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Slack earlier this week said it now has 12.5 million users as growth surged this month.

Slack working with rival Microsoft Teams to integrate calling on both platforms

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield said both companies are working on integrating cross-platform calling features.
Facebook is introducing new features for its Live tool.

Facebook Live will be available as audio-only option for non-Facebook users

Facebook is introducing new features for its Live tool as the company witnesses 50% increase in user activity.
Video conferencing app Zoom became immensely popular as many people started working from and students moved to online classes.

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Our home Wi-Fi signals might be strong enough to pull us through some bingeing on Netflix, or a day’s work if needed. But with most us working from home now, and self-isolating to stop coronavirus from spreading - there is more than enough pressure on the internet connection at home.

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With most us working from home now, and self-isolating to stop coronavirus from spreading, there is more than enough pressure on the internet connection at home.
Airtime lets users post stuff from YouTube, Spotify to a group video call.

Justalk to Squad: More apps like Houseparty to cure your lockdown blues

Already bored with Houseparty? Here are four more apps that offer more than just video calling.
The COVID-19 screening app and the website is made in partnership with the CDC, the White House Coronavirus Task Force and FEMA so users get the most authentic information from across the web.

Apple launches COVID-19 screening website and app: Here’s what they do

The COVID-19 screening app and the website is made in partnership with the CDC, the White House Coronavirus Task Force and FEMA so users get the most authentic information from across the web.
A sales assistant (L) holds an iPad mini next to a customer holding an iPad during the China launch of the iPad mini, in Wuhan, Hubei province. Reuters/Stringer

Apple is planning a ‘Face ID’ feature for MacBooks and iMacs

The face ID security system debuted on iPhone X and since then, it has become standard in all iOS handsets.
The speaker, from the looks of it, seems similar to that of Apple’s Homepod smart speaker and has touch sensitive buttons at the top in a similar fashion.

Huawei and Devialet join hands to launch an Apple Homepod-like speaker, Sound X

The speaker, from the looks of it, seems similar to that of Apple’s Homepod smart speaker and has touch sensitive buttons at the top in a similar fashion.

Wikipedia has COVID-19 information in Bangla, Hindi, Tamil and 6 other Indian languages

Wikipedia is providing coronavirus-related information in 9 Indian languages including Bangla, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Kannada, Arabic, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Urdu.
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2018, file photo a child holds his Amazon Echo Dot in Kennesaw, Ga. Amazon met with skepticism from some privacy advocates and members of Congress last year when it introduced its first kid-oriented voice assistant , along with brightly colored models of its Echo Dot speaker designed for children. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Amazon’s Alexa can now help you diagnose COVID-19, but in the US

It’s using information from US health authorities. There is no news yet if Amazon plans to start anything like this for India

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