Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Exactly 10 years ago today, Microsoft completed its $1.2 billion purchase of Yammer, an enterprise-focused social networking platform. Despite a big Yammer overhaul in 2019, Microsoft has been increasingly focused on Teams and its new Viva platform as the hubs of communication in workplaces. Microsoft is now launching…
Excel Live inside Microsoft Teams. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft is bringing Excel directly into Teams meetings. Excel Live is a new way for Teams meeting participants to edit Excel spreadsheets together in real time. It’s part of a trio of new features coming to Teams that continue Microsoft’s focus on hybrid work. Teams is also…
Ah, the satisfaction of a good pimple pop. Credit: Deposit Photos The typical pimple is caused by clogged oil glands or bacteria in our skin, and while most pimples aren’t harmful, they can become infected (and painful), especially when they’re opened up to the outside environment. Still, so many of us cannot resist pinching them…
An investor in Instacart, Capital Group, has repriced its shares in the company, lowering its estimation of the value of the online grocery delivery service. The news follows other, similar repricings by companies like Fidelity, which also own a stake in the decacorn. It’s really not surprising that one more investor agrees Instacart’s 2021 valuation…
On this episode of Found Live, Chief co-founder and CEO, Carolyn Childers, joins us to talk about leading a company that is focused on good leadership. After a transformative experience with an executive coach who is now her co-founder, Carolyn wanted to create a product that would connect women at the VP and c-suite…
Relativity Space, a 3D printed rocket startup that’s planning its first orbital test launch this year, said Tuesday that it is planning to send a Mars lander and rover vehicle made by Impulse Space to the Red Planet as early as 2024. With the announcement, both companies aim to drastically push forward the timeline for…
At its Inspire conference, Microsoft today announced the launch of the Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty, a new solution for public sector customers — especially in Europe — who need to be able to guarantee that their users’ data is stored and processed in a given region. “Today, public sector customers can harness the full power…
Stories are everywhere — and I’m not talking about the fantasy kind. In the early aughts, Snapchat launched Stories as a way to let users share candid moments throughout the day, like catching the morning sunrise or going on a coffee run. It was a massive success, and the intervening years have spit out many…
Security vulnerabilities in a popular Chinese-built GPS vehicle tracker can be easily exploited to track and remotely cut the engines of at least a million vehicles around the world, according to new research. Worse, the company that makes the GPS trackers has made no effort to fix them. Cybersecurity startup BitSight said it found six…
The longest days of summer may be behind us, but that doesn’t mean I’m not still jonesing to relax by the pool and barbecue outside on the grill. Between flexible work environments being the new norm and wanting to maximize my outdoor time this summer, I knew I needed a device that was portable enough…