{"id":174686,"date":"2016-08-04T08:30:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T06:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=174686"},"modified":"2016-08-04T08:33:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T06:33:22","slug":"skype-unveils-partner-inspired-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/174686-skype-unveils-partner-inspired-bots.html","title":{"rendered":"Skype unveils partner-inspired bots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.skype.com\/2016\/08\/03\/skype-says-hello-to-new-bots\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Skype has introduced<\/strong><\/a> a series of partner-inspired bots into the Skype Bot directory on its Android, Windows, iOS, Mac, and Web apps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, we are focussed on creating Skype Bots that deliver interesting experiences, in a variety of scenarios,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n<p>You can communicate with a bot through a\u00a0chat conversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want bots to become the quickest way to handle simple tasks, like shopping or managing your calendar, and the most effortless way to complete complex tasks, like planning a vacation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With bots, you can also bring in cards with detailed information and images into Skype chats.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fkPrDb-Kqr0\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Skype<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/172996-making-skype-free-would-be-a-massive-achievement-for-telkom.html\"><strong>Making Skype free would be a massive achievement for Telkom<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/170993-send-files-over-skype-when-the-recipient-is-offline.html\"><strong>Send files over Skype when the recipient is offline<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/170975-free-skype-meetings-launched.html\"><strong>Free Skype Meetings launched<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype has introduced a series of partner-inspired bots into the Skype Bot directory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":173824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[36,27917,1089],"class_list":["post-174686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-active","tag-bots","tag-skype"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174686"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174726,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174686\/revisions\/174726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}