The NBA returned to action on Thursday and brought along virtual fans in an experience powered by Microsoft Teams. Some fans who missed that the tech-enabled future had arrived early… Read More
Courtside seats at a Lakers game used to be such a prestigious thing. But 2020 is a different NBA fan experience thanks to the pandemic, and it doesn’t look like… Read More
Microsoft unveiled new device management and monitoring options for Microsoft Teams and expanded the use of third-party apps within its collaboration software. Microsoft Teams Rooms Premium is a new “real-time… Read More
Slack is rolling out a new capability called “Slack Connect” that will let up to 20 companies and organizations connect securely and work together in shared channels, seeking to further… Read More
It’s one thing to hope that your video chat for a virtual work happy hour connects seamlessly. It’s quite another for a professional football team to rely on the technology… Read More
Microsoft is reporting another big jump in usage of its Teams communication and collaboration platform, reporting that it has surpassed 75 million daily active users. That’s up more than 70%… Read More
UPDATE: Microsoft posts $35B in revenue, up 15%, sees ‘minimal net impact’ from COVID-19 in quarter Will problems in the Windows PC and server supply chain drag Microsoft down? Or… Read More
Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. It was another tumultuous week in Seattle, the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis, with restaurants and bars ordered closed,… Read More
Microsoft Teams is seeing massive user growth as remote work becomes the norm amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The chat, collaboration and video conferencing app saw its daily active user count… Read More
Packing the backpack is a thing of the past — at least for the next few weeks. My daughter is a second-grade student in the Northshore School District, which closed… Read More
Microsoft and the NFL are expanding their alliance to bring more technology to one of the world’s most popular professional sports leagues. NFL players and coaches will continue using Microsoft… Read More
Microsoft Teams went down early Monday morning, gumming up the start of the week for millions of workers who rely on the tech giant’s chat and collaboration tool. Microsoft first… Read More
Microsoft and Samsung took their partnership to the next level with a new smartphone that features a built-in Teams walkie-talkie capability. The new Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro is a thin,… Read More
Microsoft is adding a new Walkie Talkie feature to Microsoft Teams that lets co-workers communicate instantly via the company’s workplace communication app. The push-to-talk tool will roll out in private… Read More
Microsoft today made Microsoft Teams workplace communication app for Linux available in a public preview. It’s the first Microsoft 365 app for Linux desktops, the company said in a blog… Read More
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield is bracing for fast-growing rival Microsoft Teams to hit 100 million users as soon as a year from now, five times what it has today. But… Read More
Rivals Microsoft and Slack are sparring yet again, this time over new growth figures that show Teams pulling well ahead of its top competitor. Last week, Microsoft said Teams reached… Read More
Microsoft Teams now has more than 20 million daily active users, a 50 percent spike in four months that puts the tool well ahead of its chief rival Slack. Microsoft… Read More
Microsoft Teams is the top dog in the competitive collaboration tool market — at least, Satya Nadella certainly thinks so. The Microsoft CEO called Teams the “category leader” on the… Read More
Slack now has 12 million daily active users, the latest indication of the fierce competition for dominance in the realm of chat and productivity tools. That figure is up 37… Read More
Workplace by Facebook, the social giant’s productivity tool now has 3 million paid users, an important milestone as the company competes with Slack and Microsoft Teams in an increasingly crowded… Read More
Slack used its first-ever earnings report to highlight growth among customers that are deep in the Microsoft ecosystem, another sign of the fierce competition between the two companies. CEO Stewart… Read More
Microsoft will retire Skype for Business Online in July 2021 and replace it with Microsoft Teams as the go-to product for meetings and collaboration. Microsoft has said before it planned… Read More
Microsoft revealed for the first time today how many people regularly use its collaboration app Teams, allowing for a clear comparison to where it stands against its chief rival Slack.… Read More
As teams grow it can be harder to build bonds between co-workers. Microsoft knows all about this, and it just released a new bot for its chat-based productivity app Teams… Read More
As Slack makes its stock market debut, there’s a major company that won’t be allowing its employees to use the business collaboration and chat app as part of their daily… Read More
Now we know why Slack made such a ruckus when Microsoft entered its territory two years ago with the introduction of Teams, even going as far as placing a full-page… Read More
Slack is battling Microsoft in the competitive market for workplace collaboration apps, but that isn’t stopping the company from integrating some of the most popular services from its rival into… Read More
Microsoft Teams is now used by more than 500,000 organizations, two years after the tool launched and kicked off a collaboration software arms race with rival Slack. Microsoft has steadily… Read More
Microsoft Teams went down for several hours Monday morning after infrastructure problems forced some traffic to be diverted, giving users who don’t have President’s Day off a little extra downtime.… Read More