Be Prepared to Talk to Microsoft Bots On Skype Next Year

It seems that Microsoft is not content on merely installing Cortana into people's appliances. Now Microsoft wants its users to engage in conversations with their bots in Skype. Next year the tech giant will be granting third parties access to the Skype calling API. When this happens their partners like Expedia and StubHub bots will now have a voice. This gives users an option other than the usual text chat.

Other features include the talking bots ability to use audio, video, and GIFs in Skype's chat windows per engadget.com. This is part of Microsoft's continued efforts to lessen scripted interactions and veer towards a more natural voice control feature. Users have yet to see how efficient this would be.

Amazon Forcing Microsoft Out Of Seattle?

Back in 2007, Microsoft announced its intention to have 1,400 employees spread around seven locations in Seattle. Today, nine years after, Microsoft might be forced to exit Seattle completely.

Kilroy Realty Corp. who happens to be the owner of the Westlake Terry building announced that Amazon just signed a 12-year lease for the six-story structure where Microsoft is leasing 126,000 square feet.

This is another example of the retail giant's ability to grow at super fast speeds. It is leasing office buildings everywhere while continuing to build out the enormous campus in the Denny Triangle neighborhood. However, this leaves some uncertainty for Microsoft's future plans to stay in Seattle. But the tech company issued a statement on Tuesday. It said that it will stay in the building until its lease expires in two years, per Geek Wire.

Aside from that, Microsoft is mum about other plans. It wouldn't say if it plans on relocating into other office spaces in Seattle. Before the recession, Microsoft quickly opened offices in cities that are close to its Redmond, Wash. headquarters campus. But for the past few years, the company closed ranks and moved their teams out of other cities and building up their campus in order to accommodate more people.

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