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Zoom vs. Google Meet

OVER THE PAST DECADE, the proliferation of camera-enabled devices and free video calling platforms has made video conferencing accessible to all. Even your grandparents have probably been getting in on the act. Of course, the pandemic really kicked things up a gear but, even as life slowly returns to normal, we’re still heavily reliant on the technology. Whether it’s business meetings, remote working, or family gatherings, video conferences kept our lives going during a tricky couple of years. And now we’ve gotten used to it, that doesn’t look like it’s going to change.

Video conferencing is nothing new, and the concept has been around for a while. At the 1964 World’s Fair in New York,

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