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While Facebook is winning big on the web and mobile, it faces looming challenges. At F8 2017, we'll get a look at how well it's preparing for the platforms of tomorrow. (more…)

I've written before about technology - artificial intelligence - that may or may not help significantly lower customer service costs in the future.

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