Facebook announced Monday that it is rolling out a new app in the U.S. called Messenger Kids, targeting young people — and the parents who hopefully control their devices and… Read More
Uber is rolling out a new chat feature that allows drivers and riders to communicate with each other directly through the app. A rider can send a text via chat… Read More
Golden State Warriors fans now have a new tech-powered assistant at their disposal during the NBA Playoffs. The Bay Area-based NBA team rolled out a new Facebook Messenger bot today… Read More
ReplyYes, a chat commerce startup that spun out of Madrona Venture Labs, has raised $6.5 million of a $9.3 million Series A round. CEO Dave Cotter confirmed the investment but… Read More
The competition for available rentals in Seattle is heated, so it can’t hurt to add another tool to your search routine. Trulia thinks its new Facebook Messenger bot will help consumers… Read More
A new Facebook Messenger feature has rendered the stock text messaging app on my Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone useless. Facebook is testing a way to move your SMS messages into… Read More
Facebook today announced a chatbot platform that lets businesses offer automated customer support via the Messenger app, joining a bevy of tech companies building similar chatbot technology. At the company’s F8 developers conference, Facebook… Read More
Facebook is offering its users a new way to stay in touch face-to-face. The company announced today that it’s bringing video chat capabilities to its Messenger app, allowing users on… Read More
Talk about making an exit. NASA’s Messenger spacecraft, which they launched in 2004 to orbit and study Mercury, is going out of commission next week. Out of fuel, the spacecraft,… Read More
Skype is promising to make it easier to access and send chat messages inside its apps —saying it’s “putting conversations at the heart of a redesigned experience” while aiming to make Skype… Read More
Emails were sent out to Windows Live Messenger users today notifying them that the Microsoft is shutting down the chat service on March 15 of this year. We heard about this… Read More
Microsoft’s Skype division this morning confirmed that the company will be retiring its Windows Live Messenger service and shifting users to Skype for instant messaging and video calls. The news,… Read More