When people think about online communication and the opportunities for connection it provides, they quite often don’t realize the importance of virtual spaces for people with chronic health conditions, like HIV-positive African adults and adolescents living with HIV. Quite frequently, these people face social isolation, loneliness, stigma and depression. Even worse, for adolescents, aged 10 to 19 years old, HIV is the leading cause of death in Africa.

WhatsApp users were caught by surprise when they learned that some of their data would be shared with Facebook. Millions of users recently received a notification about the platform’s latest Privacy Policy Update. But the news triggered a question: how secure is WhatsApp and is it actually safe for companies? The reactions were diverse.

The day in the life of a customer support agent is not an easy one. Between staying on top of assigned tickets, dealing with angry customers, completing complicated back-end processes, answering repetitive customer inquiries, and adhering to strict company policies, there’s plenty of potential headaches that can spring up. Without adequate support and resources, 74% of customer support agents are susceptible to burnout1.

Have you ever thought about the security and privacy of the messaging services you use (email, Whatsapp, Facebook, etc.)? EU-Startups' Bernardo Arnaud spoke with Morten Brøgger, CEO of Wire, about the rising demand for secure collaboration, especially in the enterprise client segment. The following is an edited exerpt of their conversation.

Do you have customers that contact you during out of hours and although your team immediately responds once they clock in, your first response times and resolution times are simply inaccurate and your customers are dissatisfied? Or, do you offer multiple levels of support but you can't effectively track or bill for the additional service? Well, now you can.

When we introduced Miro Live Embed, we wanted to empower any partner to bring Miro’s collaborative whiteboard to their product with minimal development effort and no cost. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for anyone to have access to a powerful visual collaboration experience, whenever and wherever they need it. Today we’re excited to share some of our newest partnerships and the flexible ways these partners are offering an embedded Miro experience within their products.

Over the last few years, Twitch has become the streaming platform for gaming, esports, live coding, DJ-ing, and more. If you’re a streamer, whether for work or for fun, you know that one of the biggest challenges is building your audience and attracting viewers to your Twitch channel when you go live. Unfortunately, the options for sending notifications in Twitch are pretty limited. When you go live, Twitch will automatically send your followers an email, push, or in-app notification.