Slack competitor Hipchat adds native video conferencing

Slack competitor Hipchat is adding native video conferencing. Unlike Slack, Hipchat’s video conferencing tool doesn’t lean on Skype or any other third-party workarounds. It also doesn’t require specific hardware, additional apps, browser plugins or that users log-in to the chat. Visually, it’s a bit like Google Hangouts. Meeting participants can share screens and files, too. It’s based on the JitSi open source platform, and updates to Hipchat’s video conferen