In a little over two months since Facebook Messenger Platform was launched, the bot app landscape has changed pretty significantly....

Facebook is getting even closer to a human-level understanding of what people are saying. Facebook has developed DeepText, a new way to...

Are chatbots a waste of time? We’re not sure, but TechCrunch reported today that lots of developers are looking to build them. At...

“Oops, I didn’t catch that.” That’s a rough spot in any conversation, but it’s really rough when that conversation is with a computer....

Mobile deep-linking platform Deeplink has introduced what it’s calling AppWords Concierge. It operates like a chatbot, designed to engage...

James R. Martin / Shutterstock.com Welcome to 2016, where you can buy flowers, book a flight and order an Uber through messaging apps...

Facebook’s launch this week of its Messenger platform and bot ecosystem did not, of course, invent the category. It builds on what...

Today at Facebook’s F8 conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pitched bots within Messenger as the new apps, a universal way people...

As expected, at Facebook’s F8 developer conference today, the company announced Messenger Platform for third-party developers. It also...

Facebook wants to ensure that Messenger is the new way that businesses can connect with people, pushing the platform and new bot support...

Move over, telephone. Facebook Messenger in particular, and messaging apps in general, are on their way toward becoming the main live...

Yeamake / Shutterstock.com Facebook is priming the pump for brands to go big on Messenger. A week before Facebook is expected to announce...

For the past year, Facebook has been trying to make Facebook Messenger way more than a messaging app. It’s begun letting businesses send...

Mobile messaging apps are usurping social networks as the shiny new platform through which publishers can distribute their content. Now,...

Yeamake / Shutterstock.com According to a report from TechCrunch Wednesday, ads could start showing up in Facebook Messenger within a few...

Earlier this year, Facebook launched “Page Plugin,” an embedded widget that promoted Facebook pages and content. This month, they...

Facebook wants you to forget phone numbers and replace them with Facebook Messenger. The social network announced today that it will soon...

Facebook announced today that it is working on a personal assistant service called M. The service within Facebook’s Messenger application...

Facebook launched a web-based version of its mobile Messenger app today, but unlike Messenger moves in the past, the social network isn’t...

There is no word yet on the 3rd party integrations, but according to TechCrunch sources, the Messenger Platform is said to be a major...