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Layer Acquires Messaging Startup Cola to Help Businesses Improve Customer Engagement
Layer Inc. announced the acquisition of Cola, a messaging startup known for the Cola Messenger app and the Cola Bubble platform, which transforms simple communications into...Read more
Layer muses on messaging’s future — and why some brands should skip Facebook
If there’s anything that Facebook Messenger, Slack, and Operator have shown, it’s that we’re in an era of conversational commerce. It’s an environment where phone… Read more
15 interesting startups to watch in 2016
As we usher in another year, we brace for the next wave of innovation, disruption, consolidation, and dissolution. What will be the next big thing that everyone… Read more
Communications Platform Layer Adds Support For Webhooks
The company explains via blog post that, while the Layer Platform API is used to input data into conversations, webhooks can serve as an output. “As a developer,… Read more
Communications Platform Layer Expands To Web, Announces Fund To Back Layer-Powered Apps
TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield alumni and former Disrupt winner Layer, a company that is offering developers tools to build their own communications platforms where… Read more
As messaging apps proliferate, one service aims to power them all
We live in a world where messaging apps command $20 billion valuations, but amidst that embarrassment of riches is a major pain for users: each massively successful… Read more
Layer rolls out turnkey messaging platform and Atlas UI tools for app developers
With the numbers of people using messaging apps already huge and still growing, many developers are looking for easy ways to build the functionality into their own… Read more
