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Video app Zoom rockets to fame, with some hiccups, amid pandemic

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (top left) holds a cabinet meeting via Zoom on March 31. [10 Downing Street/AFP/File / Pippa FOWLES]

What does British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have in common with virtual happy hour celebrants and thousands of students around the world?

All use the Zoom videoconferencing application to get together while staying apart during the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

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