• Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DCMA
  • Sitemap
  • Submit
Regional Posts
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Sports
    • Politics
  • Business
    • Crypto
    • Marketing
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
    • Fashion
    • Food
  • Tech
    • Gaming
    • Gadgets
  • Science
  • Health
  • Travel
  • World
Regional Posts
  • News
    • Sports
    • Politics
  • Business
    • Crypto
    • Marketing
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
    • Fashion
    • Food
  • Tech
    • Gaming
    • Gadgets
  • Science
  • Health
  • Travel
  • World
No Result
View All Result
Regional Posts
No Result
View All Result
Home Tech

Apple’s Freeform adds another digital whiteboard option for remote work

by Editor
November 19, 2022
in Tech
0
Apple
551
SHARES
3.7k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Apple, at its developers conference this week, unveiled a digital whiteboard app to support real-time collaboration among users. The slick-looking app, named Freeform, was among the highlights offered up by Apple execs during the WWDC keynote; they described it as a collaboration tool that could be easily used for project planning or brainstorm sessions.

But could its limited reach keep Freeform from gaining traction in the enterprise, much as Apple’s FaceTime video app — unlike Zoom and Microsoft Teams — failed to reach a broad audience during the COVID-19 pandemic?

READ ALSO

Boost Your Online Cycling & Running with the Vingo App

The 6 best video editor apps for Android [2022]

Freeform can be opened from FaceTime: from there, users can access a shared whiteboard space for note taking and drawing (there’s support for Apple Pencil), and share content such as video and PDF files.

Mouse cursors are visible to all participants, indicating in real-time where other users are focused. You can also tap on a user’s icon to quickly jump to what they’re working on — which can be useful when boards are sprawling with information.

Freeform, which is slated to arrive later this year, will compete with numerous collaborative whiteboard apps aimed at use in the workplace. Mural and Miro are two popular standalone whiteboard apps, while Microsoft relaunched its Whiteboard app last year. Google, Zoom, ClickUp and Box are among the other software vendors that have incorporated whiteboards into their products of late.

 “With support for both real-time and asynchronous collaboration, whiteboard tools play an increasingly important role in enabling teams to innovate, brainstorm and co-create when they can’t be together — evidenced by the continued growth of startups like Miro,” said Angela Ashenden, principal analyst at CCS Insight. “By leveraging the group messaging features in iOS/iPadOS/iMacOS and allowing users to invite whole groups to collaborate, Apple seeks to remove the friction of shifting between apps and thereby improve adoption of its newer tools.”

While Freeform is comparable in functionality to other digital whiteboard tools on the market, the app’s availability only on Apple devices means it won’t have as broad a reach, said Irwin Lazar, president and principal analyst at Metrigy.

“I could see this being useful for individuals or among small teams who are all on Apple’s OS, but I don’t see it having the widespread appeal of more robust tools that are supported across iOS, Mac, and Windows,” said Lazar.

Ashenden agreed — to a point. “The catch is that of course all collaborators must be Apple users — but that is the same for all the iWork apps and we still see consistent adoption of these tools by around 5-6% of all employees in CCS Insight’s surveys,” she said.

Freeform will be available on iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and MacOS Ventura when it is released.

Source by www.computerworld.com

Share220Tweet138
Previous Post

Mozzarella vs. Burrata: What’s the Difference?

Next Post

Versatile 10-in-1 multitool pen – Geeky Gadgets

Related Posts

Boost Your Online Cycling & Running with the Vingo App
Tech

Boost Your Online Cycling & Running with the Vingo App

January 4, 2023
The Best Video Editing For IOS And Android [2022]
Tech

The 6 best video editor apps for Android [2022]

January 10, 2023
5 Signs You Should Invest in Job Management Software for Your Trade Business
Tech

5 Signs You Should Invest in Job Management Software for Your Trade Business

December 1, 2022
Doogee’s V30 Set
Tech

Doogee’s V30 Set To Be The First Rugged Phone To Launch With An eSIM Feature

November 26, 2022
Doogee’s First Tablet T10 Will Refresh You With Ultimate Entertainment
Tech

Doogee’s First Tablet T10 Will Refresh You With Ultimate Entertainment

October 31, 2022
Google Chrome icon
Tech

Google execs knew ‘Incognito mode’ failed to protect privacy, suit claims

November 20, 2022

POPULAR NEWS

Capitol Police Release New Video of Officer Lila Morris Beating Already Unconscious Rosanne Boyland with Stick on Jan. 6 -- But Video Is Super Pixilated to Protect Morris

Capitol Police Release New Video of Officer Lila Morris Beating Already Unconscious Rosanne Boyland with Stick on Jan. 6 — But Video Is Super Pixilated to Protect Morris

November 19, 2022
Euphoria Season 2: Maddy and Cassie's New Year's Eve Outfits

Euphoria Season 2: Maddy and Cassie’s New Year’s Eve Outfits

November 19, 2022
See Photos of Type O Negative's Peter Steele Through the Years

See Photos of Type O Negative’s Peter Steele Through the Years

November 19, 2022
Helena Citron was a prisoner at Auschwitz, the notorious concentration camp in Poland, when she was romanced by Nazi officer Franz Wunsch.

Movie reveals affair between Auschwitz prisoner, Nazi captor

November 20, 2022
Last Night in Soho's Costume Designer On the Movie's Fashion

Last Night in Soho’s Costume Designer On the Movie’s Fashion

November 19, 2022

EDITOR'S PICK

Top 4 to Manage Servers and Websites

Top 4 to Manage Servers and Websites

November 19, 2022
Best Place To Buy A Rental Property In Florida In 2022

Best Place To Buy A Rental Property In Florida In 2022

November 20, 2022
New Lenovo Legion 7 Gaming Laptops

New Lenovo Legion 7 Gaming Laptops

November 19, 2022
Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus Sings ‘Stay’ For Fans in Paraguay While Soaking in Bath – Billboard

November 20, 2022

About

REGIONAL POSTS Web Magazine is an online magazine covering international news, politics, technology, health, education, and much more.Read More.

Follow Us

Submit a News | Write For Us

Feel free to contact us for submission queries. via contact form or email us at : [email protected]

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • DCMA
  • Sitemap
  • Submit

© 2021 Regionalposts.com

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Sports
    • Politics
  • Business
    • Crypto
    • Marketing
  • Lifestyle
    • Entertainment
    • Fashion
    • Food
  • Tech
    • Gaming
    • Gadgets
  • Science
  • Health
  • Travel
  • World

© 2021 Regionalposts.com