Rest of the Day: Amazon Launches Video Conferencing App
Amazon aims to compete with apps such as Skype and GoToMeeting with a new video conferencing app designed for professional meetings. It’s called “Call” and should be better than a regular video call. About this and much more in today’s news.
- Amazon Chime doesn’t necessarily replace face-to-face calls; they target companies that are fed up with the disappointing mediocrity of most video conferencing platforms. It is available on all major operating systems, uses secure encryption and noise canceling technology, and you can make one-on-one calls for free. Otherwise, it will cost you a monthly fee depending on how many people in your business are using it, starting at $ 19 for ten users. [Amazon]
- The privacy-focused Signal chat app can now make video calls. This feature is currently in beta testing and requires both the caller and recipient to enable video calling before it can be used. They also take advantage of iOS 10’s CallKit feature, which lets you answer calls right from the lock screen. [Open Whisper Systems]
- Twitter briefly turned off notifications that tell you when someone adds you to the list because they were used to deliberately annoy people. But the move has been widely criticized as many really want to know when they are being attacked by abusive users. The change was canceled within hours. [Twitter]
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild will have DLC. Paying twenty bucks for a hard mode and a new quest is kind of lame, but it’s a sign of the times. And any extra Zelda is a good Zelda. [Kotaku]