Zoom Is Dead. Long Live Houseparty

Zoom Is Dead. Long Live Houseparty
Video chat platform Houseparty is now the number one app in the iOS store in Australia, Canada, and the U.K.
Zara Stone
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5 min read·
Mar 27, 2020
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Photo courtesy of HousepartyLast Saturday night, Jason Shaverin, a 36-year-old project manager in London, spent three hours talking to friends on Houseparty, a FaceTime meets Zoom meets trivia–style app that’s been blowing up since the global…
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Written by Zara Stone
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Tech+Culture f/lance journo. www.zarastone.net Bylines: OneZero, Marker, Atlantic, Forbes, etc. Author: The Future of Science Is Female https://bit.ly/stm202
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