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Wiper thinks messaging apps could be the key to bitcoin payments
Wiper, an ephemeral messaging app that launched in 2014, has a reputation as a Snapchat clone, but it’s actually closer to Line, which uses over-the-top messaging as a platform to sell stickers, games,...
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LinkedIn puts Slack in its crosshairs with updated messaging platform
LinkedIn is either suffering a mid-life crisis or experiencing a renaissance. The company has traditionally focused on helping workers further their careers by transforming all of their acquaintances...
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Snapchat plans advertiser-supported ‘sponsored lenses’
Snapchat has found a new way to monetize its service — and this time it’s not undermining the reason it’s become such a popular social tool in the process. The Financial Times reports that Snapchat...
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Real-time Messaging in the Enterprise: Here We Go Again
There was a good Wired article, published yesterday, that bemoaned the rapidly-growing plethora of communication applications centered around real-time chat. Its author lists consumer-oriented...
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Google Hangouts Completely Shakes Its Google+ Roots
In the newest migration for Google Hangouts away from its start as a feature of Google+, the messaging service now has its own website at hangouts.google.com, losing its second class status as an...
View ArticleThe Return of Middle Managers
“That experiment broke. I just had to admit it.” — Ryan Carson, CEO of Treehouse Island, on his attempt to run the company without managers There is currently a widely-held view among organizational...
View ArticleResearch Agenda of Larry Hawes, Lead Analyst
Greetings! As my colleague Stowe Boyd announced yesterday, I am part of a fabulous group of smart, well-respected people that have joined the rebooted Gigaom Research as analysts. I was affiliated with...
View ArticleThe Internet of Things and Networks of Everything
The Internet of Things (IoT) has been a hot topic for several months now, and there are new stories about it in the business and technology press on a daily basis. While it’s easy to view these as hype...
View ArticleSlack Posts New Functionality
Slack is widely acknowledged as the enterprise real-time messaging (work chat) tool with the most traction, having passed the million daily user mark in June. It seems that the company is not content...
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Facebook Beta Launches Work Chat Application
Late last week, Facebook quietly made its entry into the work chat (enterprise real-time messaging) arena with the very limited release of its appropriately-named Work Chat application. There was no...
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