Remote Work

Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) said on Sunday it is buying cloud-based contact center software provider Five9 Inc (NASDAQ: FIVN) for $14.7 billion in an all-stock deal that will help it boost its presence beyond video chat. What Happened: Zoom’s first mega-billion acquisition...

Employees of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) say they will quit should the tech giant not change the requirements that they attend office at least three days a week beginning September, The Verge reported Thursday. What Happened: The employees say remote work requests are being increasingly denied post...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is doubling down on its hybrid work model and essentially saying no to employees clamoring for the option to work remotely, the Verge reported Tuesday. What Happened: Apple’s senior vice president of retail and people Deirdre O’Brien said in a video reviewed by...

Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Wednesday diluted its stake in DocuSign Inc (NASDAQ: DOCU) for the third straight session after boosting confidence in the e-signature company's ability of continuing to draw customers post-pandemic. Shares of the San Francisco, California-based...

Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Monday booked profit in DocuSign Inc (NASDAQ: DOCU) for a second straight day, after boosting confidence in the e-signature company's ability to draw more customers. Ark Invest sold 46,938 shares, estimated to be worth about $11.37 million...

Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management on Monday sold 107,900 shares, estimated to be worth about $26 million, in DocuSign Inc (NASDAQ: DOCU), a day after instilling confidence in the company’s ability to draw customers beyond the COVID-19-induced transition to online electronic agreements...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) employees are not in agreement with a policy that would see them working at their desks three days a week starting early September, the Verge reported. What Happened: “Apple’s remote/location-flexible work policy, and the communication around it, have already...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) expects employees to return to the office for at least three days a week starting in early September, according to internal communication from CEO Tim Cook cited by The Verge. What Happened: The Cupertino, California-based company, known to follow an office-...

Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management bought 123,385 shares, estimated to be worth about $27.44 million, in Okta Inc (NASDAQ: OKTA) on Thursday. Okta shares closed 10% lower at $222.40 on the day after the San Francisco-headquartered identity management company’s “solid but noisy...

Spot Meetings, a mobile and browser-based platform for voice conference calls, formally announced $5 million in seed funding led by Ilya Fushman at Kleiner Perkins. In light of the development, Benzinga spoke with co-founder Greg Caplan. Origin Story: The average American is active less than 20...

The pandemic has been hard on everyone in different ways, and though the end is in sight, we're not there yet. But, as we close in on a year and a half of working from home, we can look back with some perspective and perhaps a little pride at how we've adapted and changed. During this time...

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) said it plans to close its San Francisco office next year. What Happened:  Coinbase, which made its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange last month, announced on Twitter that the closure of its former headquarters in San Francisco is...

The pandemic forced companies into finding ways for employees to work remotely from home. In order to make this a possibility, companies harnessed technology to allow businesses to continue to operate virtually. In 2020, large tech companies such as Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Alphabet Inc (...

From now on, it will be possible to use the feature from the PC app; voice messaging has been also integrated Only WhatsApp hadn’t taken part in the jungle of computer video call services that boomed during the last year. The Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)-owned messaging service has decided to...

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) has joined the list of tech companies that haved their headquarters out of California, Bloomberg has reported. What Happened: The computer technology giant announced on Friday that it had moved its headquarters to Austin, Texas, from Silicon Valley....