Effective communication is the key to a positive and healthy work environment. With a well-connected, happy, and motivated team, goals are easily achieved and projects move forward with less friction. Yet many modern workplaces still struggle with poor communication. Misunderstandings, unclear requirements, and confusion about tasks are common in teams that lack harmony and proper ways of communication. All of this harms employee performance.

Here’s the truth: hardly any ‘chat apps’ are left on the market. Today’s corporate messengers are not just about communication anymore. As business needs have evolved, group chat apps have become powerful collaboration tools. The chatting apps now mix team chats, audio/video calls, file sharing, and integrations with third-party apps, making them complete ‘work hubs’ designed to satisfy all business needs.

This summer, 17 contributors completed the Google Summer of Code(GSoC) program with the Zulip development community. This was the 9th consecutive year that Zulip participated in GSoC; over 120 contributors have now completed one of our formal internship programs, primarily through Google Summer of Code and Outreachy. Our welcoming community is fully committed to helping bring up the next generation of open-source contributors from a wide range of backgrounds.

‍ According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), countries with higher levels of citizen engagement tend to have more effective and responsive governments. This highlights the critical role engaged citizens play in enhancing governance. However, challenges like lack of awareness, communication barriers, and limited accessibility often restrain civic participation.

Coffee could be killing your productivity. As former Googlers say, relying on your morning cup of Joe will likely worsen your work rate. But there’s also one thing that can boost your output, not undermine it. I’m talking about the best apps for productivity. These tools save us time, effort, and money—even if we indulge ourselves in a cup of coffee occasionally. So, let’s talk about business productivity apps. At Chanty, we are keen on exploring digital tools.

Telegram is well on its way to becoming one of the most popular social media platforms. It started as a simple messaging app, but nowadays, there are over 500 million Telegram members. This makes Telegram one of the smartest ways to reach your target audience. However, getting more Telegram channel members isn't always so easy. There are also other Telegram channels that are your competition.

When you're polishing your CV for remote job opportunities, emphasizing the right skills can really make you stand out. It's not just about listing them and leaving the rest to a fancy CV maker; you need to show that you can excel in a virtual setting. Have you thought about how your self-motivation and adaptability appear to potential employers? And what about your tech skills—are you effectively demonstrating your ability to tackle problems on your own?

Bring your Salesforce CRM data together with your customer-focused conversations in Slack to keep work moving forward.

Fast Company recently covered NATO ACT’s partnership with us to create its NI2CE Messenger, an exploratory initiative to investigate the potential of a digitally sovereign messenger. For experimental use within NATO ACT, NI2CE (NATO Interoperable Instant Communication Environment) is a sovereign and secure messenger that aims to complement existing NATO communication solutions with a secure Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) style messenger for ‘non classified’ use.