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Tencent has agreed to buy video game maker Sumo Group for $1.27B

Venture Beast

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has agreed to buy Britis video game company Sumo Group for $1.27 Read More.

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Signal adds support for encrypted group video calls

The Verge

Group video calls are rolling out now. Encrypted messaging app Signal has added support for group video calls for up to five people, the company has announced. Group calls can be started by tapping the video call button at the top of a supported group chat. Image: Signal. Image: Signal.

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Video Drives Online Display Advertising Spending But With Some Limitations

Forrester IT

Online video offers marketers and media firms an immersive and interactive form of communication with targeted user groups. Three Chinese digital giants — Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BAT) — are investing aggressively on their online video platforms, namely Baidu’s iQiyi, […].

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Amazon launches group video and audio calling for Echo devices

The Verge

Group calling on an Echo Show. Amazon is launching a new group video or audio calling feature for Echo devices today, just in time for the holidays. Amazon is launching its group calling feature today in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the US, and the UK.

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Video Training Content: Transform Your Training Material

Kitaboo

Traditional classroom lectures are giving way to a preference for videos as the primary medium for expediting comprehension, knowledge retention, and skill enhancement among learners. Technology plays an important role in creating and delivering videos as training material. Video Training Content: A Brief II. billion in 2023.

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Telegram adds group video calling at last

The Verge

Messaging chat app Telegram has added group video chat to its mobile and desktop apps at last, something it promised was coming back in April 2020. Voice chats in any group on the platform can be turned into video calls by tapping the camera icon to turn on your device’s video.

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Scammers trick company employee using video call filled with deepfakes of execs, steal $25 million

TechSpot

The victim, an employee at the Hong Kong branch of an unnamed multinational firm, was duped into taking part in a video conference call in which they were the only real person – the rest of the group were fake representations of real people, writes SCMP. Read Entire Article

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