You’ve probably said the word “zoom” out loud more in the last two years than ever in your life. But why did they decide to name the app/website we all video chat through “Zoom” anyway?
The company was originally called Saasbee, Inc. Then in May 2012, the company changed its name to Zoom. They got the word from a children’s book written by Thacher hurd named Zoom City.
So if you’re trying to get your kids off the screens, maybe you can buy them that book instead.
One of the co-founders Jim Schienman said a quote “I loved this fun little book as much as my kids, and hoped to use the name someday for the perfect company that embodied the same values of creativity, exploration, happiness, and trust. And the name works perfectly with a product that connects us visually to one another and that always works so fast and seamless”
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