How Facebook will take on Siri, Uber at airport, Instagram's revised app - #talkingtechLIVE

LOS ANGELES - Facebook wants to take on Apple with a new digital assistant that goes beyond what you've seen with Siri.

Facebook's "M" in the Messenger app will complete the task, and even have real humans doing things like making reservations for you.

M is being tested in the San Francisco area as part of the Messenger app, and we dive in and ponder how it might work for us on this week's #talkingtechLIVE roundtable podcast.

Also on our roster this week: We look at Instagram's new look--photographers no longer can only upload photos in the square format--how big a deal is that? We look at how the airport experience will be, now that Uber and Lyft have been cleared to operate at Los Angeles International Airport, discuss the growing trend of vertical video and autoplay video.

Our guests:

-- Mike Jones and Peter Pham, co-founders of Science, a Santa Monica based tech incubator and investor, whose properties include the Dollar Shave Club and Dog Vacay.

-- Photographer Sue Bryce, who will be teaching seminars on CreativeLive's PhotoWeek 2015 September 21-25.

-- Richard Wolpert, the founder of HelloTech, a new firm which brings tech support to your home.

-- Sam Stoddard, the founder of Simple Citizen, a new website that promises to streamline the process of applying for immigration.

#talkingtechLIVE airs on TuneIn every Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.

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