January 8, 2016
Peach Is A Slick New Messaging App From The Founder Of Vine
Chat chat chat, talk talk talk. We love it, you love it. Messaging apps are the hot for 2016 (again) and there’s seemingly a niche platform for all…
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January 7, 2016
Facebook’s LiveRail Is Pulling Out Of The Ad Serving Business
Facebook is narrowing the focus of the LiveRail ad platform that it acquired in 2014 — the company says it will no longer be accepting new customers to…
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Facebook Messenger Hits 800M Users: 2016 Strategy And Predictions
Kill SMS, spawn a chat bot platform, bring friends together offline, improve artificial intelligence, and delight people. That’s Facebook Messenger’s roadmap for 2016 now that it has 800…
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Assist Has No App. It’s A Free Travel/Shopping Chat Bot For SMS And Facebook Messenger
You don’t care who delivers dinner or drives you home as long as it gets done fast. That’s the idea behind Assist, a chat bot that aggregates APIs…
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What Zuckerberg And Gates Teaming Up Really Means For Clean Energy In 2016
The Breakthrough Energy Coalition is continuing to address the need for clean energy by bringing together both the private and public sectors, which have a bigger impact than…
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Facebook’s Secret Chat SDK Lets Developers Build Messenger Bots
M won’t be the only artificial intelligence on Facebook Messenger. Facebook has given some developers access to an unannounced Chat SDK that allows them to build interactive experiences…
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Twitter May Increase Tweets To 10,000 Characters, But Hide All Past 140
No, you’re not going to have article-length tweets overwhelming your timeline, but Twitter is looking to let you write more without leaving the service. The company is mulling…
Read articleJanuary 3, 2016
Samsung’s ‘Rink’ Motion Controllers For Gear VR Look Pretty Great
A few days ago, Samsung shared a few items that they’d be showing on the floor at CES in Las Vegas. One of them, which barely caused a…
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Oculus Founder: Rift Launch “On-Target” For Q1 2016
One of the most asked questions about the Oculus Rift is “when are we getting them?” and the founder of the company continues to update those who are…
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Extroverts Rejoice! Now Facebook Finds You Parties
Facebook should tell me what to do tonight. It already knows what I like, where I live, and who I hang out with. Now it will. After accidentally…
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