mobility

Zoom taps Oracle cloud to handle video conferencing boom

Zoom Video Communications said on Tuesday it has started using Oracle cloud service to handle the surge in online video call volumes brought on...

Microsoft wins business software deal from Coca-Cola

Microsoft has won a five-year deal from Coca-Cola to supply business software, including its Teams chat app and tools for customer service agents. Coca-Cola CEO...

Verizon buys video conferencing firm BlueJeans

Verizon Business has agreed to acquire BlueJeans Network, a video conferencing and event platform to cash in on the work-from-home surge. Krish Ramakrishnan and Alagu Periyannan...

Hyundai Mobis expands software development in India for autonomous vehicles

Hyundai Mobis is set to expand its technical center in India to bolster software development for autonomous vehicles. The company has R&D networking in Korea, North America, Europe, China and India. Hyundai...

Free Google Meet video conferencing solution till Sept 30

Google has extended the free availability of premium features of video conferencing solution Google Meet to all G Suite users till September 30 from...

8×8 video meetings platform has 10.4 mn active users

Communications platform 8x8 announced that its monthly active users across 8x8 video meetings solutions, including meet.jit.si and the 8x8 Video Meetings platform, surpassed more...

Yelp to lay off / furlough 2,100 jobs due to COVID-19

Yelp announced it is laying off 1,000 employees and furloughing about 1,100 more due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Yelp, which was founded in 2004, has...

WeWork sues SoftBank for terminating $3 bn tender offer

WeWork’s owner, The We Company, has sued SoftBank Group, challenging its largest shareholder’s decision to terminate a $3 billion tender offer for shares in...