News Seeing self on video calls leads to mental fatigue, study findsMen and women become equally fatigued when viewing their own image
Tech Zoom recalls staff to office as firms turn off remote workingThe video conferencing giant boomed because of lockdowns but the firm that became the flagship for the hybrid model has now asked employees to return in person
Tech Zoom joins parade of companies calling its workers back to the office: reportSan Francisco-based software company has told employees they will have to come to the office at least two days a week
Legal EU probes Microsoft’s Teams amid competition concernsBloc says tech giant may have breached competition rules by tying Teams to its corporate packages
Tech ‘The idea of becoming a unicorn doesn’t excite me,’ says Workvivo head after Zoom buyoutJohn Goulding, boss of the Cork-based employee engagement firm, says the lucrative deal will allow the company to scale even more quickly
Connected Cork tech firm Workvivo acquired by ZoomEric Yuan, Zoom’s founder, was one of Workvivo’s earliest backers
Remote Work Zoom says state’s reliance on legacy tech providers is ‘holding back innovation’Videoconferencing giant said public service often relies on providers with ‘outsized purchasing power’ and called for greater competition
Connected Zoom focuses on maintaining pole positionThe popular video conferencing platform is now the primary way to conduct business meetings, says Zoom’s chief information officer, Harry Moseley. And it has plenty more tricks up its sleeve
This working life: Why future of remote working should start with talking to tech companiesThe government’s strategy and adoption of the latest technologies to enable Irish employees to continue remote working could become the blueprint for other countries to follow
A picture of the futureWith a widespread return to the office planned for the coming month, at least on a part-time basis, Jason Walsh asks if the gains made in collaboration and video conferencing technology will wither away
How apps and social media changed the way we workClunky IT solutions have been pushed aside as employees expect consumer-type experiences and fast access to the apps they need
Is hybrid working here to stay?The Covid-19 pandemic imposed a new way of working on the world, but which aspects of the new order will persist and which will fall away when things go back to normal?
The year of heroes, zeros and encounters of the virtual kindThere is rarely a dull year in tech, but 2020 really did have drama and excitement in every corner. Here are the highlights from a most unusual 12 months in the sector