#MidweekMinute: FB devices & integrations

Facebook gets into home devices & ditches its AI/VA hybrid in beta; Instagram Stories expand to WhatsApp; Ripple follows Bumble in taking on LinkedIn.

Facebook Portal

EXCLUSIVE: Facebook Dives into Home Device Market with Video Chat Product Named "Portal" (Cheddar)

Report: Details emerge on Facebook's planned video chat device (Marketing Dive)

Facebook may be ready to invade your physical world with an outrageously priced video device (Quartz)

Facebook "M" dies in beta

Facebook Is Pulling the Plug on Its Human-Powered M Assistant for Messenger Jan. 19 (Adweek)

Facebook is shutting down its standalone personal assistant “M” (TechCrunch)

Facebook is shutting down M, its personal assistant service that combined humans and AI (The Verge)

Instagram Stories on WhatsApp

Facebook (FB) to Bring Instagram Stories to WhatsApp Status (NASDAQ)

Facebook is reportedly testing Instagram Stories on WhatsApp (Business Insider)

Facebook Rolling Out Instagram Stories For WhatsApp Later This Year (International Business Times)

Ripple networking app

Ex-Tinder employees launch professional networking app Ripple (Mashable)

Ripple, a Tinder spinoff backed by Match, launches app for professional networking (TechCrunch)

Tinder’s New Professional Networking App Wants You to Swipe Left on LinkedIn (Slate)