The approval will lay the foundation for the startup to have access to the brands and retailers that will be available in Facebook’s ecosystem through its chatbot initiatives, TechCrunch reported.

If there’s one word to remember from Facebook’s virtual developers conference on Wednesday, it’s “messaging.” Facebook made a flurry of announcements about new business messaging tools for developers, ...

At it's F8 conference today, Facebook launched a Messenger Platform (beta) with bots and a Send / Receive API. We’re excited to introduce bots for the Messenger Platform. Bots can provide anything ...

Facebook detailed changes to the Messenger From Facebook API (application-programming interface) that will go into effect in Europe Dec. 16 to comply with new privacy rules. The social network said ...