Everything Facebook announced at F8 2017
Facebook has unveiled a host of new features at its 2017 F8 developer conference, most focused on the curation of its global community. Attendees...
Bot-based games platform Gamee hits 500 million plays, scores $2.2 million seed round
A mobile gaming company that delivers games via messenging bots just scored $2.2 million in seed round funding. Gamee is mobile, and it’s games,...
Activision launches Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare tour-guide bot for Facebook Messenger
Ahead of the release of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in five days, Activision launched a Facebook Messenger bot that acts as a tour...
Bot platform from PullString, maker of Barbie and Call of Duty bots, lets you create characters
The PullString platform for the creation of storytelling bots made its debut today. For the better part of the last decade, the PullString platform...
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s first victory: 6M bot messages on Facebook
If you stand between people and a Call of Duty reveal, you’ll suddenly become popular (even if you’re a bot). To promote the reveal...
Look out, Line: Facebook Messenger gets its first game
Gaming is a huge part of the success of other chat platforms, and now Facebook is getting in on that action.
Week in review: Call of Duty Black Ops shows games can beat movies
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Review: Call of...