Summary of: As Messenger’s bots lose steam, Facebook pushes menus over chat Google unveils 'Meet,' a Hangouts app for businesses Return on Design [ Read More ] about Menu Bots, Google Meet and Design Value
Menu Bots, Google Meet and Design Value
Inside AI, Privacy Blocked and Web Service Gone Wrong
Summary of: Inside Facebook’s AI Machine by Steven Levy from Backchannel FCC Chairman Pai Rushes To Block New Privacy Rules by Russell Brandom from The Verge Centralized Web Services Are Wonderful—Until They Go Wrong by Jamie Condliffe from MIT Technology Review [ Read More ] about Inside AI, Privacy Blocked and Web Service Gone Wrong
Pizza Bot, Instagram Stories and Twitter Activisim
Here’s the news we’re talking about at the Zbra Studios water cooler. For all you TL;DR folks, we’ve provided key bullet points. Anyone looking for the full story can click on the link. Domino’s Pizza bot now offers its full menu and custom orders on Facebook Messenger By KHARI JOHNSON From... Read More [ Read More ] about Pizza Bot, Instagram Stories and Twitter Activisim
When the bots take over everything, remember: it all started with text messages. Any mobile carrier that used to charge people for text messages is culpable for the state we are now in. They charged users for a service which cost the carrier almost nothing and racked up cash, by... Read More [ Read More ] about Chat Bots Conquer All
Reacting to Facebook’s study as a marketer
When news broke that Facebook had conducted a study where the social network deliberately attempted to manipulate the emotions of almost 700,000 of its users (by altering the types of posts that appeared in those users’ feeds), without bothering to inform them, there was – predictably – a major backlash.... Read More [ Read More ] about Reacting to Facebook’s study as a marketer
Facebook vs. Reach: Finding your community
When Facebook altered its algorithm to throttle organic reach for brands (ie. limiting how often a page’s updates appear in a fan’s feed), it was never going to be a popular change. But is it time to accept this as the new norm, and move on? The road so far... Read More [ Read More ] about Facebook vs. Reach: Finding your community