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Facebook wants to completely revolutionize the way you talk to businesses (FB)
People are now exchanging more than 60 billion messages a day through Facebook's two chat products, WhatsApp and Messenger. That's three times the number of traditional SMS text messages sent per day,...
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Facebook is still 'a long way' from broadly releasing M, its own supersmart...
Prepare for the invasion of the chatbots.Facebook just released new tools that will let any business build "smart" chatbots that users can interact with and even buy things from while using the...
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Facebook is playing a dangerous game with Apple (FB, AAPL)
Facebook has finally unleashed Messenger Platform, letting developers build chatbots — intelligent software that lets you get stuff done just by sending text messages.It's a big moment for chatbots,...
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The funny way Facebook praises the power of apps and predicts their...
While Facebook is dreaming of a future without apps, it is also reminding developers to buy its mobile-app install ads.That was one of the funny contrasts Tuesday at the first day of Facebook's F8...
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Bill Gates says the next big thing in tech can help people learn like he does
In a new interview with The Verge, Microsoft cofounder and richest man in the world Bill Gates explained the potential for chatbots — programs you can text with like they're human — in education. Gates...
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How Google plans to hop on one of the hottest trends in Silicon Valley (GOOG,...
Silicon Valley is abuzz about messaging bots, and it looks like Google might finally throw its hat in the ring.In the last several months, startups and big companies alike have been promoting...
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Why chatbots should be more like R2D2 than C3PO, and other lessons for...
Bots are hot in Silicon Valley. Everyone's obsessed with "conversation as a platform," or the idea that you should be able to interact with a service with natural language, spoken or written, instead...
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Chatbots increase recruitment opportunities
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Job-seeking firm FirstJob debuted a recruitment chatbot called Mya on...
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Bill paying comes to Facebook Messenger (FB)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Payments Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Electronic bill pay startup BillHero is launching a Facebook Messenger...
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Shopify launches chatbot on Facebook Messenger (SHOP)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Social sales and marketing virtual assistant developer Kit CRM has launched...
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Cisco will deploy chatbots in the workplace (CSCO)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Gupshup, a Silicon Valley-based bot builder platform, has announced a...
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Here's what banks should consider before launching chatbots on Facebook...
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Fintech Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Facebook offers a platform for businesses and brands with official accounts...
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Slack has quietly invested in a chatbot company
Slack's recently-launched $80 million VC fund has invested an unspecified amount in chatbot company Automat.Automat allows brands and influencers to communicate with their customers, fans, and...
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Santander's fintech VC firm got another $100 million to invest — here is what...
Santander has given its fintech-focused venture capital firm InnoVentures another $100 million ($131 million) to invest after impressing with its initial investments.Santander InnoVentures has spent...
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What's hot and what's not in fintech, according to a VC with $100 million to...
Santander has given its fintech-focused venture capital firm InnoVentures another $100 million ($131 million) to invest after impressing with its initial investments.Santander InnoVentures has spent...
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Facebook's source code could show that Messenger will be the app store of the...
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Facebook reported a monumental second quarter on Wednesday, driven...
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Chatbots are thriving on the Kik chat app
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Kik’s chatbot initiatives are gaining traction among users and...
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Mobile game developers are turning to chat apps
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Robotics startup secures funding to build an emotive virtual assistant
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.UK robotics startup Emotech has just landed $10 million in Series A...
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Business are starting to see the potential in artificial intelligence...
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Interest in the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace is...
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