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Your Google home speakers are about to get slightly worse because Sonos sued and won

The Verge

The changes seem like pretty big downgrade to Google’s multi-room audio feature that lets you synchronize speakers together and have them play all at once. We just didn’t necessarily expect it to play out this soon, given that Google has 60 days to get its devices into compliance.

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What are your most useful synchronous online facilitation practices?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That's why Nancy White's post on most useful synchronous online facilitation practices really caught my eye. Nancy takes us through a gradient of modalities and technologies for synchronous meetings. Nancy points to a few good resources on the topic of synchronous online facilitation techniques that I need to explore.

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Async replaces work calls with asynchronous voice messages

TechCrunch

Meet Async , a new productivity startup based in New York that wants to replace quick calls with asynchronous audio messages. That’s why Async automatically creates transcripts so that you can skim the content of a voice note and find the relevant audio message later. I asked several questions in an audio message.

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Google copied Sonos’ multi-zone speaker technology, US import regulator rules

The Verge

Two of the other patents are about synchronizing multiple devices over a network; one is about setting up a playback device (such as a Wi-Fi speaker) for communication over the network to begin with. Google either settled its legal matter or this new method enables cast volume controls in a way that doesn't violate the patent.

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Otter.ai expands automatic transcription assistant to Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Cisco Webex

TechCrunch

To use the new tool, users need to synchronize their calendars with the service. The business tier starts at $20 per month and includes features like two-factor authentication, advanced search, audio imports, custom vocabulary, shared speaker identification and more. The Otter Assistant is available to Otter.ai Business users.

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Go Green with Video, Audio, and Web Conferencing

Tech Soup

" Virtual meetings are live or "synchronous" interactive meetings in which each participant sits at their own computer or phone and is connected to other participants via the Internet and mobile devices. Some interesting ones are: Skype — the overwhelming favorite free audio and video calling service internationally.

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8 Tips for Facilitating Nonprofit Hybrid Meetings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We think of meeting facilitation as a real-time or synchronous activity where a group of people exchange ideas or discuss topics. In addition to the main screen in your conference room, you can also set up laptops with their video and audio at a seat at the table. They can also move the camera or adjust volume on the audio if needed.