Editor’s Note: Skype Teams will likely get renamed to “Microsoft Teams”, and it’s set to launch on November 2, 2016. It was recently reported that Microsoft wanted to buy Slack for $8 billion. Slack, for those unfamiliar, is a messaging app for teams that’s been getting quite popular recently. Now, Microsoft is working on a direct Slack competitor under the Skype brand, according to people familia
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