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Title: Path takes laziness to a new level with business messaging Post by: HCK on October 01, 2014, 03:00:23 pm Path takes laziness to a new level with business messaging
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apps are making it a little too easy to avoid fellow humans. You don’t have to hail a cab, order food delivery over the phone, or even walk down to the laundromat, all thanks to apps. But sometimes you have queries that need to be answered by actual people. Don’t worry: Path will handle that for you.</p><figure class="medium right"> <img src=" https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2014/09/path_places-100465174-medium.png" height="532" width="300" alt="path places"/> <figcaption> <p> You can "message" businesses on Path Talk, which really means that Path reps call businesses for you.</p></figcaption> </figure> <p> The social network, once considered a Facebook rival, in June spun off its chat feature into a stand-alone app called Talk (http://www.techhive.com/article/2366149/path-launches-its-own-messaging-app-because-why-not.html)—like Facebook did with Messenger. Path also bought messaging app TalkTo, which lets you text a business with questions. Now Talk and TalkTo have been combined so you can message a place (http://blog.path.com/post/98818902277/now-in-path-talk-message-people-and-places-in-one-app) directly from Talk (https://path.com/talk).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2689307/path-takes-laziness-to-a-new-level-with-business-messaging.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Path takes laziness to a new level with business messaging (http://www.macworld.com/article/2689307/path-takes-laziness-to-a-new-level-with-business-messaging.html#tk.rss_all) |