you're playing with the big boys now

Slack is joining Salesforce to expand its enterprise offerings

1 month 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.

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

Stephen Warwick 5 months 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 8 months 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.

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Slack for iOS gets major overhaul in latest update

Stephen Warwick 8 months ago

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

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Slack breaks user record as millions work from home

Stephen Warwick 10 months 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 1 year 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.

A Search Away

Slack DMs and starred channels missing for some users

Dan Thorp-Lancaster 1 year ago 1

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.

It's HERE

Slack now has a dark mode for its Android and iOS apps

Joe Maring 1 year ago 1

Slack, the popular workplace chat app, is finally being updated with an official dark mode.

find what you seek

Slack's search feature just got a makeover

Tory Foulk 2 years ago

Slack has completely overhauled its internal search tools so us laypeople can use them, too.

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Your boss will be able to download all of your private chats on Slack

Cella Lao Rousseau 2 years ago

Thinking of Slack-ing off? Well your boss can now download all of your private chats on Slack.

revive the pizza party

Dominos now has a Slack Bot so you can order pizza with your coworkers

Tory Foulk 3 years ago

Are you at work right now? Are you hungry? If you use Slack, you and your coworkers can order a Dominos pizza for lunch without having to leave your chat.

Slack-moji Anywhere!

Get Slack-style emoji anywhere on your Mac with Rocket

Dan Thorp-Lancaster 4 years ago 1

If you're a big fan of Slack's emoji shortcuts, you can now use them anywhere on your Mac with a handy little app called Rocket.

Coming for you!

Slack now rolling out voice calling to everyone

Dan Thorp-Lancaster 4 years ago 7

Slack has announced that its voice calling feature, which has been in beta for months, is now rolling out to everyone.

Get in touch with Slack

Slack gets full 3D Touch support and pinned item management

Joseph Keller 4 years ago 1

Team communication app Slack has been updated, adding support for 3D Touch quick actions, as well as peek and pop.

Still in preview

Start a Skype call from within Slack

John Callaham 5 years ago

Microsoft has launched a preview of its new Skype feature that allows users of the popular Slack messaging service to start a Skype call from within any of Slack's clients.