Episode 7 techLGTM - Zoom Zapp Zoom! #Zoom #Zapps #Airmeet #Hopin

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Welcome to episode 7 of techLGTM

In this episode we talk about Zoom - the leader in modern enterprise video communications and their announcement of Zapps.

What is Zoom? History of Zoom and its founder - Zoom was founded by Eric Yuan, a former corporate vice president for Cisco Webex. He left Cisco in April 2011 with 40 engineers to start a new company. ~10 year to make it a success and a mature platform.

Effect of COVID-19 on the rise of Zoom - By February 2020, Zoom had gained 2.22 million users in 2020. Daily average users rose from about 10 million in December 2019 to more than 300 million daily meeting participants in April 2020.

How Zoom compares to it’s competitors like Bluejeans, GoToMeeting, Skype, Hangout etc and why Zoom has an edge.

New players in the market - Hopin, Airmeet.

Zapps - marketplace for 3rd party apps to be integrated into Zoom. Invite only. Why this is a game changer.

About techLGTM

A technology podcast hosted by Shashank Singh, Preet Raj and Amol Sharma. Here we discuss some latest and pressing topics related to technology. We analyze how technology impacts our day to day life and what the future of technology will look like.

• Shashank Singh - Startup specialist with over two decades of experience. MBA in entrepreneurship and is an engineer.
• Amol Sharma - Serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies in the space e-commerce, AR/VR and Blockchain. Amol is an active member of VR AR Association and is an avid angel investor.
• Preet Raj - Seasoned engineering leader with Big Data. AI/ML and devops chops. MS and BE in Computer Science

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