Once again we see bureaucrats with a poor understanding of how modern technology works deny ordinary people their right to privacy, as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 12). This time it’s India, where Element is one of 14 messaging apps blocked by the Central Indian Government which - we believe from media reports - relates to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Instant Messaging vs. Email has been at war for many years as communication tools. Since you utilize instant messaging (IM) over emails more often, later is no longer relevant. However, a specific subset of users sees instant messaging as a very bothersome tool. Kindly refer to the below explicit definitions to understand the difference between Email and IM.

Excellent internal communication procedures are frequently associated with increased production, earnings, and employee happiness. Your workers will benefit from your excellent internal communications plan when they entirely comprehend the company's goals, values, and culture. However, internal communication conundrums are commonplace in many businesses. This is a problem as it can disrupt workflows, confound attempts at collaboration and lead to confusion on a company-wide scale.

Effective business communications are the key to the well-being of any company. They are responsible for clear planning, team collaboration, and coordination of the company's employees' actions, reaching agreements with partners, and successful communication with real and potential customers. What to pay attention to? Business communications are not just about making deals or managing personnel. They have their structure, principles of use, types, forms, means, and channels of application.

Do you know that only 49% of organizations are confident in maintaining clear and consistent succession strategies to develop next-generation leaders? We don't intend to blame them we understand that making succession plans is challenging. Every forward-looking owner desires to see their business continue to grow long after their active years. And they don't want their business to collapse because of the sudden exit of a crucial team member.

We are excited to announce the official launch of One-Time Send, a powerful feature designed to simplify and expedite the process of sending one-time notifications through Courier. It's one piece of a web app redesign that we started recently (dark mode shown coming soon). Based on invaluable feedback from our customers during the closed beta, we have refined and improved One-Time Send to make it even more efficient and user friendly.

Last week, the open-core team chat platform Mattermost announced that“Mattermost Cloud Free will no longer be offered after July 26, 2023.” This likely came as an unpleasant surprise to users on that plan, as less than a month before, Mattermost’s pricing page featured the promise that the Cloud Free plan would be“free forever”.

A new global survey highlights the many obstacles to productivity facing desk workers today – and the new, better ways that leaders can support them.