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Kumospace raises new cash to replace physical offices with virtual ones

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Brett Martin, the co-founder and president of Kumospace, believes a core piece to easing the transition is workplace collaboration tools — especially video chat tools that foster a “virtual office” feeling. He’s biased, of course — Kumospace sells a video chat platform. Image Credits: Kumospace.

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Hybrid meetings: 5 best practices for better outcomes

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Offering a work-from-home option is no longer negotiable if you want to keep your teams staffed with talented employees. The key to keeping your team — and keeping them engaged — is hybrid work. This meeting model is different from all-video calls or all in-person meetings. What is a hybrid meeting? “A We just sucked at it.”

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Ameelio’s free video calling service for inmates goes live at first facilities

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Ameelio , a nonprofit startup that intends to replace inmate-paid video calling in prisons with a free service, is making inroads against the companies that have dominated the space for decades. Screenshot of the Ameelio video call scheduling interface.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Stealth recruiting, virtual sales kickoffs, Google Cloud’s Q4

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Traditionally, companies hold in-person sales kickoffs (SKOs) in January and February to network, educate sales teams about new products and devise strategies for the year ahead. The bad news was that Google Cloud accrued operating losses worth $890 million at the same time.”. Thanks very much for reading TechCrunch+ this week!

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Scoot lands $12M to inject customization into videoconferencing

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According to a poll from Showpad, 76% of employees report becoming more distracted on video calls versus in-person meetings. In a separate survey , staffers — especially new employees — say that requiring video during virtual meetings increases their work fatigue. Ed Stevens thinks he has the answer.

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Quality Assurance Approach towards Virtual Reality (VR)

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Virtual Reality Virtual Reality (VR) is an immersive media experience replicating either a real or imagined environment and allowing users to interact with the environment. VR in Different Industries Virtual Reality is getting its share across every industry.

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Deep Science: AI adventures in arts and letters

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But you can stay tolerably up to date on the most interesting developments with this column, which collects AI and machine learning advancements from around the world and explains why they might be important to tech, startups or civilization. Diagram showing X-ray views of a letter and how it is analyzed to virtually unfold it.