You Know What Rhymes with Zoom? Room. Facebook to Launch Video Chat Competitor

Written by zooooming | Published 2020/04/24
Tech Story Tags: facebook | zoom | messenger | messenger-rooms | facebook-video | facebook-video-chat | mark-zuckerberg | video-conference

TLDR Mark Zuckerberg announced via Facebook Live a new product called Messenger Rooms. Mark Zuckerberg was one of the primary beneficiaries of Zoom's lax security policies. Facebook is the 8 bazillion pound internet gorilla, and they are going to heavily integrate this into their existing user base: scheduling via the Messenger app, integration with Facebook events, and users can even join a Room with just a shadow account. It does come with some 'fun functionality' like adding 3D backgrounds (Zoom only allows 2D backgrounds)via the TL;DR App

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Written by zooooming | data, data, and video conferencing.
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/04/24