Unhappy about its connections with Office 365 

While you might think that there is a lot of competition for online communication tools, it seems that the EU regulators are really worried about Microsoft teams.

Another outage

Amazon’s cloud suffered yet another outage and killed off several apps and websites, including those of streaming service Hulu, office messaging app Slack and Epic Games.

Thou shalt not talk about pay equity, thou mayest talk about cute cats 

Apple has barred employees from creating a Slack channel to discuss pay equity while giving them the thumbs up to talk about cats. 

Big bet on collaboration platforms 

Salesforce closed its $27.7 billion purchase of Slack Technologies which is its huge bet on the office collaboration trend. 

$27.7 billion megadeal

Salesforce has bought Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal in a deal that might have Microsoft a little concerned.

Slack says Vole is back to its old evil ways

Slack has filed a formal complaint alleging that tech titan Microsoft is unlawfully abusing its power to squeeze newer rivals out of the market.

Slack CEO moans

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield claimed earlier this month that Microsoft Teams isn't a competitor to Slack but now he is saying that Vole wants the company dead.

Bhavin Turakhia invests $45 million

Billionaire Bhavin Turakhia is putting $45 million of his own money into building a rival to Slack and other office messaging platforms.