If you’re worried about potentially sharing personal information from your environment during your next Skype call, consider blurring the background. To do this for all calls, click on your profile picture, and navigate to the audio and video settings. You can select “Blur” under the section that reads “Choose background effect.”

Do you work on a laptop all day? If you already use an external keyboard and mouse, you should probably go a step further and pick up a stand. Raising your laptop higher can reduce neck strain by keeping your head level, and using a stand instead of other methods, like a stack of books, […]

Your display settings should be set to the right brightness level in order to limit issues for your eyes. Ideally, when your monitor displays a white color, it should appear similar to a piece of white paper in the same light. You may have to adjust your settings throughout the day. Lower brightness can help […]

Whether you use them for video calls or your favorite music, headphones are indispensable for many people. Having the volume turned up too loud, however, can lead to hearing damage over the long run. Look at the status or menu bar on your device to ensure your volume is at 60% or less. When you […]

Turning your camera on before you enter a meeting conducted via videoconferencing is a good way to simulate face time with colleagues and clients. Many companies have a corporate communications policy about whether you should have your camera on or off by default. No matter what, cover your camera when it’s not in use, and […]

It’s important to think carefully about changing your habits to work from home in a way that’s productive, collaborative and, perhaps most importantly, secure. Hackers are interested in exploiting new vulnerabilities as employees disperse. A March 2020 survey of the CNBC Technology Council found that 36% of respondents at that time already saw an increase […]