Workplace Messaging App Slack Faces Outage on 1st Monday of 2021, More Than 15,000 Users Affected
4 years, 2 months ago

Workplace Messaging App Slack Faces Outage on 1st Monday of 2021, More Than 15,000 Users Affected

News 18  

Slack Technologies, on Monday said its workplace messaging service was hit by an outage on Monday, disrupting remote work as people returned from the holidays. The company said it was investigating the connection issues affecting users and would continue to share updates every 30 minutes until the incident has been downgraded. More than 15,000 users had initially reported issues, as per outage tracking website Downdectector. As companies around the world shift to working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for services provided by Slack and Microsoft Corp’s Teams has gained traction as offices conduct meetings remotely.

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Slack down: Users on Downdetector report issues with app and website
Trending News
1 month ago

Slack down: Users on Downdetector report issues with app and website

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thousands of users are …

Slack down: Users report issues with app and website
Trending News
1 month ago

Slack down: Users report issues with app and website

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thousands of users are …

Slack down globally: Social media erupts with hilarious memes – Check out the best ones!
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1 month ago

Slack down globally: Social media erupts with hilarious memes – Check out the best ones!

Live Mint  

Slack, the widely used workplace messaging platform, experienced a significant outage on Wednesday, affecting thousands of users globally. One X user, @jarvis_best, joked: “Is Slack down or did I get fired?” Another user exaggerated the impact, writing: “Slack being down is a tech startup’s 9/11.” While many turned to humour to cope, the outage caused considerable disruption for businesses dependent …

Slack faces major outage: Messaging, workflows and logins affected globally
Top News
1 month ago

Slack faces major outage: Messaging, workflows and logins affected globally

Live Mint  

Slack, the popular workplace messaging platform, experienced a significant outage on Wednesday, leaving thousands of users unable to connect or send messages. As the outage persisted, affected users reported problems with core features, including messaging, workflows, threads, and API-related functions. In an update on its status page at 10:00 PM IST, Slack stated, “We're still working to restore functionality to …

Slack down: Users report issues with app and website
1 month ago

Slack down: Users report issues with app and website

Hindustan Times  

Slack down: Several users on Wednesday reported issues in accessing Slack's app and website. Slack down: Reports of issues with Slack's service began spiking on Down Detector around 9.56pm. About 60% of users reported trouble connecting to Slack's app, while 24% complained about the server connection and 16% about the website. In an update at 10.26pm, Slack said that users …

Slack is down across the US as users report widespread outage
1 month ago

Slack is down across the US as users report widespread outage

Daily Mail  

Slack has gone down across the US, leaving users unable to communicate with colleagues in the middle of a workday. The company's status page shows issues hit at 10:27am ET and about 21 minutes later Slack determined 'a variety of API endpoints, sending/receiving messages, and some threads loading are also impacted. Slack is used by more than 33 million people …

‘Happy Friday’: Netizens rejoice as Slack is down for thousands of users
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Happy Friday’: Netizens rejoice as Slack is down for thousands of users

Live Mint  

Thousands of users faced glitch while using the popular messaging app for workplace, Slack, on Friday. We're actively looking into this, and we'll report back as more information becomes available,” notified slack at 2:40 pm, GMT +5:30. At that time, Slack updated its status back to ‘Up and running’ “Customers should no longer be experiencing any connection issues with Slack. …

Slack down: Users see messages disappear and duplicate as office chat app not working properly
1 year, 10 months ago

Slack down: Users see messages disappear and duplicate as office chat app not working properly

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Problems have been reported by a “small percentage” of users, according to the office chat app. “We’re …

Explained | What does the unavailability of Twitter’s Slack say about the company’s health?
2 years ago

Explained | What does the unavailability of Twitter’s Slack say about the company’s health?

