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Slack raises $250M from SoftBank; Now valued at $5.1B
Software startup Slack has been valued at $5.1 billion after its recent round of financing from SoftBank where it raised $250 million. The latest funding led by SoftBank through its Vision Fund and joined by Accel and other investors have lifted
Slack launches new message menus to boost workflow tools
Slack, the team chat app which now has over 5 million daily active users, is launching new in-message drop-down menus designed to help its users better connect with apps they need at work. With new message menus, apps integrated with
Microsoft’s Slack rival, ‘Teams’ now available for all Office 365 users
Microsoft’s Slack competitor ‘Teams’ is now available in 181 countries and 19 languages worldwide, the company announced yesterday. Designed primarily for the workplace, the new chat-based software that was launched in a preview last November is available for free for all 85 million monthly
Google splits Hangouts into ‘Chat’ and ‘Meet’ to take on Slack
Google finally looks ready with a clear strategy for all its messaging products- Duo, Allo, Meet, Chat and Hangouts. At its Google Cloud Next Conference, the company gave an enterprise cover for Hangouts and stated Allo/Duo as its consumer communications apps. Starting with Hangouts, Google
Slack launches ‘threaded messaging’ to avoid crowded chat rooms
The workplace communication tool, Slack has introduced one of the most requested updates- threaded messaging on its platform that allows users to directly reply to a single conversation, avoiding confusion with other off-topic comments and requests. The latest feature has
Slack launches video-calling feature to take on Skype
Just a day after Skype launched real-time translation feature to mobile phones and landlines, its arch-rival Slack has launched video-calling feature, both one-to-one and group video calling. Slack says the video calling feature will be available first on Slack for
Slack partners Google for new Google Drive integrations
In a bid to become the de facto communications portal in the enterprise workflow, Slack has entered into a strategic partnership with Google Cloud which will bring a number of new features, including deeper integrations with Google services, to its
Facebook Workplace launches custom integrations adding support for apps & in-house software
Facebook Workplace, formerly known as Facebook at work, was supposed to be launched way back in 2015. But it didn’t and was launched in 2016. Meanwhile, came up Slack, an instant messaging service for businesses, which by now has more
A 7” heel on the treadmill! Post-Slack Offices arriving?
Pratima H INDIA: No matter how ‘in’ it is out there, or if it’s the exact
Tech Entrepreneurs: 20 Slack Communities you might want to join
Human beings are social animals. They need a community to realize their full potential. And obviously,
Unicorns : Champions and Losers
Times have changed. It’s a new era for unicorn startups. Silicon Valley markdowns, the perceptive shift
