Would a Virtual Assistant Bring Commerce to Facebook Messenger?

File – In this June 4, 2013 file photo, Aurora theater mass shooter James Holmes, who was convicted on July 16, 2015, appears in court, in Centennial, Colo. Even if Holmes is sentenced to death, he could spend much of the rest of his life in prison

If you needed proof that Messenger is Facebook's breakout hit, consider this: The chat app has more downloads since 2012 than Facebook's main app. From 2012 to the first half of 2015, Messenger accumulated 646.6 millionĀ 

With news of Gov. John Kasich's official announcement of his presidential bid, making him the 16th Republican of note to join the race, comments immediately flooded The Messenger's social media accounts with a strong negative reaction and sparse

If you don't think you'd ever use Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) Messenger to interact with businesses, Facebook could have someone do it for you. The Information recently reported the social network is working on a human-powered virtual assistant called 

Yahoo is taking another crack at the crowded messenger market with Livetext, a strange video chat app currently available only in the Hong Kong iTunes Store. Yahoo describes the new app, which was