Messenger

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) announced at the F8 Developer Conference that the Messenger app was now open to natural-language chatbots that were designed to handle all types of customer service queries. Jefferies’ Brian Pitz maintained a Buy rating on the company, with a price target of $145...

Axiom’s Victor Anthony believes that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is becoming “the world’s largest communications and entertainment platform,” and that the stock therefore deserves to trade at a premium. The analyst maintained a Buy rating on the company, while raising the...

"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer offered Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s CEO Mark Zuckerberg some advice during his TV segment on Thursday. Advice For The New Dad "Please take more paternity leave," Cramer said on Thursday's "Mad Money" segment. "One-third of the remarkable quarter Facebook reported last...

Although Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares have declined 10.06 percent over the past one month, they are up 21.35 percent over the past one year. William Bird of FBR & Co. has maintained an Outperform rating on the company, while raising the price target from $125 to $130. The company...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)'s David Marcus posted on the company's blog Thursday that it met a milestone of "800 million people using Messenger" monthly. The messenger app was developed in 2014. "We made Messenger blazing fast, we introduced video calling, the ability to...

In various reports published Tuesday, Susquehanna analyst Shyam Patil initiated coverage of various social media companies. Patil initiated coverage of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) with "Positive" ratings while shares of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Yelp...

In a report published Monday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster discussed what investors can expect from Facebook Inc's (NASDAQ: FB) annual F8 developers conference that starts on March 25. According to Munster, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will likely give company metric updates and...

In a report published Monday, JMP Securities analyst Ronald Josey commented that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) remains a "top-idea" as recent checks have shown the company continues to gain share of ad budgets. Josey noted three key themes and topics that Facebook may discuss during its upcoming...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has 1.2 billion users worldwide. It would like to have about 6.2 billion. In order to pick up the missing five billion users, many of whom reside in emerging markets, the social media giant sent a team of engineers to Africa to do some testing. In a blog...

When Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) CFO, David Ebersman said in a recent earnings call that the company “did see a decrease in daily users specifically among younger teens,” the admission was widely viewed as an indication that while teenagers were still on Facebook, they were not using it as much as...

The Chinese language version of Techweb (complete with a not-so-subtle graphic depicting Skype’s emergence as the new sheriff in town) noted Friday that Chinese mobile Internet company TOM Online will turn Skype operations in mainland China over to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) November 24. The Next...