Zoom videoconferencing application is being used to get together while staying apart during coronavirus pandemic
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX banned its employees from using the Zoom app
Zoom is struggling to cope with the surge in users amid the coronavirus outbreak
Microsoft Teams chat and conferencing app gained more than 12 million daily users
The global pandemic status has forced companies to rely heavily on business conferencing tools
As the company faces intense competition from Microsoft and others
Direct listing can also be riskier in terms of share price volatility compared with an IPO
It is the latest tech company looking to go public this year
Direct listing will raise no cash but will enable employees and early investors to sell their shares in the tech firm
The number of paying customers using Slack has risen by more than 50 per cent over the past five years