Slack now forces you to use specific emoji depending on your system of choice. Mac and iOS users will still see Apple’s emoji, which used to be the default for all users. But now Windows, Android, and ...

Some of us are addicted to favoriting tweets, but Slack had a better idea: what if you could favorite a message with emoji? After users consistently asked for a “like” button in its app, Slack wanted ...

Slack now lets you react to a message with an emoji, any one of the 722. Photo: Slack Slack is ingraining emojis even deeper into your work environment whether you like it or not. Users were already ...

In other emoji-related news, Slack today announced that they’re going to support new emojis (including those from Emoji 5.0 released in 2017) across multiple platforms. If you use Slack on a regular ...

Last week, emoji continued their unstoppable invasion into Slack. They began popping up alongside my coworkers’ names in the popular messenger-app’s interface: First, it was just a few early adopters, ...

If you use Gboard and Slack for work communication purposes, you might be pleased to hear that you can use Emoji Kitchen creations in the corporate messaging app. Technically this means that Slack ...

Slack Technologies, Inc.’s rapidly growing enterprise messaging platform received an upgrade of sorts this week with a new feature that allows users to like posts from others by using one of Slack’s ...

Slack has released emojis into the workplace communication platform, allowing users to express more emotions in what they say. The "like" button has become very common among all forms of social media.

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Menstrual cycles don't just disappear when you're at work, yet I'd be lying if I said I've never hid a tampon up my sleeve while walking to the bathroom or underestimated just how bad my cramps were ...

Hangouts Chat, Google’s business-focused Slack competitor, is getting emoji reactions. That’s a feature that Slack has long had, so if anything, today’s move makes Hangouts Chat even more Slack-like ...

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