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Facebook Tricks Out Messenger With Food Ordering, Games, QR Codes
Facebook // April 19, 2017

More big things have just come to Facebook Messenger and its native virtual assistant chatbot M, the company said at the ongoing F8 developer conference. Soon after rolling out group payment capabilities in its Messenger app for U.S. users, the social media giant has announced...

Facebook Messenger 2.0: Lotsa Bots
Facebook // April 19, 2017

Innovator, entrepreneur and architect of “the greatest show on Earth” P.T. Barnum famously said, “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” This week, going into its F8 conference — Facebook’s annual in-house version of the greatest show on earth for its developers — the world got...

Facebook Tracker: Pay The Messenger?
Facebook // April 18, 2017

Facebook Stock (FB) has held steady at values set in the first half of March. While the end of last month saw new heights above $140 as Facebook’s additional video strategies came to the forefront in investors’ minds, April has seen those gains tempered. In...

Facebook’s ‘M’ Is For — Mobile Payments?
Mobile Commerce // August 27, 2015

Facebook Unveils “M” – its new virtual assistant in a direct move against Apple’s ubiquitous Siri. One difference: M is powered by real live people. Will M make mincemeat out of other virtual helpers?

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Facebook Messenger 2.0: Lotsa Bots

April 19, 2017
Innovator, entrepreneur and architect of “the greatest show on Earth” P.T. Barnum famously said, “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” This week, going into its F8 conference — Facebook’s annual in-house version of the greatest show on earth for its developers — the world got a bit of counterevidence, as CEO Mark Zuckerberg did have […]

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Facebook Tricks Out Messenger With Food Ordering, Games, QR Codes

April 19, 2017
More big things have just come to Facebook Messenger and its native virtual assistant chatbot M, the company said at the ongoing F8 developer conference. Soon after rolling out group payment capabilities in its Messenger app for U.S. users, the social media giant has announced the addition of a whole host of additional functions including […]