When Mark Zuckerberg announced in April that Facebook is launching Facebook’s Messenger Platform, a service that enables developers to build custom bots on Facebook messenger the tech world went berserk thinking of potential applications. Sports Cafe, an emerging media and gaming startup group lead by CEO Yashashvi Takallapalli, a Hyderabadi, is now the only sports news portal in India to develop a Facebook bot. “Currently there are only a handful of Facebook bots in the world including Sports- Cafe that provide live sports news and match scores” says Yashashvi.
Users can start their interaction witha bot by typing a simple message such as “hi” or “hello”. The bot allows Sportcafe to provide a user friendly platform for their viewers to customise their sports news feed by receiving news only about their favourite sports or sports persons. Put simply users can type in “news about Sania Mirza” and the bot will show them the most current news surrounding the tennis champ. Users can also get a quick summary of the article on the Face book messenger itself through the bot. Soon, the bot will also act as a crowd sourcing plat form where people can give their opinion on matches and contribute to Sports Cafe’s news feed through comments, videos and photos And starting next week, users who have sub scribed will receive a daily digest of exciting news. In the future, SportsCafe intends to leverage the bot technology to use machine learning based recommendations for each user where the Al understands the sporting interests of the user as they keep interacting with the bot.
Instantly reach the people in your life—for free. Messenger is just like texting, but you don’t have to pay for every message (it works with your data plan).
Not just for Facebook friends: Message people in your phone book and just enter a phone number to add a new contact.
Group chats: Create groups for the people you message most. Name them, set group photos and keep them all in one place.
Photos and videos: Shoot videos and snap selfies or other photos right from the app and send them with one tap.
Chat heads: Keep the conversation going while you use other apps.
Free calls: Talk as long as you want, even with people in other countries. (Calls are free over Wi-Fi. Otherwise, standard data charges apply.)
Even more ways to message:
Bring your conversations to life with stickers. Preview your gallery photos and videos without leaving the conversation–then choose the perfect ones to send. Record voice messages when you have more to say.
Extra features:
- Know when people have seen your messages.
- Forward messages or photos to people who weren’t in the conversation.
- Search for people and groups to quickly get back to them.
- Turn on location to let people know when you’re nearby.
- See who’s available on Messenger and who’s active on Facebook.
- Create shortcuts to get to any conversation right from your home screen.
- Turn off notifications when you’re working, sleeping or just need a break.
- Stay logged in so you never miss a message.
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