How Facebook made Messenger actually usable around the world, from its office in Seattle It has been more than three years since Facebook split off the chat function from its main platform to create… Read More
Facebook launches Discover section for business bots on Messenger Facebook has been heavily promoting ways to bring companies into Messenger conversations, with groups like Subway and the Golden State… Read More
Facebook aims to become ‘Yellow Pages of messaging’ with new Messenger updates There are already about 100,000 monthly active Facebook Messenger bots out there right now, but a new suite of tools… Read More
Subway launches Facebook Messenger bot to allow pre-ordering at its 26,500 U.S. restaurants Robots may eventually do much of the work behind the counter at fast food restaurants, but today they’re relegated to mostly… Read More
Facebook announces Messenger Day, a Snapchat clone inside the Messenger app These days you don’t even need to download Snapchat to build Snapchat Stories. Facebook on Thursday rolled out yet another… Read More
How Facebook’s Instant Games went from one Seattle engineer’s side project to reality in 6 months Guilherme Campos has a passion for games. For much of his career, that passion mostly manifested itself in his free… Read More
New Nordstrom mobile chatbot is ready to help shoppers find the perfect holiday gift Nordstrom is expanding on its efforts to engage with mobile shoppers, using the holiday gift-giving season as an opportunity to launch… Read More
Facebook Messenger boss says chatbots got ‘really overhyped,’ announces new native payment feature SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s chatbot platform had too much hype. That’s what David Marcus, head of Facebook Messenger, said on stage today at… Read More
Windows users get Facebook, Instagram, Messenger updates for latest Microsoft OS Facebook is bringing its latest features to the social network’s Windows apps today, with updates to the main Facebook app as well… Read More
Pro.com becomes first home services platform to integrate with Facebook Messenger You can now request home improvement services from Pro.com with a few text messages or directly within Facebook Messenger. The… Read More
No regrets for Harvard student who lost Facebook internship after exposing privacy flaw Aran Khanna’s phone rang at 3 p.m. on May 29. That was a Friday, and on Monday he was scheduled to… Read More
You can now use Facebook Messenger without a Facebook account Facebook is opening up its messaging platform to anyone. The social networking giant today announced that users in the U.S.,… Read More
Facebook brings Messenger to web browsers 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… Read More
Facebook wants to reinvent how you talk to friends, retailers with Messenger Platform SAN FRANCISCO — As expected, Facebook is opening up its Messenger app to developers and other partners to expand its… Read More
Live from Mark Zuckerberg’ keynote at F8 SAN FRANCISCO–Developers from all over the world have gathered at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center for F8, a conference put… Read More
Facebook notification reveals plans for Messenger as a platform, Internet of Things development tools Last night, Facebook gave what seems to be an unintentional early glimpse of its future plans to people who have… Read More
Facebook introduces friend-to-friend payments in Messenger app People who owe their friends a few bucks after a night on the town have a new way to get… Read More
Microsoft drops support for Facebook, Google chat from Outlook.com Microsoft is dropping support for Facebook and Google chat from its Outlook.com web-based email service. In an email to Outlook.com… Read More
News Brief Despite widespread anger, Facebook Messenger now has 500M users As it turns out, requiring Facebook’s users to install the company’s Messenger app if they want to talk with their… Read More
Code reveals Facebook planning mobile payments push with Messenger app We all have that one friend who conveniently forgets to pay after a night out on the town. Now, it… Read More
Facebook launches Messenger app for iPad, after long wait Facebook launched an iPad version of its Messenger app today, which means that members of the company’s social network will now… Read More
Look out, Skype: Facebook launches free calling via Messenger app Facebook updated its Messenger app for iOS and Android today to include the ability to make voice calls through the… Read More
