Slack’s new and improved slash commands make it easy to integrate third-party apps like Foursquare and Lyft.
Over the last several months, team messaging app Slack has focused more and more on becoming a platform. Rather than building a million standalone features, the company has aimed to make it simpler for developers to build bots and third-party integrations within the Slack interface. Today, Slack announced the latest update to serve that purpose: easy-to-install slash commands.
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The heart is deceitful above all things, and wicked beyond compare. Who can understand it? (Please heart this)
Google’s honor is dubious. A new study shows the world’s largest tech and telecommunications firms are not protecting users enough.
No one enjoys reading the long, dense, and legalese-filled terms of services of large tech companies. However, research initiative Ranking Digital Rights did—and found that the world’s biggest tech companies are falling short when it comes to user privacy and freedom of speech. The nonprofit initiative surveyed companies including Google, Yahoo, Vodafone, and AT&T for the project.
The giant tech capital fund is investing in a free 4G service, Braille printers, GPS alternatives, and more.
Intel Capital just announced they are investing $22 million in 11 different startups, and that the venture capital arm of the tech company is on track to invest $500 million in startups this year.
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