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LinkedIn Takes On YouTube, Facebook With Live Video Service
If you looked at the video space earlier than 2017, LinkedIn would not have been associated with it. The Microsoft-owned professional social network hadn’t dipped its toes into the media, essentially surrendering opportunities to the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and of course, YouTube. Fast-forward to today and LinkedIn is rolling out its latest feature that […]
Salesforce’s $750 Million Bet to Reimagine Productivity in the Modern Workforce
Five years ago, it started as something many people equated to being a word-processing app. Quip, started by former Facebook Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor and ex-Googler Kevin Gibbs, was initially yet another standalone service that created documents in the cloud, joining a crowded marketplace filled with the likes of iA Writer, Google Docs, and […]
User-Generated Marketing Service Chute Acquired by Private Equity Firm ESW Capital
A few years ago, companies clamored for solutions to help them capitalize on free media, the content people were producing on social media and voicing their support or displeasure about a particular product or brand. Companies created tools to facilitate communication from marketing managers and customer service agents to these influencers. Several, including Buddy Media […]
Speculating About Mozilla’s Upcoming Scout Browser App
The browser has always been a staple of the internet experience, providing a gateway to unlimited pieces of information in a visually-pleasing manner. While Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Google Chrome have often been bandied about as being the browser, there are a whole host of options with some tackling specific problems based on technology at the […]
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 […]
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