founder Greg Glassman quits after backlash to George Floyd tweet

Reebok also dropped its affiliation with CrossFit this week.

Top headlines: Amazon eyes 5% stake worth $2 bn in Airtel, says report

Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day

India's caseload tops 200K-mark, reports biggest single day spike

In other big news, the recordings obtained by the Associated Press, showed the World Health Organization struggled to get required information from China during early weeks of January

Zoom plans to roll out strong encryption but for its paid customers

Zoom has attracted millions of free and paying customers amid the pandemic, in part because users could join a meeting - something that now happens 300 million times a day - without registering

India among Houseparty's top ten markets, won't monetise user data for ads

Houseparty began picking up in India and globally in the last three months since lockdowns in most parts of the world forced people to stay at home.

VMware's Velchamy Sankarlingam to join Zoom as head of engineering unit

Sankarlingam will oversee the company's engineering, product, and dev ops teams .

Zoom's privacy glitches

Banning the platform is not the right solution

TDP chief Naidu to hold annual conference with 10,000 members via Zoom

Not for nothing is Chandrababu Naidu known as the most tech-savvy politician in India.

SC seeks Centre's response on Zoom ban for privacy breach, security issues

The petitioner, Harsh Chugh, argued that the software application was not safe and did not have end-to-end encryption

No appreciation? Come on!

In a queue to buy provisions, two friends talking over the head of another shopper, everyone a meticulously measured six feet apart

From Meet to Teams: 5 free alternatives to Zoom app for video conferencing

Zoom has some limitations, like time cap of up to 40 minutes on a free account, and privacy and security concerns raised by many critics lately

How to use Zoom app for video calls on PCs, Macs, Android and iOS devices

With people working from home amid lockdown, services like Zoom are helping them collaborate with colleagues. Here is a quick guide on how to use Zoom video meeting app across devices

Keep office going under lockdown via video conference on phone or laptop

Cost-effective video-conferencing tools are enabling team discussions and client meetings

Real estate firms bank on tech tools to generate sales amid lockdown

From Zoom calls to virtual experience centres, they are trying out everything possible to generate sales at a time when bookings have dried up.