Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Facebook moving to the corporate networking segment

Facebook has recently launched “Work Chat”, its chat version of Facebook Messenger,  designed for interacting with colleagues. This version of Messenger allows coworkers to message each other individually, participate in group chats, share photos and videos, make voice calls, and even use stickers.

According to the company, Facebook at Work has 300 companies using its platform, ranging from smaller startups to large, established companies like banks. The platform allows employers to set up new accounts for their staff. The service has collaboration features such as document sharing, discussions, announcements, groups, project collaborations, events, and more.

Its main competitors are Microsoft’s Yammer, Salesforce Chatter and Slack, and the question is whether a whole new space for work collaboration and networking is coming.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/20/facebook-at-work-gets-its-own-version-of-messenger-with-debut-of-work-chat/

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