Tag: slack
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Slack just raised another $US200 million
Everyone’s favourite office messenger app Slack have announced that they just raised $US200 million at a $US3.8 billion post-money valuation. With investors like Thrive Capital, Accel and Index Ventures, the company’s total funding now sits at a whopping $US540 million. Not bad for a company that gained success after failing as a video game business.…
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Slacking Off on Slack
Emails are so 2006 these days with offices around the world flocking to group instant-messaging platforms like Slack to communicate with co-workers. It allows users to send messages individually or in group chats. Surprisingly, the computer-messaging program was created by accident from the failure of a computer game. Slack director of customer experience, Ali Rayl…