Messaging app firm Line has confirmed it will launch a cryptocurrency exchange called BitBox next month. The company said back in January that it planned to enter the crypto space with an exchange, but today it said that the BitBox service won’t be available for users in the U.S. and Japan — that’s presumably down […]
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Security, privacy experts weigh in on the ICE doxxing
In what appears to be the latest salvo in a new, wired form of protest, developer Sam Lavigne posted code that scrapes LinkedIn to find Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee accounts. His code, which basically a Python-based tool that scans LinkedIn for keywords, is gone from Github and Gitlab and Medium took down his original […]
View More Security, privacy experts weigh in on the ICE doxxingFacebook mistakes Kentucky woman for a Westworld bot
PSA: Don’t use a popular brand name for your online accounts. Facebook’s social media team accidentally directed users to the Messenger account of a random Facebook user this morning, instead of the new HBO Westworld Messenger account it was trying to promote. On Twitter, the Messenger account instructed followers to chat with “Tes, the host of […]
View More Facebook mistakes Kentucky woman for a Westworld botFacebook adds option to report conversations in Messenger following widespread criticism
In reaction to criticism around the use of Messenger in some countries worldwide, particularly Myanmar, Facebook has introduced new tools that it allow users of the app to report conversations that violate its community standards. A new tab inside the Messenger app lets users flag messages under a range of categories that include harassment, hate […]
View More Facebook adds option to report conversations in Messenger following widespread criticismFacebook get serious about blockchain, shakes up its executive team
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is still on top, but other parts of the Facebook universe have gotten shuffled around.
Zuckerberg will now oversee three core groups within products and engineering: “Central product services,” “new platforms and infrastr…
Messenger chief leaving role to explore blockchain tech for Facebook
After four years at the helm of Messenger, David Marcus will be leaving the team to lead a small group of Facebook employees to explore what blockchain technologies can do for the social media giant. In a post on Facebook, Marcus noted that he would be “starting from scratch” in these efforts surrounding blockchain tech. […]
View More Messenger chief leaving role to explore blockchain tech for Facebook10 big announcements from Day 1 of F8
Day 1 of Facebook’s F8 conference was packed with announcements and updates. Here are 10 big takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote on Day 1. You can find full coverage and analysis of F8 here. 1. Facebook announces a dating feature Your next fling could start on Facebook. The company announced a new set of dating […]
View More 10 big announcements from Day 1 of F8Facebook is really proud of its 300,000 business bots, despite claiming it will put ’people first’
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Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that fake profiles and soviet robots have no place on Facebook.
But worry not, robots. ‘Messenger’ is still a hospitable home for bots like you.
At F8, Facebook’s Vice President of Messaging Products, David Marcus, jovially reported that Messenger’s integration with business is going swimmingly. According to Marcus, over 8 billion messages have been sent between people and businesses. And there are 300,000 monthly active bots engaging with customers on messenger.
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View More Facebook is really proud of its 300,000 business bots, despite claiming it will put ’people first’Brands on Messenger are going to start using augmented reality to sell you stuff
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Facebook is giving its Messenger bots a new power: augmented reality.
Beginning now, a handful of brands will be able to integrate AR effects into their automated messaging bots — those automatic replies you get when you, say, ask CNN on Messenger what the news is.
The new AR abilities are similar to Snapchat’s recently-launched “shoppable” lenses: brands and businesses can create AR experiences meant to get you to buy stuff. But in Messenger’s case, the feature isn’t tied to animated face filters.
So while Sephora’s bot could direct a potential customer to virtually try on different types of makeup, Nike could show off how a new shoe looks from any angle, and Kia could make a virtual car appear in your driveway. Read more…
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Seattle’s new venture firm, Flying Fish, holds a first close on its targeted $80 million fund
The founding partners of the new Seattle-based venture firm Flying Fish met as angel investors deploying capital in the talent-heavy, cash-light region around Amazon and Microsoft’s corporate headquarters. “We’ve underperformed relative to the talent pool,” is how Heather Redman, one of the firm’s three founding partners describes the region. Well, now Flying Fish has held […]
View More Seattle’s new venture firm, Flying Fish, holds a first close on its targeted $80 million fundMinds aims to decentralize the social network
Decentralization is the buzzword du jour. Everything – from our currencies to our databases – are supposed to exist, immutably, in this strange new world. And Bill Ottman wants to add our social media to the mix. Ottman, an intense young man with a passion to fix the world, is the founder of Minds.com, a […]
View More Minds aims to decentralize the social networkFacebook Messenger reminds users to check privacy settings
Have you checked your Messenger privacy settings recently? No? If you’re in the European Union, at least, that’s about to change.
Facebook’s messaging platform has begun showing pop-up notifications prompting users to review their privacy setti…