Analysis

App review: Top apps for keeping in contact during the coronavirus pandemic

By Alex Morris
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:19am, first published August 2 2020 - 11:00am
New face-to-face: On the Zoom app, you can participate in a business and social meeting with a larger group, all on the screen.
New face-to-face: On the Zoom app, you can participate in a business and social meeting with a larger group, all on the screen.

Life certainly feels limited this year, but if you have access to a smart phone or laptop with a working camera and microphone, it's incredible how much you can still see, hear and communicate. Since the pandemic struck, articles have bamboozled social media explaining why virtual meetings aren't as good for your health as the real thing. (Zoom fatigue is real; with video conferencing you can't read body language/make eye contact, etc.) However, these video conferences, calls, meetings and messages do make the best of a bad situation.

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