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How to connect while apart | Eric Yuan

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. People everywhere are using Zoom to work, take classes, do yoga — and even get married. The company’s CEO and founder Eric Yuan reflects on how they developed the world’s most popular video chat software and envisions a digital…

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People everywhere are using Zoom to work, take classes, do yoga — and even get married. The company’s CEO and founder Eric Yuan reflects on how they developed the world’s most popular video chat software and envisions a digital future that will include things like virtual handshakes and real-time language translations to rival face-to-face gatherings. (This virtual conversation, hosted by TED technology curator Simone Ross, was recorded July 6, 2020.)

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19 Comments

  1. Lightning rocket

    August 14, 2020 at 11:06 pm

    That has so much wisdom also the title blew me AWAY!! how to connect while apart XD

  2. El Bicho

    August 14, 2020 at 11:09 pm

    Subtitles needed.

  3. Jack Liu

    August 15, 2020 at 12:22 am

    Virtual handshaking will be interesting.

  4. Startup Funding Event Global

    August 15, 2020 at 2:13 am

    In times like these, we’re fortunate to have Zoom and other apps 🙂

  5. Robbie Oaks

    August 15, 2020 at 3:41 am

    terrible interviewer; simone very boring and tries to sway yuan politically on some of her final questions.

    • xlioilx

      August 15, 2020 at 5:11 am

      it’s just part of neo-science religious propaganda. the Neo-sci think global warming has nothing to do with water vapor…this new mask thing is like a hijab.

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  8. Adhe Apri Sulastri

    August 16, 2020 at 6:13 am

    Zoom in pandemic

  9. ITouchTheSky 8GladysWorld8

    August 16, 2020 at 11:23 am

    Thank you so much for creating Zoom and explaining to us the usefulness of it. I love watching and listening to both of you here on the top of the mountain in Italy.

  10. Beaucoup Merci

    August 16, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    Chinese Communist party virus! Even zoom is followed with ccp regulation and control. The better for us don’t use it never! In order to protect your individual privacy!

    • Romanski

      August 19, 2020 at 12:52 pm

      China is as communist as North Korea is democratic. Don’t fall for China’s propaganda.

  11. Donavan B LoForte RPN, RCRT, LCRT

    August 16, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    Are you aware of how many sick pedophiles use your platform, what is your plan going forward on this issue? Will you include an alert button on your platform so that we may take appropriate measures to have this person dealt with in a legal way? And with that I thoroughly enjoy using any other platform. For those interested in reporting anonymouslyafter exhausted research the best plan is to call kids helpline and they will call the police on your behalf and relay the information because we all know there’s no such thing as privacy online. I have made red Cross aware of this problem.
    I want Zoom to be held accountable and make this issue knowing to the public so they can be more aware and know what to do to take proper actions in a safe way

  12. Mariam

    August 16, 2020 at 4:20 pm

    I wonder how his version of zoom looks like…

  13. WHILDER MOTA

    August 17, 2020 at 2:24 am

    Excellent very educational interview, greetings from Venezuela

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  14. April Ellis

    August 17, 2020 at 11:28 am

    Communist

  15. W Wang

    August 17, 2020 at 5:20 pm

    Hi Eric, thanks for Zoom, but I have to remind you that the support team from zoom is so pooooooor. I have send a few time emails, still go NO reaction. very disappointing….

  16. Absolute power C language

    August 18, 2020 at 7:24 am

    I hope they care about rational computer networking

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