Zoom CEO Eric Yuan accidentally left his mic on mute while talking to investors over Zoom (ZM)

* Zoom CEO Eric Yuan forgot to unmute his mic during a call with investors Tuesday. * After several seconds, a coworker spoke up to let Yuan know no one could hear him. * As video calls have become the norm during the pandemic, so too have new ways of miscommunicating. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. We've all been there: it's your turn to chime in on the video call, and right when your train of thought gets rolling, a chorus of frantic coworkers chime in to say no one can hear you — you've left yourself on mute. As it turns out, even the creator of Zoom himself can fall victim to one of the most common, if harmless, missteps that comes with using video conferencing tools. CEO Eric Yuan left his mic on mute for several seconds while kicking off an earnings call with investors on Tuesday, before someone from the company's investor relations team spoke up to tell Yuan his audio wasn't coming through. CNBC reporter Jordan Novet tweeted a screenshot of the incident. the CEO of Zoom, Eric Yuan, just started talking on his company's blowout earnings call on Zoom and he was on mute pic.twitter.com/NV0VQ14SEQ — Jordan Novet (@jordannovet) June 2, 2020 With coronavirus stay-at-home orders forcing millions of workers to turn to video conferencing tools like Zoom for nearly all their meetings, slip-ups like Yuan's have become increasingly common as people try to adjust to the sometimes unfamiliar form of communication. While the tools have become more sophisticated than ever, they've also revealed the many ways they fall short of replicating good, old-fashioned in-person conversations, from lagging video and audio to triggering fight-or-flight responses to allowing uninvited trolls to crash calls. Still, video tools — Zoom in particular — are seeing an unprecedented surge in users. Yuan said in April that Zoom logged more than 300 million meeting participants on a single day. SEE ALSO: Chicago city officials tweeted an Uber promo code after shutting down public transit and imposing a curfew during protests over George Floyd's death Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Tax Day is now July 15 — this is what it's like to do your own taxes for the very first time
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PayPal parts with top advertising executive after shifting its marketing strategy during the pandemic

* PayPal's chief creative officer Steve Simpson, its top advertising executive, left the company after about a year. * The move came after PayPal shifted its marketing strategy during the coronavirus pandemic, placing less emphasis on the brand and more on catering to small businesses, said a source with direct knowledge of the marketing operation. * Simpson's departure followed that of CMO and former Apple executive Allison Johnson in May. Both "decided to leave PayPal" as the company streamlines its global marketing functions, according to a PayPal spokeswoman. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. PayPal's highest-ranking ad executive Steve Simpson left earlier this month after just over a year as part of a restructuring of its global marketing business. Simpson, who was chief creative officer, was hired to make high-minded ad campaigns to help PayPal stand out from competitors like Square, Stripe, and Apple Pay. But this strategy chan...

How to send your location on Snapchat to your friends through the app's Snap Map feature

* You can send your location on Snapchat to a single friend or to several users in a group. * To send a location on Snapchat, you'll need to visit your friendship history with a user and locate the "Send My Location" feature. * Once you send a location on Snapchat to a friend, they can tap it and zoom in to see where you are. * Visit Business Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories. Whether you want to share the location of your favorite restaurant or the address of your new apartment, you can easily send your location on Snapchat to your friends. You can do this using the Snap Map and will even be prompted to select who you want to share you location with the first time you use the app feature. You can choose to share your location with your mutual friends, a list of friends with exceptions, or a small group of selected friends. To send your location directly to a mutual Snapchat friend, you must visit your chat history through your friends li...

TikTok confirms it will sue the US government, alleging Trump failed to provide 'due process' before issuing ban

* TikTok confirmed Saturday that the company planned to sue the US government over President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the popular app. * A company spokesperson said TikTok experienced "a lack of due process as the administration paid no attention to facts and tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses." * TikTok, which has surged in popularity over the past year, was known as Musical.ly until it was purchased by the Chinese company ByteDance in 2017 and renamed. * The president on August 6 and August 14 signed executive orders targeting TikTok. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. TikTok on Saturday announced it plans to sue the US government over President Donald Trump's executive orders pertaining to its ownership, arguing the company was deprived of its due process rights. The president, who began targeting TikTok in July, issued an executive order August 6 making it illegal for American compani...

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