Facebook Messenger has grown a lot since it was originally introduced as Facebook Chat way back in 2008. Since it launched, it has grown from a very simple web-based messaging system to one that ...

If you want a statistic on the tremendous reach and widening scope of Facebook Messenger, here’s a fairly impressive one: the chat app logged a total of 17 billion video calls in 2017. That’s double ...

Should there be any question regarding the relevance and importance of video, one only has to consider Facebook Messenger’s 2017 stats. This year Facebook Messenger counted 17 billion real-time video ...

It has been more than three years since Facebook split off the chat function from its main platform to create the separate Messenger app. Ever since, the team has been adding more features and ...

Messaging is the center of mobile, and Facebook wants ads in front of all those eyes. After seeing “promising results from Australia and Thailand,” Facebook Messenger is expanding its display ad beta ...

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This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Facebook’s efforts to turn Messenger into a major channel between ...

About 93% of six to 12-year-olds in the U.S. have access to tablets or smartphones, and more than half have their own device, typically one without a phone number, according to research firm Dubit. In ...

For the first time, Facebook is opening up to children under age 13 with a privacy-focused app designed to neutralize child predator threats that plague youth-focused competitors like Snapchat.