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5 free Zoom alternatives without a 40-minute limit (KnowTechie)

If you need to host video meetings and need longer limits that what Zoom offers, here are the best Zoom alternatives.

Jitsi Meet is a free Zoom alternative that allows you to meet for a truly unlimited amount of time. If most of your meetings run under 40 minutes, Zoom is a viable option. Facebook Messenger Rooms is another Zoom alternative that offers totally unlimited time for up to 50 participants. Microsoft Teams is another free Zoom alternative with a strict one-hour limit. RingCentral Video Pro is another free app that offers practically unlimited meeting time for up to 100 participants. Luckily, you have multiple unpaid options to choose from.

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How to Start Using Zoom Avatars for Fun Meetings (MakeUseOf)

Here's how to turn yourself into an amusing animal avatar on Zoom to make your friends laugh during a video call.

To update Zoom on desktop, click your profile picture in the top-right and select Check for Updates. - Select the animal avatar you wish to use. To check your avatar abilities, go to the Zoom settings page on the web. Navigate to the In Meeting (Advanced) category and go to the Avatars section. This also means the images aren't sent to or stored by Zoom. As such, using an avatar is a nice compromise if you are security conscious and don't wish to appear on camera. It means you can be represented in the call, but as a cute animal rather than yourself!

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Councillor's on-camera meltdown enters Zoom bloopers hall of fame (WAtoday)

This has happened before. We just don't need this. I have trouble coping with it. I'm not going to participate in this nonsense.”

In February 2021 a West Texas judge issued a word of caution for those attending court hearings via Zoom to always check for filters before logging on. I’m not going to participate in this nonsense.” “This has happened before.

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Local councillor's outrageous dummy spit caught on Zoom (6PR)

A local councillor has had one almighty dummy spit at a zoom council meeting last week. Cambridge councillor Rod Bradley's outrageous outburst on April 26 ...

I can’t cope with this, this is a nonsense,” Cr Bradley says in the meeting. Councillor Bradley later responded on air to Breakfast host Gareth Parker about the shocking audio of him from the council meeting. Cr Bradley (pictured top left in the meeting) wasn’t happy about the lack of information in front of him and is then heard banging his desk repeatedly, before flicking his lamp on and off in disgust and ignoring the calls of an exasperated mayor Keri Shannon to settle down, as she desperately tries to get an unnamed person to turn off his microphone after “another desk-banging exercise”.

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