The messenger app Kik, a chat service catering to teens, debuted its Bot Shop on Monday. The shop lets Kik users download chatbots – automated apps meant to simulate real conversation. The shop ...

Facebook's debut of a bot store is already being heralded as the "most important launch since the App Store." Except that it hasn't happened yet. Kik, a messaging app favored by teens, beat Facebook ...

Consumers are ramping up their use of bot shoppers — automated software programs underpinned by artificial intelligence ...

Need to book a flight? Soon you may just ask a bot on Kik to do it for you. The tech industry is abuzz with hype surrounding the chat bot. These personal assistant-like automated accounts live within ...

Waterloo-based messaging app Kik has launched a “bot shop” that will function a bit like Apple’s App Store, only for chat bots. The Kik bot shop with exist as a special section in Kik’s app. There, ...

Kik, the instant messenger app for mobile devices, announced the Bot Shop from where users can download a bot directly to the messenger. Bots are like smart apps that users can talk to. The bots can ...

Kik is joining the mobile messaging revolution with a new marketplace featuring bots that are “entertaining, playful, and useful.” The company has launched with 16 different bots, including those from ...

Over the next couple of years, automated bot shoppers are likely to start replacing human shoppers. And that’s going to force retailers to shift sales tactics to be successful. Autonomous bots acting ...

The messaging app Kik is one step ahead of you, Facebook. Kik announced on Tuesday that it has officially opened up a shop for third-party developers to be able to create bots that can be used in the ...