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Facebook Messenger begins incorporating payment tools into chatbot windows, releases beta of new feature to developers

Facebook chat moved into the financial sphere today. The company’s messenger bots can now accept payments natively without sending users to an external website, Facebook’s head of Messenger David Marcus announced today onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2016. The web site uses stored credit card into to instantly make purchases that are part of the […]

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Facebook Messenger 52.0 adds Uber ride integration, 3D Touch, other features

The Facebook Messenger app’s come a long way. Now at a whopping version 52.0, the latest revision of the app has begun to offer Uber integration, as noted here: Today, we’re expanding the services available to you with our launch of transportation on Messenger. With this new feature, you can request a ride from a […]

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Facebook to remove messaging from iOS, Android apps, push users toward Messenger app

You’re going to have to start using Facebook’s Messenger app. Per TechCrunch, Facebook has announced that the service will stop allowing messaging in its main iPhone and Android apps, and force all their users around the world to download its standalone Messenger app. Facebook first started requiring users in Europe to use Messenger back in […]

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Facebook Messenger to receive VOIP upgrade for European versions of the software

If you’re across the pond, this’ll come in handy. Per AppleInsider, Facebook Messenger users on iOS in the U.K. and other parts of Europe will get a software update on Monday enabling Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) calling within the app. The update comes after Facebook already rolled out the feature in the United States […]

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Skype updated to 6.0.60.2946

On Thursday, version 6.0.60.2946 of the Skype VoIP application was released. The new version, a 34.5 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: – Microsoft and Facebook Account Integration: Sign up and sign-in is easier than ever. You can now sign into Skype using your Microsoft or Facebook account – there’s no need to […]