publishers, game makers and retailers to explore the platform’s potential, and that potential is expanding as developers enable new functions within messenger apps. We’ve written about apps like Snapchat and...

Chatbots have emerged as the next disruptive technology as messaging apps like Facebook Messenger, WeChat and WhatsApp overtake social networks in active users. Over the past few months, Facebook, Microsoft,...

...which created the AR technology powering many of the beauty brand’s apps, launched a Facebook Messenger bot in June. Users can research and try on products within the Messenger interface,...

...people of nonbinary gender identities. Facebook just unveiled 1,200 new emojis for its Messenger app, including, for the first time, gender-neutral options. “We’re diversifying the genders to create a more...

...ephemeral, anonymous or intimate sharing (i.e., messenger apps) are flourishing as users shift away from Facebook’s centralized hub, while a growing number of tools and services to help ensure private...

...show to be available at any time. – The Guardian examines teenagers’ “gradual exodus” from Facebook in favor of messenger apps. – Time takes a look at the 16 most...