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Iristick is announcing the launch of Microsoft Teams video conferencing solution on their Iristick.H1 and Iristick.G2 PRO smart glasses. Fully optimized for use with voice commands, see-what-I-see function, screen, and file-sharing capabilities. Providing a completely hands-free option for remote assistance and collaboration. The 'Microsoft Teams on Iristick' solution allows
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Dubber Corporation Limited is announcing the ability to capture video recordings and perform advanced recording controls on Microsoft Teams. Dubber video recording for Microsoft Teams will deliver recording on a single platform with real-time search, keyword analytics, and AI-enriched insights. The advanced recording controls for Microsoft Teams will give users
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies is bringing Microsoft Teams Essential, the standalone Microsoft Teams collaboration solution to small businesses across Africa. Liquid is a Microsoft certified partner for the new Microsoft Teams Essential offering. Microsoft Teams Essential is a solution that brings the Teams collaboration platform into an affordable package. It provides an
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Lucid, provider of visual collaboration software, announces integration of its virtual whiteboard, Lucidspark, with Microsoft Teams. The Lucidspark integration with Teams will connect distributed teams by bringing collaboration right into their existing workflows. The new integration feature will allow users to collaborate and interact with a Lucidspark board directly within a
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Microsoft Teams is upgrading the virtual platform to accommodate larger groups for meetings and classes. As part of this new upgrade, meeting organisers who want to have more people watch a presentation or discussion will soon be able to bring together up to 20,000 participants at a go but for
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To help make virtual meetings look natural as well as encourage more engagements, Microsoft announces 'Together Mode' in Teams. With Together Mode, Microsoft uses AI segmentation technology to digitally place meeting participants in a shared background. Making participants feel like they are in the same room. The feature tries to
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Microsoft Education Lead for North, West, East & Southern Africa, Levant & Pakistan countries, Angela Nganga, shares on what learners and facilitators can do to ensure a safe digital learning environment as they learn. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, quoted South
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Microsoft is increasing the number of participants who can be viewed simultaneously on the Teams meetings stage from four to nine. The company made the announcement introducing new features to the service. How this works is that it will optimize for attendees who have video-enabled. It will then place the
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Microsoft is giving Kenya courts six months free access to its Office 365 collaboration platform dubbed Teams as social distancing rules take root in the wake of Covid-19. Open court sessions are suspended to limit exposure to the virus. Kenya courts are therefore relying on technology to continue operations and
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Microsoft announces it will start allowing users without an internet connection and those with low bandwidth connectivity to read chat messages on Microsoft Teams platform. This is to make it easier for users to continue working no matter where they are. This part of a wider upgrade programme aimed at
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