It's really hard (nay, impossible!) to find an article that focuses on this point, but I want to focus on what's happening with Google's Smart Canvas before it disappears into the background. It's basically a flip: where we used to 'share screen' to use applications in video conferences, now we are using 'share videoconference' to work together within an application. This makes a lot of sense, as it shifts the focus from staring at each other's faces to working and communicating with something in common. And as the functionality of the shared document increases, so do the affordances of videoconferencing. It's also a good business move for Google (and also for Microsoft, which will do the same thing) as it tightly links Google Docs and Google's videoconferencing, something that Zoom (say) can't do. See also: TechCrunch,
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