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Zoom is adding new features to compete with Slack, Calendly, Google and Microsoft
Weeks after laying off 1,300 people (or 15% of the staff), Zoom is introducing new features to compete with numerous companies including Slack, Calendly, Google, and Microsoft. These features include
Microsoft rebuilt Teams from the ground up, promises 2x faster performance
Teams, Microsoft’s Slack rival, has always had a bit of a reputation for being slow and resource-hungry. Given that it always felt like Microsoft hurried the service’s launch to respond to
ByteDance’s Slack-like tool generated $100M in 2022
Feishu, ByteDance’s workplace collaboration app, surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue last year, Xie Xin, the chief executive of Feishu, told staff Thursday, according to a person
Stashpad is a notepad for devs with a ‘DM to yourself’ interface
It’s hard to develop a personal note-taking habit. Many folks just resort to using a default app like Apple’s Notes app or sending something to themselves on Slack. It’s fine if you
On Dropbox, Slack pings and Twitter moderation
The stories behind Dropbox, Slack and now Twitter moderation showcase the massive complexity of building and running digital services.
Slack’s new CEO, Lidiane Jones, brings two decades of product experience to the job
We've heard a lot about Stewart Butterfield stepping down as Slack CEO, but less about his successor, Lidiane Jones.
As Butterfield exits stage left, it’s fair to wonder what’s happening at Salesforce
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield was the third Salesforce exec to step down in less than a week.
Confirmed: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield stepping down in January
Just days after Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor announced his resignation, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield announced that he will be stepping down in January. Business Insider first reported the news. Tec
TheGist taps AI to summarize Slack channels and threads
Itay Dressler and Itzik Ben Bassat, who’ve held various software engineering and executive roles at startups together over the years, are accustomed to exchanging brief messages. Ben Bassat has
Daily Crunch: Revolut advises users to take caution after hacker breach triggers phishing campaign
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Slack adds persistent information layer to channels called Canvas
Slack has succeeded in large part in the enterprise by allowing people to communicate in a number of ways while integrating with many common enterprise applications. This lets you stay in Slack to get
Meta announces Discord-like ‘Community Chats’ on Messenger
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this morning that “Community Chats” are coming to Messenger and Facebook Groups. The feature allows large Messenger groups to organize chats into categor
DocuSign announces end-to-end contract lifecycle integration inside Slack
One of Slack’s main strengths has always been the ability to complete a set of tasks without having to move between multiple applications. DocuSign introduced electronic signature integration i
It’s not just you: The freemium bar is shifting
Here's another sign of the times: Free tiers are becoming less generous.
Daily Crunch: Ring wants to upgrade your apartment’s intercom system
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Slack gains new automation features, including conditional logic for workflows
In a bid to remain competitive among the growing number of workplace chat apps out there, Slack today announced the launch of new automation features designed to make workflows more shareable and disc
Venue raises $4M from Accel and the CEOs of Slack, Remote and Squarespace to give teamwide video meetings a new breath of life
Zoom has in many ways “won” the mindshare game when it comes to video conferencing: Whether you’re actually using Zoom or another service that’s wrapped into another platform l
Google pauses hiring, Netflix loses nearly 1M customers, and Slack increases prices
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Slack is increasing prices and changing the way its free plan works
Slack, the chat platform that serves as an online watercooler for oh-so-many teams, is bumping up its monthly price and changing the way its free plan works. The company announced the changes via blog
Accel is rolling out a new, $4 billion late-stage fund, just as certain rivals lose momentum
Accel, the 39-year-old venture firm, just pulled a major power move. It announced, via a simple blog post, that it has just closed a new, global, late-stage fund with $4 billion in capital commitments