New update

Slack updates its iPad app to be more like the Mac app

Joe Wituschek 2 months ago 1

Slack has updated its iPad app with a two-column layout, updated sidebar, and more accessibility features.

Borked

Slack now shows a preview, description before you join a new channel

Oliver Haslam 2 months ago

Slack for iPhone and iPad now has a new update out that will display a preview of a channel before you join it, making it easier to decide whether you actually want to do so.

Dead and buried

Slack is dropping support for iOS 13 on iPhone and iPad

Oliver Haslam 2 months ago

Slack has announced that it will no longer support iOS 13 when its next iPhone and iPad app update arrives in the App Store.

Down

Slack and Github are down [Updated]

Oliver Haslam 2 months ago

It isn't just you — Slack and Github are having problems and it could be related to a brewing Amazon Web Services outage.

Terms of Use

Apple shut down an employee Slack channel focused on pay equity

Joe Wituschek 8 months ago 2

According to Apple, the channel did not meet the company's Terms of Use and employees were barred from creating the channel.

Slack

Report details how Slack makes it easier for Apple employees to break ranks

Oliver Haslam 8 months ago

Apple employees are talking more than ever, whether Apple wants them to, or not. And it's all thanks to Slack, according to a new report.

Huddle up

Slack Huddles — for those meetings that could be emails but are now calls

Oliver Haslam 10 months ago

Slack is trying to reproduce all of those quick chats we used to have around the office by putting them into its app.

Send!

Slack is rolling out new a new Scheduled Send feature on desktop and mobile

Oliver Haslam 11 months ago

Slack is rolling out a new feature that will allow users to schedule a new message for sending at a later time.

Why?

Slack loses its mind, now lets you direct message anyone you want to

Oliver Haslam 1 year ago

Slack is now letting anyone and everyone send a DM to anyone and everyone they want. Because someone thought that was a good idea.

you're playing with the big boys now

Slack is joining Salesforce to expand its enterprise offerings

1 year ago

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.

no-one is typing

[Update] It's not just you, Slack is down in Europe right now

Stephen Warwick 1 year ago

Slack says it has isolated a problem with sending messages in Europe and will be back with an update soon.

Time to go back to email

It's not just you — Slack is down around the world [Update: Back up]

Harish Jonnalagadda 2 years ago

Slack is down around the world, with users reporting issues connecting to the service. The company is aware of the issue, and is working on a fix.

20.05.10

Slack for iOS gets major overhaul in latest update

Stephen Warwick 2 years ago

Popular business app Slack has been updated on iOS, bringing a total overhaul to its user interface

several million people are typing

Slack breaks user record as millions work from home

Stephen Warwick 2 years ago

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.

the dark side

Slack's new dark mode is now available for Mac and other desktop apps

Sean Endicott 2 years ago

Slack has a new dark mode that's available across all platforms. It also has new themes to go along with the dark mode.