It has been more than three years since Facebook split off the chat function from its main platform to create the separate Messenger app. Ever since, the team has been… Read More
Facebook has been heavily promoting ways to bring companies into Messenger conversations, with groups like Subway and the Golden State Warriors already on board, and now the social media giant… Read More
There are already about 100,000 monthly active Facebook Messenger bots out there right now, but a new suite of tools released at Facebook’s F8 conference this week could lead to… Read More
Robots may eventually do much of the work behind the counter at fast food restaurants, but today they’re relegated to mostly handling orders. Subway restaurants announced Tuesday that it was launching… Read More
These days you don’t even need to download Snapchat to build Snapchat Stories. Facebook on Thursday rolled out yet another update mimicking the feature, this time in Messenger. Called Messenger… Read More
Guilherme Campos has a passion for games. For much of his career, that passion mostly manifested itself in his free time. He spent time at Microsoft working on augmented reality… Read More
Nordstrom is expanding on its efforts to engage with mobile shoppers, using the holiday gift-giving season as an opportunity to launch its first-ever chatbot. If you can’t decide what kind of… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s chatbot platform had too much hype. That’s what David Marcus, head of Facebook Messenger, said on stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. Facebook first released its chatbot… Read More
Facebook is bringing its latest features to the social network’s Windows apps today, with updates to the main Facebook app as well as Messenger and Instagram. While Facebook has apps for Windows 8, today’s update… Read More
You can now request home improvement services from Pro.com with a few text messages or directly within Facebook Messenger. The Seattle startup that’s looking to create one-stop shopping for home… Read More
Aran Khanna’s phone rang at 3 p.m. on May 29. That was a Friday, and on Monday he was scheduled to begin his dream internship at Facebook. The Bellevue, Wash.-native-turned-Harvard-student had already… Read More
Facebook is opening up its messaging platform to anyone. The social networking giant today announced that users in the U.S., Canada, Peru and Venezuela can now use Facebook Messenger even… Read More
Good news for those that like using Facebook’s messaging feature on their computer or laptop but don’t want to be distracted by the News Feed. Facebook today launched a standalone Messenger app for web… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — As expected, Facebook is opening up its Messenger app to developers and other partners to expand its reach with a new Messenger Platform. Facebook founder and CEO… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO–Developers from all over the world have gathered at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center for F8, a conference put on by Facebook to showcase its new tools. Company founder… Read More
Last night, Facebook gave what seems to be an unintentional early glimpse of its future plans to people who have the companion app for the company’s F8 developer conference installed… Read More
People who owe their friends a few bucks after a night on the town have a new way to get the money back to them. Facebook announced today that it… Read More
Microsoft is dropping support for Facebook and Google chat from its Outlook.com web-based email service. In an email to Outlook.com users, the company said that it will be dropping support… Read More
As it turns out, requiring Facebook’s users to install the company’s Messenger app if they want to talk with their friends on mobile has done wonders for that app’s user… Read More
We all have that one friend who conveniently forgets to pay after a night out on the town. Now, it looks like Facebook wants to make it easier to get… Read More
Facebook launched an iPad version of its Messenger app today, which means that members of the company’s social network will now have a place to go just to chat with their… Read More
Facebook updated its Messenger app for iOS and Android today to include the ability to make voice calls through the app. Users can make calls for free over wi-fi, and… Read More
