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Title: Facebook 'M' deploys army of virtual assistants to help fix your life Post by: HCK on August 27, 2015, 09:00:12 pm Facebook 'M' deploys army of virtual assistants to help fix your life
<article> <section class="page"> <p>In February, a startup introduced Magic (https://getmagicnow.com), a service that promised that you could order up virtually anything via text message, than have it delivered to your door. It launched, went viral, then...faded. Now Facebook wants to do Magic one better.</p><p>As of today, Facebook is launching a trial of M, a service that lives on top of its Messenger application in iOS and Android. Dial M for Messenger, as it were, and a hybrid team of algorithms and real-life assistants promises to help you with your mundane tasks. To try the new service, users can tap a small button at the bottom of the Messenger app to send a note to M. (If you use Messenger, you may already be signed up for the trial.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2976419/web-social/facebook-m-deploys-army-of-virtual-assistants-to-help-fix-your-life.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Facebook 'M' deploys army of virtual assistants to help fix your life (http://www.macworld.com/article/2976419/web-social/facebook-m-deploys-army-of-virtual-assistants-to-help-fix-your-life.html#tk.rss_all) |