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March 9, 2017
Facebook is globally launching Messenger Day to put a utilitarian spin on the slideshow format. While Snapchat Stories is for retelling what you’ve done, Messenger Day’s “Who’s up…
Read articleMarch 8, 2017
A picture is worth a thousand words… that no one wants to type on a tiny screen. And even if you did mash in all that text, it’d…
Read articleMarch 4, 2017
Facebook finally has a Dislike button, but it’s not where you’d expect. How do you reply to a specific message in a rapid-fire chat thread? Facebook wants you…
Read articleMarch 3, 2017
Facebook has been busy with the app updates, as of late. In recent months, it has added new sections for finding nearby Wi-Fi, meeting new people, checking the…
Read articleMarch 2, 2017
Facebook’s Messenger bots may not be having the impact the social network desired. Just yesterday, online retailer Everlane, one of the launch partners for the bot platform, announced…
Read articleMarch 2, 2017
After months of hand-wringing, Snap’s IPO has now set the stage for what people will be expecting for the future of its business. Snap’s performance this morning is…
Read articleMarch 1, 2017
Snap will begin publicly trading tomorrow, which means that it will officially give a price for its shares in its initial public offering this evening. Originally setting a…
Read articleFebruary 27, 2017
While Google is using MWC to show off some of its advances in native apps on mobile devices — specifically in chat apps — the world’s biggest chat…
Read articleFebruary 24, 2017
Michael Sayman was just 17 when Facebook hired him, but he’d already built 5 apps. Now 7 years after his first launch, the Facebook product manager has just…
Read articleFebruary 23, 2017
Facebook today announced it has begun testing ad breaks that interrupt on-demand video, using a small set of partners who will earn a 55 percent ad revenue share…
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