When the CIA director’s email is hacked, is anyone safe?
Michael Morisy When locking down systems makes security worse Reading the news that CIA Director John Brennan’s personal email account was allegedly hacked, one can't help but feeling a little...
View ArticleSlack Aims to Grow Even Faster, and Your Users are in the Crosshairs
The popular messaging client has taken business by storm — but hasn't always brought along IT Slack, the interoffice chat program that has reframed how many companies talk to themselves, has been...
View ArticleIntroducing “What I use to do what I do,” a series exploring how people use tech
There are a lot of really powerful technologies out there, and the only thing more pleasurable than finding a way to make them work for us is finding out how other people might be using them too....
View ArticleBeyond the hype and into real life: How we’re using Slack
On the face of it, the cloud-based chat software Slack was solving a problem that didn't exist. Group chats existed before Slack. What makes this a big deal? Why should anyone bother with Slack? We at...
View ArticleReport: Microsoft execs wanted to go for Slack with $8 billion — but vetoed...
Instead company plans to invest in Skype Slack, which has grown like wildfire among businesses large and small, was recently targeted as a potential acquisition target by Microsoft executives, but the...
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