In an effort to connect messaging functions across multiple apps, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is looking to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger. The aim is to combine the underlying messaging infrastructure of the services, while keeping them as separate apps, The New York...
A not so very long time ago, chatbots were forecast to be the next big thing in digital ecosystems. Starting with Facebook’s big announcement of its chatbot push at F8 in 2016, all of those forecasts for everything chatbots were going to do starting rolling in. And...
In an effort to provide more services to its users, Facebook has reportedly asked banks to share customer information, such as checking account balances and card transactions, the Wall Street Journal reported. The effort comes as Facebook seeks to become a place for commerce — not just a...
Facebook is bringing augmented reality (AR) to its News Feed, providing advertisers with a new way to reach potential customers. A report citing Ty Ahmad-Taylor, vice president of product marketing for Facebook’s global marketing solutions, said that Facebook is expanding on a move from earlier...
February 19, 2018
“Elegant” as a descriptor doesn’t make many appearances in the world of financial services or payments, which tend to favor other terms. “Disruptive” is a common attribute, as is “innovative.” “Cutting-edge,” “friction-free” and “one-of-a-kind” also hold sway. That, Alacriti’s Co-Founder and CEO, Manish Gurukula, said, is about to change. The ability to use voice to do something as simple as paying a bill […]
June 29, 2017
Singapore’s DBS Bank has a philosophy — Live More, Bank Less — which, at first seems like an odd mission for a multinational bank to adopt. Unless, of course, executing that strategy is...
April 19, 2017
Innovator, entrepreneur and architect of “the greatest show on Earth” P.T. Barnum famously said, “There is no such thing as bad publicity.” This week, going into its F8 conference — Facebook’s...
January 15, 2020
Mobile data and analytics company App Annie released its annual report The State of Mobile in 2020, offering a deep dive into the mobile ecosystem in 2019. The annual report offers a perspective of mobile’s impact across industries and the global economy. Consumers downloaded a record 204 billion apps in 2019, a 45 percent increase […]
January 25, 2019
In an effort to connect messaging functions across multiple apps, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is looking to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger. The aim is to combine the...
August 06, 2018
In an effort to provide more services to its users, Facebook has reportedly asked banks to share customer information, such as checking account balances and card transactions, the Wall Street Journal reported. The...
July 10, 2018
Facebook is bringing augmented reality (AR) to its News Feed, providing advertisers with a new way to reach potential customers. A report citing Ty Ahmad-Taylor, vice president of product marketing...
