Facebook launches Bot Store – Are ‘Bots’ the new ‘Apps’?

Facebook has launched a ‘Bot Store’ that will reside within their popular Messenger app at their annual global developer conference (F8) this month. It has been spruiked by many as perhaps the most important launch since the App store in 2008 by Apple – with many brands rushing in to develop conversation style ‘bots’ that can essentially perform functions like their standalone app counterparts can do, all within Facebook Messenger.