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Slack's walkback of its new DM feature is a sign of user power

by Erika Beras
Mar 25, 2021
Within hours of launching Connect DMs, Slack changed the new feature in response to users' concerns about potential abuse.
One expert says that Slack responding to critics within a few hours means prolonged beta testing may be a thing of the past.
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Slack outage was either stressful or delightfully freeing

by Andy Uhler
Jan 5, 2021
The popular messaging platform was down for most of the workday Monday.
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Salesforce is buying messaging app Slack for $27.7 billion

by David Brancaccio and Marielle Segarra
Dec 2, 2020
It's Salesforce's largest acquisition yet.
Marc Benioff, founder, chairman and CEO of Salesforce
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What is Slack?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 22, 2019
Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield talked with Kai Ryssdal about how his platform changes work.
Slack co-founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield in Aspen, Colorado.
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How has Slack changed your workplace?

by Jack Stewart
Jun 19, 2019
Slack, the instant messaging company, is about to go public. Opinions on using it at work seem strongly divided — let us know how you feel.
A welcome email from the popular workplace messaging system Slack on a smartphone screen.
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Direct listings bypass traditional IPO process

by Erika Beras
Jan 14, 2019
Slack hopes it can repeat the success of Spotify's unusual public offering.
When Spotify went public last spring, it scrapped the traditional IPO process and began directly trading existing shares.
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Who uses chatbots, anyway?

by Sarah Menendez
Apr 11, 2016
Booking a flight? There's a bot for that. Trying to find the right foundation? There's a bot for that, too.
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A bot that takes your taco order at work

by Jed Kim
Apr 11, 2016
TacoBot, on the message service Slack, can settle arguments about lunch.
Slack is venturing into the food business through a union with Taco Bell.
Image via Taco Bell/YouTube
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Giphy CEO Alex Chung: 'We're gonna make a ton of money'

by Molly Wood
Oct 21, 2015
How one of the top gif websites in the world plans to be the Google of gif ads.
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Slack's breakneck growth

by Ben Johnson and Gina Delvac
Oct 14, 2015
Slack has 250 employees, up from 80 last winter. Oh, and a $2.8 billion valuation.
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