covid era
Alarm.com's touchless video doorbell is built for the COVID era
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a lot of people have turned to delivery services to get food and other essential items. If you own a video doorbell, that means it's probably got a lot of use and become a hotbed for germs and the virus. So it was only a matter of time before a company developed a solution to that problem. Alarm.com announced a new doorbell today. The company claims it's the first commercially available video doorbell you can activate without touching the device itself. If you're visiting someone with a Touchless Video Doorbell, all you have to do to ring the chime is move into a virtual ground zone defined by the homeowner.
Among Us is the ultimate party game of the Covid era
There are 10 crew members trapped on a spacecraft, carrying out menial tasks to maintain vital systems, but at least one of them is an imposter who wants to sabotage their work and if possible, murder them. What sounds like the premise of a particularly bleak science-fiction movie is in fact the set-up of one of the most popular video games of the year. Developed by a three-person team at InnerSloth and launched to virtual obscurity in 2018, Among Us has suddenly become one of the biggest games on PC and mobile, attracting more than 85m players in the last six months. It's so successful, InnerSloth recently abandoned plans to work on a sequel, instead piling their resources into the original. No one, it seems, is more surprised about the success of this game than its creators.
AI & B2B Social Selling In The Covid Era (via Passle)
Lockdowns are lifting but customers aren't rushing back to their offices in a hurry. The Covid era fast-tracked sales professionals into a world of digital selling whether they were ready for it or not. Grounded sales teams have quickly had to learn how to network and engage digitally. Before Covid, the average sales person spent 36% of their time in contact/meeting customers. During Covid, 77% of sales professionals said they're holding more virtual meetings.