Shira Ovide, Columnist

Facebook Wins Imitation Game

It's not just flattery, it's good business.
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Another day, another moment to be in awe of Facebook's ruthless genius.

Facebook on Monday announced a way for people to use its Messenger texting app for group video calls. You may recognize this feature from the many other digital hangouts for multiparty web video calls, like Microsoft Corp.'s Skype and Facebook's own WhatsApp.1482173343903