Microsoft has updated its Microsoft Bot and Skype Bot platforms with a host of new capabilities to ensure that its Bot Framework is ready ahead of its official launch at the end of 2016. The company first announced its Skype Bot Platform in March during its Build developer conference. Currently there are 30,000 developers building bots for its platforms according to Microsoft. The latest update update has given bots the ability to be part of group conversations which will make it easier to use them from both a business perspective and when having conversations with groups of friends online. Skype… [Continue Reading]