Slack

Microsoft's Teams lights solitary candle, hipsters don't notice

Slacklike turns one

SaaS12 Mar 2018 | 37

Slack cuts ties to IRC and XMPP, cos they don't speak Emoji

Gateways to close on May 15th, leaving you almost ten whole weeks to rebuild integrations

Software09 Mar 2018 | 52

Google powers up latest app it'll cancel in two years: Hangouts Chat

Chocolate fac crack a whack at Slack pack with yak yak stack

Software28 Feb 2018 | 22

Slack bots have the keys to your processes. What could go wrong? Well...

They're bots, not freakin' Skynet

Devops28 Feb 2018 | 27

IBM gives Services staff until 2019 to get agile

Exclusive 'Agile Ceremonies', Slack instead of email, but still some red tape to cut through

On-Prem26 Feb 2018 | 53

Skype, Slack, other apps inherit Electron vuln

Updated Devs, check your protocol handling, patch if necessary

Security24 Jan 2018 | 7

Slack apologises to Europe for TITSUP* services

Productivity melts, economy dives... actually, neither is true

Software16 Nov 2017 | 10

Hipsterverse horror as Slack takes Halloween hiatus

Two-hour outage sees users forced to speak to each other

Devops01 Nov 2017 | 10

Open source sets sights on killing WhatsApp and Slack

Exclusive See this IMAP, Zuck? It's pointing right at you

Software12 Oct 2017 | 52

You lost your ballpoint pen, Slack? Why's your Linux version unsigned?

No digital signature on hipster collab app means it's easy to make dangerous fakes

OSes21 Sep 2017 | 39

Chap tames Slack by piping it into Emacs

And then filtering out all the stuff he doesn't need to read

Software20 Sep 2017 | 28

Slack re-invents the extranet and shared Notes databases with cross-company teams

Everything hip is new again

Software13 Sep 2017 | 12

Atlassian releases 'Stride', because HipChat isn't hip enough to whack Slack

New collaboration tool is 'recommended upgrade' to HipChat, beats it on price

Software08 Sep 2017 | 19

Slacking off? ICO probe throws up concerns over instant messaging

Government must realise staff use Slack for official business – and make it work with FOI rules

Legal07 Aug 2017 | 20

Corporate IMer Slack pockets $250m from SoftBank and pals – report

Reports throw cold water on Amazon buyout rumours

On-Prem27 Jul 2017 |

Facebook may print money but thirsty Wall Street wants more

Analysis Monetising video... RU serious, Zuck?

On-Prem27 Jul 2017 | 15

Amazon and others sniffing around Slack

Enjoying a free version of the biz collab software? Maybe not for much longer...

Devops15 Jun 2017 | 21

Microsoft's Slack-slapping 'Teams' slips into Office 365

It's on by default, right now, with extra love for Outlook and SharePoint

Software15 Mar 2017 | 13

Slack quick to whack account hijack crack

Hipster hangout devs praised, vuln never exploited

Security03 Mar 2017 | 2

Slack flaunts enterprise handcuffs

Grid bondage puts admins in charge

Software01 Feb 2017 | 14

Chap creates Slack client for Commodore 64

Because who doesn't want Hipster chat at 320 × 200 with a side of rPi?

Software01 Dec 2016 | 28

Microsoft, Slack et al will 'laugh their asses off' at IBM's biz messaging tool

Beta version of Toscana? It's barely an alpha, yell biz partners

Channel15 Nov 2016 | 23

Slacker or Team playa? Microsoft's Mr Business takes on messaging's corporate raider

PostIt notes down for the big communications face-off

Software11 Nov 2016 | 8

Microsoft's chaps slap Slack chat brats with yackety-yak app

Teams messaging software bunged on Office 365

Channel02 Nov 2016 | 33

Slack whacks global account hijack holes

For a while there your Slack account could be hijacked with just a username

Security21 Oct 2016 | 1

Microsoft to slap Slack with Skype – reports

Cheaper than an acquisition, anyhow

On-Prem08 Sep 2016 | 20

More VC dosh, vicar? Moneymen hand Slack-a-like biz Domo $131m

"The unicorns are being dehorned" says ex-Omniture CEO

On-Prem23 Mar 2016 | 3

Slack smackback: There's no IRC in team (software), say open-sourcers

So here are some FOSS alternatives

Software17 Mar 2016 | 31

'$5bn for Slack?! I refuse to pay!' You don't pay – and that's its biggest problem

Comment Of unicorns, centaurs and the #Slacklash

Software04 Mar 2016 | 47

Skype now translates in real-time into seven languages

Redmond's also teaching it to speak hipster with Slack integration

Software15 Jan 2016 | 24

Biz jabber tool Slack realises it needs a Chief Security Officer

New hire comes from CIA-funded document management firm

Security12 Jan 2016 |

Slack to play nice with others, like Atlassian's hip(chat) kids

Investors toss in more cash to encourage third-party apps

Devops16 Dec 2015 | 12

Goodfella's attack smacks Slack chap for whack crack? It's a fact, Jack

Robert De Niro goes Raging Bull on wiseacre tech bro

Applications07 Nov 2015 | 23

Australian government Slacks off in cabinet

It's got emoji and what else do you need when you're running a country?

Legal15 Oct 2015 | 3

Speaking in Tech: Just slacking off and keeping things contained

Podcast Meanwhile, SCOTUS is getting it all wrong. Again

Storage01 Jul 2015 |

Slack raises $160m from investors, gets mega $2.8bn valuation

Company once valued at a mere $1.2bn

On-Prem17 Apr 2015 | 4

Flak for Slack chaps in yak app hack flap: User database whacked

Enable two-factor auth, says biz chat startup

SaaS27 Mar 2015 | 14