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For Intercom, All Your Customer Relationships Are Belong to You
When I started working for Intercom a year ago, the initial reactions I received were people asking: “The live chat company?” While that’s primarily the solution it’s known for, the reality is in this age where businesses flock to Facebook, Google, Slack, Kik, WeChat, and other third-party messaging services, Intercom wants to provide the same […]
Snap Has a Startup Accelerator, but Who Benefits?
A fad these days is for corporations to launch startup accelerators, a program designed to help legacy incumbents innovate. We’ve seen these initiatives sprout up time and time again, like with Orange, Samsung, and Qualcomm. In Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs view independent ones like 500 Startups and Y Combinator as a badge of honor. In many […]
How A Dog-Eared Filter Got Tech To Think Camera-First
As the adage goes, the best camera is the one that’s with you. Each successive generation of devices continues to improve the quality of captured and shared photos, and tech companies are actively seeking to capitalize on the generated media proliferation. But it’s one thing to request access to the camera and gallery on someone’s […]
Begin Tries To Solve Slack Overload With Its Task Management App
Slack has more than 6 million users on its team communication platform, but for many people, something that’s increasingly gaining attention is this concept of “Slack overload”. It’s information overload — people have so much flexibility when it comes to chatting with colleagues, be they remote or right next to them, that they are prone […]
Evernote’s Desire To Be The Workplace’s Virtual War Room For Projects
It was 10 years ago at a tech event in San Francisco where I was first introduced to a company called Evernote. Initially I was unsure about its potential — why would I want an app to keep track of things when I could just write it down? Fast forward some time later and I […]
LinkedIn To Place Larger Focus on Groups, Shutters Standalone App
LinkedIn has long allowed members to create groups on the professional social network, but most of the time the content seemed spammy and more promotional versus educational and insightful. People didn’t have a great opinion about the feature. In 2015, LinkedIn re-imagined things and released a standalone Groups app on iOS and introduced new practices […]
Airbnb and the Quest to Redefine Hospitality
Nearly ten years ago, Airbnb started with a mission to help guests find a place to stay — its origin story is well told. And just like Pinterest, Uber, Google, Facebook, and others of its generation, the company has expanded beyond its core offering to redefine what the modern-day hospitality industry looks like. In recent […]
The Ephemeral Dilemma
Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Medium, and Snapchat are just some of the apps today that have “Stories,” a way that lets you craft a chronicle of your day or journey in an ephemeral manner. Each service is jockeying for your attention and adding new bells and whistles, partnerships, and the latest technology to curry favor. […]
LinkedIn Adds Support For Native Video Sharing, Shutters Record App
LinkedIn has become perhaps one of the last online services to add native video support to its app. The company revealed on Thursday that it’s now letting some users either upload or create videos directly through its flagship app, a feature that it claims has been in high demand. The catch here is that only […]
Why These Teens Are Bullish On Snapchat’s Gen Z Appeal
Snapchat’s parent company certainly is feeling the pressure to emerge from Facebook’s shadow — everything that it does, Facebook will follow soon after and while executives from the social networking company have given credit to Snap, it’s a difficult situation. After all, as Snapchat introduces new features designed to enhance the user experience, a common […]
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