The Economist: 'This Could Be War' For Facebook

The Economist on Wednesday

that an upcoming "messaging war" may be declared during

developer conference in which the company is expect to say it will turn its Messenger app into a "platform." The publication continued that by doing so third party developers can create software for it in areas including gaming, hotel bookings, tickets and more. Facebook is apparently following China based WeChat and South Korean KakaoTalk in transforming its app into a platform. In fact, Facebook could also be moving in to

and

territory and their respective smartphone systems, iOS and Android.