Social Media: This Week’s Top Stories // January 10, 2016

Photo Evidence Shows Facebook Is Building Messenger For Mac | Peach Is A Slick New Messaging App From The Founder Of Vine | Unicorns And Little Ponies Hit The Slaughterhouse As Maker Media Lays Off 17 | Twitter's ‘Conversational’ Ad Unit Encourages Users To Participate With Customizable Hashtags | Facebook’s Secret Chat SDK Lets Developers Build Messenger Bots | Facebook Messenger Hits 800M Users: 2016 Strategy And Predictions | Fitbit Takes 18% Stock Hit For Invading Apple's Personal Smartwatch Space |

SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK IN REVIEW SUNDAY, JANUARY 10 2016 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Josh Constine Photo Evidence Shows Facebook Is Building Messenger For Mac TechCrunch has obtained photographic evidence and an eyewitness report that Facebook has built an as-yet-unreleased Facebook Messenger For Mac desktop... Read More… Drew Olanoff Peach Is A Slick New Messaging App From The Founder Of Vine Chat chat chat, talk talk talk. We love it, you love it. Messaging apps are hot for 2016 (again) and there’s seemingly a niche platform for all of us.... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT TechCrunch Meetup + Pitch-Off Coming to Boston this February Join us for beer, good conversation, and a battle to the death on February 23, 2016 to see which entrepreneurs can dazzle and excite the judges in under sixty seconds. Get your tickets now! Learn More… Josh Constine Unicorns And Little Ponies Hit The Slaughterhouse As Maker Media Lays Off 17 Stables full of startups are being turned into glue, whether they’re mythical beasts, donkeys in party hats, or just baby horses. The latest forced to do... Read More… Anthony Ha Twitter's ‘Conversational’ Ad Unit Encourages Users To Participate With Customizable Hashtags Twitter is announcing a new "conversational" ad unit today, where users are prompted to personalize and share a marketer's message. These ads are similar to... Read More… Josh Constine Facebook’s Secret Chat SDK Lets Developers Build Messenger Bots M won’t be the only artificial intelligence on Facebook Messenger. Facebook has given some developers access to an unannounced Chat SDK that allows them... Read More… Josh Constine Facebook Messenger Hits 800M Users: 2016 Strategy And Predictions Kill SMS, spawn a chat bot platform, bring friends together offline, improve artificial intelligence, and delight people. That’s Facebook... Read More… Matthew Lynley Fitbit Takes 18% Stock Hit For Invading Apple's Personal Smartwatch Space So much for the holiday bump for Fitbit shares. After seeing a huge boost following the holiday shopping season — when the app topped the App Store,... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service