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Daily Tech News Show

Salesforce takes up the Slack - DTNS 3918

Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt

Technology, News

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

What does Salesforce want with Slack and who should be the most worried about the company's acquisition?


Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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0:00.0

A tech demo shows off the usual tech things.

0:03.7

Then I'm going to jump to a link using the usual tech devices.

0:07.0

We have a pointing device called a mouse.

0:09.0

Doing the usual tech productivity tasks.

0:11.4

Now we're connected audio. You can see my work, you can point at it, and I can see

0:15.7

your face and we can talk. Except it's 1968 and it's going to set the computing agenda for the

0:20.5

next half century, then almost immediately be ignored.

0:24.4

The mother of all demos on NOAA Little More.

0:27.6

Get it wherever you get your podcasts. May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get

0:40.4

10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride.

0:44.3

So you don't have to walk home in the rain again.

0:47.3

Trains, now on Uber.

0:50.6

Tees and seas apply.

0:51.6

Check the Uber app. The Beatles, Now and Then.

0:56.6

The Last Beatless Song.

1:03.0

Out now.

1:07.0

Out now. Coming up on D.T.N.

1:12.0

What Qualcomm's new chips will mean for your smartphones next year,

1:16.0

what Salesforce gets out of Slack, and why Middle Management has the most to fear from robots.

1:24.4

This is the Daily Tech News for Wednesday, November 2nd, 2020 in Los Angeles.

1:27.8

I'm Tom Merritt.

1:29.0

And from Studio Redwood, I'm Sarah Lane.

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