Even though chatbots have been around for quite some time -- remember the SmarterChild bot on AIM? -- they've only recently become the darling of the tech world. Just two weeks ago, Microsoft announced its "Conversations as a Platform" initiative, wh...
Facebook is poised to take the chatbot world by storm
Even though chatbots have been around for quite some time -- remember the SmarterChild bot on AIM? -- they've only recently become the darling of the tech world. Just two weeks ago, Microsoft announced its "Conversations as a Platform" initiative, wh...
On stage at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference, the company did a quick demo of an upcoming auto-tagging feature for video. Using the artificial-intelligence-based recognition technology Facebook already uses to identify your friends in photos...
When Facebook bought Oculus two years ago, many thought the combination was odd. Facebook is a social network, while Oculus makes virtual reality headsets. The two didn't seem to go together. Well, at F8, Facebook's Developer Conference, we might hav...
At its annual F8 developer conference, Facebook announced two new wireless systems meant to help bring internet access to underserved areas. One system will tackle pushing broadband through the buildings found in dense cities while the other is meant...
While Facebook just announced its bots for Messenger platform today, it already has a few dozen developers lined up to take the chatbot plunge. If you downloaded the latest Messenger update today, you can already get started with the CNN bot, a weath...
Facebook flipped the switch on profile videos last fall, and now its allowing you to upload those short clips from third-party apps. The social network announced the Facebook Profile Expression Kit at F8, an SDK that will allow app developers to buil...
Facebook is continually looking for ways to help you share more stuff. Today, the social network announced a tool for developers that will help you easily share quotes from an article. Rather than having to copy and paste a snippet of text across app...
Facebook has been really pushing Live Video lately, with a revamped app experience designed to elevate the feature to its users. Today at F8, Facebook's Developer Conference, the company has announced plans to increase its Live Video efforts even mor...
As we suspected, Facebook is indeed adding chatbot support to Messenger. It's not really a surprise at this point, given that the latest Messenger update shows a "Bots and Businesses" section and that there've been rumors floating about it for a week...
Today is the first day of F8, Facebook's Developer Conference, which is where Zuckerberg and Co often reveal their plans for developers in the coming year. As recent news indicate, get ready for more details about Facebook's plans for live video and...