Microsoft buys Talko to make Skype better for teams
Dec21
Microsoft has been ramping up its startup purchases recently, but this time it’s buying one that already had a connection to the company: Talko, a chat app for mobile teams founded by Ray Ozzie – a former Microsoft executive. If you’re not familiar, the iOS-only service (an Android launch was planned) brought texts messages, voice clips, calls and sharing features all into one app, with the goal of enabling teams to communicate in the best way for a given project or purpose. Microsoft intends to bring those features into Skype and Skype for Business. In a blog post, the company said:…
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