Email & Collaboration Industry Fortnightly: October 9, 2019

New Productivity (ben-evans.com)

      This is a very insightful post describing the rise of productivity tools that cater to specific professions.  

The Future of Work: Announcing a New Strategic Partnership with Dropbox  (bettercloud.com)

      Our friends at BetterCloud are on a mission to bring order out of the chaos of SaaS sprawl, and I personally am very happy to see them partnering with one of my favorite SaaS services.  

WhatsApp to add disappearing message feature in future build (9to5google.com)

      We're not sure whether WhatsApp will continue to focus on consumers, businesses or both. This update hints at cloning a popular Snapchat feature.  

Slack Stock Hits Its Lowest Close, Down 37% since Debut (marketrealist.com)

      Slack is very popular but Microsoft is not an easy company to compete against in the enterprise software space, and that seems to worry retail investors.