Can Microsoft Beat Slack at its Own Game?

It was less than two months ago that rumors of a Microsoft competitor to Slack, the messaging app popular in tech and other creative industries, began leaking to the public. Microsoft Teams has been quick to market, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announcing Wednesday that commercial customers in 181 countries are now previewing the app.…

Microsoft’s ‘Skype Teams’ Could Go Head to Head With Slack

In just over two years of existence, messaging app Slack has become an indispensable communication tool for many work teams, especially of the creative variety. Now, Microsoft—which was rumored to be interested in purchasing Slack at one point—is developing its own Slack-like collaboration tool under the Skype platform, according to Microsoft PowerUser. Like Slack, Skype…