Most of us have a little bit of Etsy in our lives, and some a lot more than others. Who hasn’t spent a rainy afternoon on a laptop doing a deep dive into stained glass suncatchers, Chinese wallpaper, or antique custard dishes? Etsy’s an excellent platform to buy and sell stuff, but what makes it great?

As of this 2019 GP Bullhound report, Slack was one of the fastest-growing software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies in history, reaching an annual average recurring revenue of $400 million in less than five years. Then the pandemic hit, and with that — well, you’ve probably seen the memes. Slack went from one of the leading business collaboration tools to a household name that remote workers everywhere rely on to stay connected to their teams.

Imagine building a house with a fully remote team. It may seem impossible, but it’s not — as long as you have the right tools. The same goes for the app development process. And at Intch, we believe Miro is the essential piece that brings us all together to develop our AI-powered business networking app. Building our product is a cross-functional process that involves a diverse, globally-distributed team.

As a UK-headquartered company, we’re perhaps the most concerned of all the companies signing the open letter that urges the UK government to radically rethink the Online Safety Bill. As currently drafted the Bill forces messaging services to break their end-to-end encryption by implementing third party scanning of decrypted content, completely undermining the security that end-to-end encryption offers.

HERE AT MIRO, WE ARE BUILDING the #1 visual collaboration platform to help you with any visualization task. One of the most effective ways to structure thoughts and organize the flow of ideas is to map them on a canvas. Thanks to recent updates, Miro now supports not only diagram mapping, but also automated mind map creation. Let’s have a look at some popular use cases and types of mind mapping that you can use to structure ideas with your distributed team.

All apps need a solid, automated notifications system. Whether it’s reminders, updates, or alerts, some notifications can be urgent and time-sensitive, in which case SMS is the most effective communication channel. Let’s take a moment to talk about what that means for you as a developer. You need to: Realistically, building this feature from scratch can be time-consuming and complicated.