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Presence Status API coming for Microsoft Teams, targeted for H2 CY2019

In Skype for Business, there are client-side “hooks” developers can use to get your presence. These have been used for different desktop side integrations, arguably the most popular being “Busy Lights” or “Status Lights” These are lights users have on their desks so people can see their presence at a glance in the Office.   Unfortunately, Microsoft Teams offers no such client-side or service side...

‘Active Status’ comes to LinkedIn, Are Status and Presence the same thing?

Interesting to see that LinkedIn has added an Active Status feature. Their FAQ implies that your status signals to others that you are “available”, but does being signed into a LinkedIn mobile app mean I’m available to all my LinkedIn network? Is being active the same as being “available”, I would argue not. LinkedIn’s status’s are “Active now” and “available on mobile” status. You also have the...

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