In any video call, you want to be visible, otherwise, you’d use a standard voice call or text to communicate. Video has the advantage of letting you see other people’s reactions and letting your own be visible too. … [Read more...] about Google Duo on Android: How To Enable Low-Light Mode
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Zoom: How to Change the Size of the Text in Chat Windows
Zoom has a big part of communication since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdowns. The move to remote working, learning, and communications has necessitated a shift in how people communicate. Zoom has seen a massive increase in its userbase by being positioned in the right place at the right time. … [Read more...] about Zoom: How to Change the Size of the Text in Chat Windows
Slack: How To Change Your Display Name
On almost any service you need to sign up with an email address. Your email address is used as it allows you to utilise well recognised ways of recovering your account if you happen to forget your password. On websites and services where you can interact with other users, you can generally configure a visible username or display name; this is done so that your email address … [Read more...] about Slack: How To Change Your Display Name
Google Duo: How To Prevent Your Media Messages From Being Saved
Many modern smartphones now have large amounts of storage, but this isn’t necessarily the case for many budget phones, mid-tier, or older phones. This means you have to be careful of what and how much you save on your phone. … [Read more...] about Google Duo: How To Prevent Your Media Messages From Being Saved
Google Duo: How To Create a Group Chat
If you want to communicate with multiple people simultaneously, group messages can be a great way to share information. Group messages allow you to keep multiple people informed and have a larger conversation running rather than relay input from multiple private chats. … [Read more...] about Google Duo: How To Create a Group Chat
Zoom: How to Prevent Chats From Being Muted
Most of the time, receiving notifications about new messages is helpful. Message notifications help you to see messages as soon as possible so you can choose to prioritise replying to them, or otherwise acting on them, whenever is convenient for you. … [Read more...] about Zoom: How to Prevent Chats From Being Muted
Zoom: How to Receive Notifications for Messages You’re Following
The chat functionality in Zoom is designed to enable communication without using the call or meeting functionality. A key part of this is following along with conversations. The easiest way to keep track of a conversation is to get notifications when new messages are available. However, in busy text channels, this can get pretty annoying pretty quickly. You can be spammed with … [Read more...] about Zoom: How to Receive Notifications for Messages You’re Following
Zoom: How to Configure the Size of Captions
If you’re hard of hearing, then captions, subtitles, and sign-language translators are likely an important part of your life. These services are beneficial to the people that need them. But unfortunately, they are not offered everywhere. … [Read more...] about Zoom: How to Configure the Size of Captions
Zoom: How to Show the Unread Message Icon
If you’re part of many Zoom chats and channels, you may find that it can be hard to keep track of which channels you’ve seen all the messages in and which channels still have unread messages. At the same time, Zoom has an unread message badge covering the corner of the chat tab icon at the top of the main Zoom window. This only indicates how many unread messages you have. … [Read more...] about Zoom: How to Show the Unread Message Icon
What to Do If Chrome Download Needs Authorization
Google Chrome may sometimes display a confusing error message suggesting you need special authorization to complete the download. … [Read more...] about What to Do If Chrome Download Needs Authorization