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Google Workspace rolls out updates to Meet, Chat and Voice
Google is looking to bridge the gap between physical and remote meeting attendees, and boost real-time and asynchronous collaborations through a new set of features across its Workspace collaboration platform.
Boomerang takes the pain out of meeting scheduling
Boomerang, which augments your email with a raft of useful features to help make you more productive, now has a fix for meeting scheduling email hassles.
At Enterprise Connect, IT pros set out their hybrid work strategies
Hybrid remote work brings opportunities – and headaches – for IT. A panel of enterprise tech leaders explained their various strategies at this year’s Enterprise Connect industry conference.
Otter.ai overhauls its popular transcription platform
The AI-powered transcription service is setting its sights on improving the in- and post-meeting experience for workers around the world.
HP to acquire Poly for $3.3B
HP takes aim at the hybrid working trend with its purchase of the video and audio equipment specialists Poly.
Mural acquires LUMA and launches the Collaborative Intelligence System
Having experienced significant growth during the pandemic, the collaboration software company has made its first major acquisition and is launching a Collaborative Intelligence System to increase the capacity for teams to innovate.
With work-life ‘integration,’ say goodbye to the 9-5 workday
Instead of forcing employees to choose between work and a personal life, companies are pushing work-life integration, effectively blurring the lines between the two. The end game? Results matter more than punching a time clock.
Nvidia GTC: Building the digital you
In the not-too-distant future, we could all be running around in multiple places as digital avatars.
BlueJeans enters virtual corporate learning space
The Verizon-owned videoconferencing platform BlueJeans has launched a dedicated Corporate Learning and Training platform to improve engagement in virtual learning environments.
Google Sheets cheat sheet: How to get started
How to use Google Sheets to create, work with, and collaborate on spreadsheets.
Slack suspends access for Russia-based customers
Parent company Salesforce has pledged to stop selling to customers in Russia because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Slack hails Apple’s new iPad Air with collaboration boost
'We recognize that the iPad is a unique device that demands the power of a desktop experience with the simplicity of a mobile app," says Slack.
Slack’s iPad app gets a desktop-like makeover
The enterprise chat service is giving its iPad app a much-needed makeover that more closely resembles the popular desktop app.
Microsoft’s Work Trend Index highlights a growing disconnect over hybrid work
The vendor’s annual survey showed a growing divide between employer and employee attitudes towards hybrid work.
Q&A: AstraZeneca CIO Cindy Hoots on COVID-19, collaboration — and change
Pharmaceutical bigwig AstraZeneca, like most other companies during the COVID-19 pandemic, had to develop a remote-work strategy for its 70,000 workers quickly. Here’s what the company did and what lessons it learned.
28 power user tips for Microsoft Teams
Take collaboration to the next level with these Teams tips and tricks.
Coda and Notion turn up the heat on Microsoft Office
The two hyped productivity software startups recently unveiled updates to their respective apps that are increasingly seen as a viable alternative to established Office software.
Cortana explained: The rocky past and promising future of Microsoft’s digital assistant
At first meant to compete with virtual assistants like Siri, Google Now, and Alexa, Cortana has been stripped of many functions and seemingly left to wither away. But its business-focused reboot may hold the key to long-term success.