Facebook has long been positioning itself as a marketing and outreach platform for business users. Today the social network is making that case once again, this time for its communications portal ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Facebook is trying to make it easier to get in touch with people over Messenger, so it’s rolling ...

Becoming friends with someone on Facebook Messenger just became a lot easier. In a new update that started to roll out Thursday, Facebook's chat app now has Messenger Codes -- circular patterns around ...

Facebook has rolled out an update to Messenger today (7 April), which involves the launch of Messenger Codes, Messenger Usernames and Messenger Links – tools designed to make it easier for users to ...

According to a new report from TechCrunch, Facebook is working with developers to build chatbots and Live Chat web plugins for business clients. The tools are said to be officially announced next week ...

Facebook is taking another step to convince the world that its Messenger app is the simplest way to stay in touch. The Menlo Park, Calif. firm is rolling out a new feature that allows users to find ...

Facebook is quietly working on a feature that will allow its users to make in-store purchases using its Messenger app, according to a new report. The feature and others were spotted in the app's code, ...

Facebook is making it easier to send money in Messenger. The app now supports Venmo-like QR codes and personalized links for person-to-person payments with Facebook Pay. With the update, users can ...

Facebook Messenger has built an unlaunched feature called Rooms that lets groups publicly chat about different subjects and events. Buried in Messenger’s iOS app’s source code are multiple references ...

Facebook on Monday began rolling out a new version of Messenger on iOS, after deploying more than 100 engineers to completely rebuild the app's architecture and rewrite its codebase. Ultimately, they ...