Salesforce, known for its streak of acquisitions, has just agreed to purchase Slack for $27.7 billion. The two plan to combine their respective offerings to offer customers a comprehensive suite of business tools.
Slack could potentially be acquired by cloud computing giant Salesforce. The companies have reportedly been in talks surrounding what could be the largest-ever purchase by Salesforce.
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Slack says it has isolated a problem with sending messages in Europe and will be back with an update soon.
Google recently announced a sweeping overhaul of G Suite, unifying several of its services to make them simpler to use for workers. On the outside, this move could look like Google is redoubling its efforts to challenge Microsoft Teams and Slack. However, Slack and Teams probably have nothing to worry about for now.
Slack accused Microsoft of anti-competitive practices according to a breaking report. The report states that Slack made the accusations in an EU complaint.
Slack is beefing up its calling backbone as part of a new partnership with Amazon. Slack will now rely on Amazon's Chime infrastructure to power Slack Calls, giving the company more footing to take on one of Microsoft Teams' most notable features.
In this guide, we'll show you two easy ways to quickly delete files uploaded to the Slack app for Windows 10.
A new AI tool allows you to create living avatars of any image that you can use in video calls. You can calibrate your face to anything from the Mona Lisa to randomly generated faces.
Slack announced a new integration that allwos people to launch calls to Microsoft Teams within Slack. You can also make calls directly to phone numbers from Slack through supported services, including Zoom Phone.
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield says the company is working on Microsoft Teams integration for calling. While there's no timeline available for when the features might ship, the integration could mean Slack and Teams users could call one another regardless of which app they're using.
As millions turn to working from home, Slack has broken its user record. 12.5 million people used Slack on March 25, up from 10.5 million the week before.
Slack is one of the most popular tools used by workers to communicate in and out of the office. Today, it's getting one of the largest redesigns ever and gaining a new feature.
Microsoft Teams recently hit 20 million daily active users, far outpacing rival messaging app Slack. But the questions are whether it can sustain that growth and what the surge means for Slack.
While Microsoft highlights that Microsoft Teams has 20 million daily active users, Slack touts its engagement rate.
Slack has a new dark mode that's available across all platforms. It also has new themes to go along with the dark mode.
If you've noticed your DMs and starred channels have gone missing from Slack today, you're not alone. Slack has acknowledged there's an issue causing both to go missing for some users and is working on a fix.
Slack today unveiled a slate of new enterprise security tools that are set to roll out through the end of the year. For employees, that includes the option to use additional authentication controls, while IT admins will get access to a suite of capabilities to keep data secure.
Your Slack experience on your desktop PC is about to get much faster, smoother, and less frustrating. The company has announced its next major update, rolling out over the coming weeks, cuts its memory usage, makes the app snappier, and works better with spotty internet connections.
Despite Microsoft Teams surpassing Slack in terms of daily active users, the CEO of Slack doesn't see it as a threat.
Slack has shipped its final update for Windows Phone, though the app will continue to remain available for download.