As frontline workers eye the exit, digital tools can aid staff retention
Employee retention has become a priority and new digital tools are increasingly seen as an important way to keep frontline workers from leaving.
Employee retention has become a priority and new digital tools are increasingly seen as an important way to keep frontline workers from leaving.
Software developers spend a third of their week in meetings on average — with those at large companies facing the most packed schedules.
Financial institutions are being hit with millions of dollars in fines from regulators concerned about the use of messaging apps.
Microsoft has offered up its take on Facebook and Instagram Stories at Inspire, as Yammer Communities becomes Viva Engage.
Huddles have become the fastest-adopted feature in Slack’s history, the vendor said, helping reduce time spent in online meetings.
Freeform is due out later this year, but its availability on Apple devices could keep it from gaining ground on various competing whiteboard apps on the market.
As the labour movement gains momentum in the tech sector, Microsoft’s relaxed stance contrasts with Amazon and Apple, which have resisted unionisation.
Users of the team collaboration app can customise their profile with more personal information to help connect remote teams more effectively.
The Live Share SDK, announced at Microsoft’s Build, lets developers turn any third-party application into a “multiplayer” Teams app.
Several vendors have slowed the hiring of new staff amid rising inflation and market uncertainty; other companies have decided to cut jobs entirely.
Other updates to the vendor’s app suite include video call transcriptions, third-party app integrations for Meet, and tools to improve call quality.
Salesforce has unveiled the Salesforce Platform for Slack which includes an Apex SDK for app-building and connections to the vendor's Flow low-code platform.
WhatsApp, the popular messaging app for consumers, has also found its way into workplace communications because of of its ease of use.
Slack has suspended access to accounts for customers based in Russia, citing compliance with policies set out by its parent company, Salesforce.
Apple, Google, and Twitter are taking different paths to flexible work policies as they move to re-open their offices; Microsoft started its reopening on February 28.
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