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1 of the world’s well-known Online sticker makers, the Singapore-based PicoCandy has released stickers for Facebook Messenger app. While the social network itself does not offer paid stickers directly, PicoCandy‘s doing it.
Reports: TechCrunch, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, iphonehacks.com
Tired of paying for SMS? You can now ditch that because there’s a smart ‘Application to Person messenger’ delivering the same at just a fraction of the cost of SMS.
Small change, big change? You decide. Social network Facebook has decided to roll out Message Requests for Messenger app. The aim, it said, was to make Messenger the place where you could find & privately connect with anyone you need to reach, but only be reached by the people you want to communicate with.
Reports: TechCrunch, The Next Web, Business Insider, The Verge
It was only a few days ago that we told our readers about how very soon, Internet & smartphone users may end up talking only to digital assistants & not human beings. Soon after Facebook announced M — its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered personal assistant inside the Messenger chat app, China’s Internet search giant Baidu on Tuesday unveiled something similar in Beijing.
Reports: VentureBeat, CNBC, Motley Fool
It all started with Apple’s digital assistant Siri, then there was Microsoft’s Cortana along with Google’s Now, & now there’s Facebook’s M. The social network Messenger app debuted its Artificial Intelligence-based assistant called M in the San Francisco, USA area, & immediately sent the Web into a tizzy. Inevitable comparisons are now being made between M & its soon-to-be-rivals.
Reports: Gizmodo, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Wired, The Verge, TechCrunch, Yahoo! Makhtoob News
SOMA Messenger, free HD video, voice & messaging service, launched today to bring users a wide range of communications features & capabilities.