LIVE: Facebook's big F8 conference

At today's Facebook F8 event in San Francisco, Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce new features and updates to the social network, and Business Insider is on the scene live.

We have a pretty good idea of one thing to expect: Facebook will launch Facebook Messenger as a platform that will allow developers to build some crazy apps on top of it.

The company will probably also announce a media partnership that will let outlets like the New York Times and Buzzfeed publish directly to your Facebook news feed. Facebook will also launch new advertising technology, better support for the so-called Internet of Things, and announcements around the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.

The keynote starts at 1 pm ET/10 am local time. Follow along below for news and updates straight from Facebook F8.