Mattermost has always been a remote-first company. Building a product that safely and securely allows our teams to communicate with each other regardless of geography or distance is the cornerstone of our philosophy on working remotely. Over the last year, the world of working online from home changed dramatically. Many people have been forced to move into a working situation they might not have been familiar with.

When people think about online communication and the opportunities for connection it provides, they quite often don’t realize the importance of virtual spaces for people with chronic health conditions, like HIV-positive African adults and adolescents living with HIV. Quite frequently, these people face social isolation, loneliness, stigma and depression. Even worse, for adolescents, aged 10 to 19 years old, HIV is the leading cause of death in Africa.

WhatsApp users were caught by surprise when they learned that some of their data would be shared with Facebook. Millions of users recently received a notification about the platform’s latest Privacy Policy Update. But the news triggered a question: how secure is WhatsApp and is it actually safe for companies? The reactions were diverse.

Over the last few years, Twitch has become the streaming platform for gaming, esports, live coding, DJ-ing, and more. If you’re a streamer, whether for work or for fun, you know that one of the biggest challenges is building your audience and attracting viewers to your Twitch channel when you go live. Unfortunately, the options for sending notifications in Twitch are pretty limited. When you go live, Twitch will automatically send your followers an email, push, or in-app notification.

Channel your excitement! Element Matrix Services (EMS), our Matrix hosting platform, is formally launching Slack Bridging! Having soft-launched Slack Bridging last year, EMS already provides bridges to Slack for a wide range of customers and thousands of simultaneous users.

I recently joined Courier as a Software Engineer and part of the onboarding process was to set up and configure my development environment on the new M1 MacBook Pro. This task was more complicated than usual because, with the new MacBooks, Apple has replaced their long-running Intel processors with their own M1 chip. To help you take full advantage of the power of the new MacBooks, here are some tips and tricks I picked up when setting up my own machine.