Slack is reportedly adding new features to its platform that will introduce social media-like stories and push-to-talk audio by the end of the calendar year. In an interview with The Verge, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield detailed some of the new features the platform wants to bring to its users to help them better acclimate to […]
Google is rebranding its G Suite group of productivity apps like Gmail, Meet, Docs, Sheets and more as Google Workspace along with a new user experience and new solutions as the company looks to better compete with Microsoft. Along with the rebranding are new features designed to make the variety of workflow and productivity tools […]
In the early days of quarantine and the COVID-19 lockdowns, teams relied heavily on video calls and other collaboration tools that required everyone to be doing the same thing at the exact same time. That means a remote worker on the West Coast would have to get up early for a 9 a.m. call on […]
Slack and DocuSign have announced a new collaboration that will allow users to sign and send documents with DocuSigns’ eSignature tool in the Slack app. This helps centralize even more functions directly in slack for tasks like HR, sales contracts, company policies, custom agreements and more. According to DocuSign’s company blog, the integration also allows […]
Slack is reporting unexplained issues with connecting and degraded performance today. According to Slack’s states page, users began experiencing slowness with desktop, browser and mobile versions starting around 10 a.m. EDT. “The issue is sending messages and troubles with API calls,” the company said. “Our team is looking into it and we will follow up […]
Microsoft did not have a very good week, as on two separate occasions critical services were down worldwide for several hours. The latest was early Thursday morning when Outlook was down for several hours due to what Microsoft says was an issue caused by a “configuration update.” It comes just days after a host of […]
Crestron today announced the launch of the Crestron ONE app with mobile room control, enabling a flawless control experience from any personal device. The Crestron ONE app “reduc[es] the stress of returning to work, while improving employee’s ability to find, control and present,” according to the company announcement. It’s available now in the App Store. […]
If you’ve been working from home for the last 6-plus months, you likely haven’t been driving much. I fire up my car every now and then to go to the store or just to get out of the area for a few days. But for the most part, she sits in the driveway untouched. My […]
Google is continuing its offer of free unlimited Meet calls through March of 2021 for Gmail accounts after originally setting a date of Sept. 30. The move will help keep users of the free service connected with one another after Google in April made its videoconferencing and collaboration product free for anyone with a Gmail […]
Organizations around the world have embraced remote or hybrid work with varying degrees of adoption. Some are beginning to bring their employees back to the office in full, some are doing so in phases until the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, and others like Google are offering a more hybrid approach. Sundar Pichai, CEO of […]
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