That, start-up founders argue, is where their products come in. Rajiv Ayyangar, the chief executive and co-founder of Tandem, leads one of several software start-ups that have created desktop apps that help teams better collaborate with one another and that recreate the feeling of being in an office. The list of user statuses automatically updates to let people know if their co-workers are on a call, writing in Google Docs or doing some other task. Pragli and Tribe, two software start-ups that have been around since 2019, also offer similar products. Tribe’s software uses busy and available statuses to facilitate in-platform video calls; it is currently only accessible with an invitation.

Source: New York Times July 06, 2021 06:56 UTC