BlueJeans

Advertisements for Virgin's Hyperloop started appearing on my PC this morning, courtesy of something called Verizon BlueJeans.

Looking more closely, I find that the event described actually happened last November. So what is it doing on my PC? Looking more closely still, I find that BlueJeans is a virtual meeting offering from Verizon, presumably in competition, in these viral times, with the likes of Zoom and Microsoft Teams. With our having used each of these last two products just once here in Epsom, with neither product achieving anything like full functionality on these first outings. Not yet motivated to do better - let alone look at this Verizon product.

But having poked both Hyperlink and BlueJeans this morning, I look forward to a stream of advertisements for same over the next few days, popped into slots in all those web pages which rent space to Google or Microsoft.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/11/bricks-and-other-matters.html. The Hyperloop's first passengers - and most recent outing here.

Reference 2: https://virginhyperloop.com/project/regulatory-progress. How much of this will leave the drawing board? The source of the snap above. Perhaps something else that Brexiteers can be glad that we have escaped from - although if you hate Europe and love trains you might have divided loyalties.