As people increasingly work remotely and take part in online meetings from home, a new kind of problem has started to occur: cluttered, messy or otherwise unprofessional backgrounds in conference ...

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Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. One of the things people forced to work from home don't like is having coworkers see their home in the background. Few are keen to be judged on their ...

Skype has introduced support for custom backgrounds in video calls, following the recent popularity of an equivalent feature in Zoom. The option to use custom backgrounds is part of the version 8.59.0 ...

April 23, 2020 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google There’s little I enjoy more than a the well-executed use of a silly background in a video chat. While this quirky ...

Slobs of the world, don’t work too hard KonMari-ing your apartment or office ahead of your next important Skype call. The video conferencing service is introducing blurred backgrounds so you can ...

Microsoft has rolled its long-awaited background-blur feature to Skype for the PC and Mac, returning the focus to you and away from the clutter that can distract video callers. Microsoft brought ...

Having Skype on your business computer gives you the opportunity to connect face-to-face with clients and associates, no matter where they are in the world. While the basic background for the platform ...

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If you've ever used Skype while working from home, chances are you've been wearing pyjama bottoms (or even less) on your lower half, while the clean shirt on your top half has done a passable job of ...

One of the features that has made Zoom such a popular solution for video calls recently is support for custom backgrounds. After implementing similar Zoom-like features earlier this month, Skype is ...

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