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Tag: Slack
Uber is investigating a cybersecurity incident after employees got a Slack message that read, ‘I am a hacker’
Uber said it's investigating a cybersecurity incident. David Swanson/Reuters Uber said it is investigating a cybersecurity incident and is in touch with law enforcement. Uber employees received a Slack message from an unknown person saying "I am a hacker," per Bloomberg. Uber has taken Slack offline, according to Bloomberg and The New York Times. Uber […]
Why You Should Slack Off to Get Some Work Done
One cautionary point: Pro-leisure science does not give permission to trance out on Twitter or graze Netflix endlessly. https://media.wired.com/photos/5afe2415c6995e4bf9e42df1/master/pass/2606AP_thompson_web.jpg
ProBeat: 3 issues Slack needs to fix
OPINION: I’ve used Slack on and off for years, but only about a month ago did my team start using it full time. The tool is growing on me, sure, but having used a variety of alternatives, I also find it unnecessarily frustrating at times. The good news is that Slack’s problems can be fixed. […]
Slack forms safety engineering team to reduce outages
(Reuters) — Collaboration software provider Slack Technologies Inc is building a safety engineering team that will develop methods to help reduce the disruptions that have been more frequent on Slack’s service than rival systems, the company told Reuters. Recurring outages have prevented Slack users from connecting with its service as the fas…Read More
To one-up Slack, Google invites workers to hangout, chat in “Hangouts Chat”
Enlarge / Google Hangouts Chat running on a laptop. (credit: Google) Slack, Stride, HipChat—workplace chat apps that integrate with various project management and collaboration services are all the rage. It’s surprising, then, that Google hasn’t jumped on board yet. Workers are using Google Hangouts in offices all over the world, but the company doesn’t offer […]
Microsoft Teams closes in on Slack by adding guest accounts
Microsoft is giving Teams, its Slack-like app, the ability to invite any guest to a chat room. While you can invite collaborators to a Team room right now, they need to have an account in the company’s Azure Active Directory first. With the new feature in place, you’ll be able to add any business partner, […]
Teams, Microsoft’s Slack competitor, is about to become a whole lot more competitive
Enlarge / Teams looks good, but it’s unfortunate that its chat is quite bulky in a vertical direction. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft’s IRC-like, Slack-like collaboration tool Teams looks likely to pick up a couple of key features that’ll make it a great deal more competitive. The first of these is guest access. Currently on Teams, every […]
Slack launches private shared channels for more discreet conversations between businesses
Slack calls its channels for group chat and project management the workplace of the future, and today announced that channels shared between two companies can now be set to private. Even team administrators won’t be able to see files and conversations shared in private shared channels between specific employees or team members. Before today, shared channels […]
Slack has been valued at $5.1 billion after new funding led by SoftBank
Thomson Reuters (Reuters) – Software startup Slack Technologies Inc said it raised $ 250 million from SoftBank Group Corp and other investors in its latest funding round, boosting the company’s valuation to $ 5.1 billion. The latest fund-raising, led by SoftBank through its giant Vision Fund and joined by Accel and other investors, lifted Slack’s […]