The Hindu  

The story so far: While companies cannot function safely without enterprise-grade communication tools, a vast Big Tech company like Twitter whose offices and employees are scattered across the world are extra dependent on their messaging services and resource hubs. In the penultimate week of February, Twitter’s staff was reportedly told that their company’s Slack instance was under “routine maintenance” and …

Twitter employees lose access to Slack as Elon Musk decides not to pay the bill
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter employees lose access to Slack as Elon Musk decides not to pay the bill

India Today  

Elon Musk's Twitter is finding different ways to cut expenses and boost revenue. After Twitter employees reportedly lost access to Slack, some took to Bind, the anonymous workplace chat app. The report points out that losing access to Slack also means employees would lose years of chat data. It is also possible that Slack may return to Twitter if its …

Slack down: Office chat app breaks in the middle of the working day
2 years, 2 months ago

Slack down: Office chat app breaks in the middle of the working day

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Slack, the office chat app, has broken in the middle of the working …

Slack messaging app brings its own workers back to the office
2 years, 10 months ago

Slack messaging app brings its own workers back to the office

The Telegraph  

A senior executive at messaging app Slack has admitted that technology cannot replace the office and said he is bringing his own workers back to their desks. Cal Henderson, chief technology officer of Slack, said he does not expect full home working to become the norm in the wake of lockdowns. Mr Henderson said: “Being in an office seeing all …

70m people signed up for Telegram messaging app during Facebook’s hours-long outage, founder says
3 years, 5 months ago

70m people signed up for Telegram messaging app during Facebook’s hours-long outage, founder says

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Messaging app Telegram says it added 70m new users during the six-hour outage …

Signal, Telegram mint millions of new users on Facebook outage
3 years, 5 months ago

Signal, Telegram mint millions of new users on Facebook outage

Al Jazeera  

Signal and Telegram, two private messenger apps, saw downloads and user sign-ups soar during the extended downtime of Facebook Inc.’s network of apps and services. Facebook suffered a six-hour outage that spanned its WhatsApp messenger, the main social network and photo-sharing app Instagram, shutting out many of its 2.7 billion global users. Twitter Inc.’s network stayed online, with Chief Executive …

Slack didn’t break remote working, your colleagues did
4 years ago

Slack didn’t break remote working, your colleagues did

Wired  

Slack / Getty Images / WIRED We all remember where we were when it happened. The time people spend sending messages to each other ballooned from one hour and 15 minutes in February 2021 to almost two hours a month later. In his book World Without Email, computer scientist Cal Newport exposes the scale of our Slack problem: even before …

Slack down: Office chat app goes down as people arrive back at work
4 years, 2 months ago

Slack down: Office chat app goes down as people arrive back at work

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Slack has stopped working properly, just as many people head back into their …

Salesforce to acquire workplace messaging app Slack for $27.7 billion
4 years, 3 months ago

Salesforce to acquire workplace messaging app Slack for $27.7 billion

India Today  

Cloud computing giant Salesforce on Tuesday announced that it is acquiring workplace chat app Slack. “Under the terms of the agreement, Slack shareholders will receive $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares of Salesforce common stock for each Slack share, representing an enterprise value of approximately $27.7 billion based on the closing price of Salesforce’s common stock on November 30, 2020,” …

Slack: Chat app sold for $27.7bn
4 years, 3 months ago

Slack: Chat app sold for $27.7bn

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Workplace chat app Slack has been bought by business software giant Salesforce for …

Slack down: App not working properly again as messages fail to appear or show out of order
4 years, 5 months ago

Slack down: App not working properly again as messages fail to appear or show out of order

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Slack appears to have stopped working properly again, with users seeing messages appear …

Slack down: Worldwide outage hits workplace messaging app
6 years, 6 months ago

Slack down: Worldwide outage hits workplace messaging app

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Workplace instant messaging service Slack is up and working after a brief outage …

Slack launches announces new features including language support for inter-company collaboration
7 years, 6 months ago

Slack launches announces new features including language support for inter-company collaboration

Firstpost  

Slack on Tuesday announced support for four new languages and a Shared Channels feature that allows employees of different companies to work together. Slack Technologies Inc on Tuesday announced support for four new languages and a Shared Channels feature that allows employees of different companies to work together on the popular workplace communication software. Over half of Slack’s users are …

Slack Is Overrun With Bots. Friendly, Wonderful Bots
9 years, 7 months ago

Slack Is Overrun With Bots. Friendly, Wonderful Bots

Wired  

There is a Slack bot for everything. Since Slack launched two years ago, it’s been the darling app, the hot new thing for intraoffice chat and organization. "Basically I said, 'Team, we’re going to switch to this new thing called Slack for a few days and see how it works," says Ben Brown at XOXCO, who embraced the platform while …

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