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Google Pics: How to level up your visuals in Docs and Slides

Google's new Workspace image tool can save you serious time — if you know where to look and how to make the most of it.

By JR Raphael

6 Nov 202611 mins

Collaboration SoftwareGoogle DocsGoogle Workspace

Microsoft files patent for AI that can alter what people say during live broadcasts

By Viktor Eriksson

4 Nov 20261 min

Artificial IntelligenceCollaboration SoftwareMicrosoft

By Matthew Finnegan

29 Oct 20263 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCollaboration SoftwareProductivity Software

Microsoft Teams to get AI protection against phishing and fraud

By Viktor Eriksson

27 Oct 20262 mins

Collaboration SoftwareMicrosoftMicrosoft 365

Matrix gains ground in Europe’s public sector — but replacing Teams is another matter

By Matthew Finnegan

24 Oct 202611 mins

Collaboration SoftwareMessaging AppsMicrosoft Teams

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Microsoft’s new Copilot 'super app' unifies chat, code, agents

Microsoft’s unified Copilot could help enterprises standardize how employees interact with AI across productivity, business applications, data and development tools, while giving CIOs greater visibility into AI application sprawl and consumption costs, analysts say.

By Anirban Ghoshal

26 Sep 2026 7 mins

Collaboration SoftwareGenerative AIMicrosoft 365

Adobe's next platform for Creative Cloud? Your AI assistant

‘We want to be wherever the user is,’ says Deepti Pradeep, Adobe’s senior director of agentic AI. More complex functionality will remain in apps such as Photoshop.

By Matthew Finnegan

26 Sep 2026 8 mins

AdobeCollaboration SoftwareGenerative AI

Five years later, you can finally buy Google Beam

First announced as Project Starline in 2021, the $25,000 videoconferencing system — built into HP’s Dimensions hardware — is available now in six countries.

By Matthew Finnegan

24 Sep 2026 4 mins

Collaboration SoftwareGoogleHybrid and Remote Work

Anthropic tries to make Claude stickier with launch of Docs and Slides

The new tools expand what users can create without leaving Claude, as AI vendors compete to become the primary interface for knowledge work.

By Matthew Finnegan

18 Sep 2026 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCollaboration SoftwareGenerative AI

How visual collaboration supercharges DevOps: From ideation to IT stack optimization, seeing is believing

Intelligent visual collaboration is ideal for identifying data trends, determining areas of concern, and clarifying priorities. Because these tools intelligently create diagrams and visuals on the fly, teams can spend more time problem-solving and brainstorming.

By Jeffrey Miller

5 Jun 2024 3 mins

Collaboration Software

Teams and Copilot are changing addresses: update your firewalls

Two popular Microsoft services will be redirected to new URLs, causing problems for enterprises if their firewalls and gateways don’t follow along.

By Maxwell Cooter

12 Sep 2026 2 mins

FirewallsMicrosoft 365Microsoft Teams

Adobe’s Slack integration brings AI content creation to workplace chats

As generative AI makes creative prototyping faster and more accessible, designers could spend less time producing first drafts and more time refining and curating them, says one analyst.

By Matthew Finnegan

3 Sep 2026 5 mins

AdobeCollaboration SoftwareGenerative AI

Copilot Pages: Work side by side with AI

Microsoft’s Copilot Pages split-screen interface puts a chat window on the left and a document canvas on the right, so you can easily switch between prompting the AI and making direct edits.

By Howard Wen

31 Aug 2026 14 mins

Collaboration SoftwareGenerative AIMicrosoft 365

Zoom patches account takeover hole

The bug, labeled ‘urgent,’ was detected internally, which consultants say is a welcome change from those discovered by users or third parties.

By Evan Schuman

17 Jul 2026 5 mins

Collaboration SoftwareVulnerabilitiesZoom Video Communications

CISA urges immediate SharePoint hardening as exploits mount

Three actively exploited SharePoint vulnerabilities have landed in the KEV catalog, with security experts warning that patching alone won’t prevent business disruption.

By Shweta Sharma

16 Jul 2026 4 mins

Collaboration SoftwareMicrosoft SharePointProductivity Software

Microsoft struggles to address AI notetaker governance nightmare

As notetaking bots increasingly invade meetings, risks around data leakage and inaccurate summaries prompt action from the company, but analysts say it may not be enough.

By Evan Schuman

2 Jul 2026 6 mins

Collaboration SoftwareMicrosoftMicrosoft Teams