#ConvComm
Everything related to brands, services, companies, and bots entering conversational contexts (voice, messaging, etc). #ConvComm
Collection by Chris Messina
Qualcomm
New Ultra-Low Power Bluetooth Audio SoCs From Qualcomm Improve Truly Wireless Sound
2 min · · Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced its next generation of ultra-low-power Bluetooth Systems on a Chip (SoCs), designed to deliver… · Shared by 4, including Chris Messina
The New York Times
There Is a Racial Divide in Speech-Recognition Systems, Researchers Say
6 min · · Technology from Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM and Microsoft misidentified 35 percent of words from people who were black. Whites fared much better. · Shared by 48, including Craig Brown, PhD, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Chris Messina, luis antónio santos, Rick King, Christopher Mims 🤌, Andreas Staub, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Antonio Vieira Santos, Delip Rao e/σ, Cade Metz
MacRumors.com
Apple Testing New iMessage Features Such as Mentions and Retracting Messages, Could Extend to Mac App
1 min · · Apple is testing new iMessage features internally, according to information obtained by MacRumors. While these features could potentially arrive as... · Shared by 10, including Chris Messina
pharmaphorum.com
Italian startup launches coronavirus diagnostic chatbot -
1 min · · With all of Italy in quarantine because of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, a digital health startup based, has joined with medical experts to create a chatbot that diagnoses the disease. · Shared by 13, including Chris Messina, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, John Nosta
Beyond Philosophy
Where AI Meets CX: Inventor of the Hashtag Shares Innovative Concepts Pt 2
6 min · · We recently learned about the inventor of the hashtag Chris Messina’s concept of Conversational Commerce and how it has changed the way brands interact with their customer on social media platforms.… · Shared by 10, including Chris Messina, Colin Shaw
about.fb.com
Giving Parents Even More Control in Messenger Kids
2 min · · When Messenger first became its own app in 2011, our goal was to build a messaging experience rich with features. We added video calling, GIFs, location sharing and more. And while people enjoyed… · Shared by 17, including Mari Smith, Matt Navarra, Johannes Lenz, Chris Messina, Brooke B. Sellas
Crunchbase News
NY-Based K Health Raises $48M Series C For AI-Powered Primary Care Application
3 min · · 14W, Mangrove Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Anthem, Primary Ventures and others participated in the financing, bringing the company’s total funding to $97 million. · Shared by 13, including Chris Messina, Michael Fauscette, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
TechCrunch
Facebook Messenger ditches Discover, demotes chat bots
4 min · · Chat bots were central to Facebook Messenger’s strategy three years ago. Now they’re being hidden from view in the app along with games and businesses. Facebook Messenger is removing the Discover tab… · Shared by 58, including Mathew Ingram, Gustaf Alströmer 🇺🇦, Neal Schaffer | ニール・シェーファー, Matt Navarra, Chris Messina, Mari Smith, Katja Evertz, ErmanTaylan.eth
Input
Teens are hacking Instagram into a modern-day eBay
6 min · · Entrepreneurial kids have figured out the future of the thrift shop: Instagram comments. · Shared by 118, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Scott Monty, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Jonathan Kogan, Matt Navarra, Katja Evertz, Mark Kaigwa, Jon Keegan 🇺🇦, Chris Messina, Oliver Reichenstein, Remo Uherek
zendesk.com
What are the most popular messaging apps? Find out in the State of Messaging 2020
11+ min · · 42% of people on the planet have a smartphone. 87% of smartphone owners use messaging. Learn how that affects your business · Shared by 18, including Chris Messina, 瑞拿頭, Johannes Lenz, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Beyond Philosophy
A Glimpse To The New Trends In Humanizing Technology
2 min · · by podcast on February 15, 2020 Social media has changed many things about our lives. Not only can we have a blow by blow account of what our friends and family are up to, but we can also see what… · Shared by 36, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jonathan Kogan, Colin Shaw, Chris Messina, Katja Evertz
AI Papers
Towards a Human-like Open-Domain Chatbot
1 min · · We present Meena, a multi-turn open-domain chatbot trained end-to-end on data mined and filtered from public domain social media conversations. This 2.6B parameter neural network is trained to… · Shared by 26, including Vincent Terrasi, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Chris Messina, Jose Luis Calvo, Oleg Baskov, Alexander Seifert
abacusnews.com
WeChat mini programs are becoming a lot more important for Tencent
· WeChat users spent US$115 billion through mini programs in 2019 · Shared by 16, including Chris Messina, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
avochato.com
Try Avochato for free with unlimited users.
1 min · · Unique number to send and receive messages to and from customers. Dashboard to manage customer conversation threads. Invite unlimited team members to your account. Mobile apps so your teams can text… · Shared by 7, including Chris Messina
The New York Times
Sonos, Squeezed by the Tech Giants, Sues Google
7 min · · The maker of home speakers said Google and Amazon stole its technology and abused their power, but it could only risk suing one. · Shared by 46, including Katja Evertz, Real Marsha Wright®, Chris Messina, Liliputing, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Owen Williams ⚡
The New York Times
Opinion | Alexa, Awake
10 min · · I scrolled through the photographs of the two of you, kissing hand-in-hand, the archaeology of your love pieced together in binary code. · Shared by 15, including Tiffany Shlain, Chris Messina