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8 Bots You Should Add to Your Facebook Messenger App

Facebook Messenger is rising in popularity, but pretty soon you may not know whether or not you are speaking to an actual human being. That’s because chat bots are becoming more and more popular, and some companies, such as the Dutch airline KLM, are using them to run their customer service. It may not rise to the level of the Turing test (yet), but it is still early days yet.

Ever since Mark Zuckerberg introduced chat bots at the recent Facebook Developer Conference, developers have been submitting their bots for Facebook approval. Right now, each bot has to be individually reviewed and approved by Facebook, so there are no spammy ones yet, similar to what you would find on Google Play.

Here are some of the more interesting ones. To get started, click on the link and then “Get Started” at the bottom. If there is no “Get Started” link, then typing “help” normally wakes the bot up and says something to you. Another interesting thing to note is that you can, by ticking the relevant boxes in each bot, block all sponsored messages and also temporarily mute all notifications.

CNN

They may be getting mocked (even by President Obama) for the low standard of their news coverage, but CNN is always showing their determination to innovate and embrace new technologies. So when Facebook chatbots were introduced, CNN wasted no time in getting their one out the door first.

When you first start the bot, you are offered “Top stories”, “Stories for you” or “Ask CNN“. If you decide to choose one, you will get a summary each day in that area, and you can easily unsubscribe if the updates are starting to bother you. You can also enter keywords to be given the relevant information. For example, if you type “headlines“, CNN will give you the top headlines. If you type “politics“, you get the politics news. “Showbusiness” will get you the latest on who is sleeping with whom and who is getting checked into a drug rehab clinic. You get the idea.

Hello Jarvis

Apple’s Siri set off the craze for AI assistants on your smartphone, and Microsoft brought out Cortana for their phones and Windows 10. But developers have been trying to make bots that will integrate with your chat program to remind you to do certain things at certain times. Which is all very commendable but I think everyone’s hard work will be permanently eclipsed when Facebook finally brings out their own long-awaited AI assistant, entitled “M” (of course it is).

Hello Jarvis is a simple bot with one job — to remind you to do something at a certain time. So if you look at the screenshot above, you say “remind me to [insert task here] at [insert time here]”. Or you can say the time first then the task. Whatever. Jarvis is a clever owl. He understands what you are saying. Just don’t ask him where Hogwarts is. He doesn’t like that stereotype.

GymBot

There seems to be a strange phenomenon where, if you need to exercise, you can’t be bothered and you go back to binge watching Game of Thrones. But if you have a Fitbit on your wrist, or a smartphone app waiting for results, then suddenly you’re flying out the door in your Nike shorts, and humming “Eye of the Tiger”.

GymBot offers to be your stats keeper if you are a Facebook Messenger user. As you can see from the screenshot above, you need to send the stats in a certain format. It will then store the stats in its database, and you can view them at any time to monitor your progress. Sorry, but it doesn’t give any motivating pep talks.

Digg

Digg was a force to be reckoned with a decade ago, and then it just disappeared. Now it’s back, and the team are hard at work proving that Digg is a great place to be again. Every morning, I get Digg Editions sent to my email inbox, which contains a summary of the best Digg links. And their videos page is also excellent. Many people also love Digg Reader, although I was not too enamoured by it.

The Digg chatbot is a lot like the CNN chatbot, but with a kind of more relaxed layout. Typing “Trending” gets you the latest news, and if you type in keywords such as “tech”, “politics“, or “digg“, you will get the relevant sections instantly delivered to you.

Dinner Ideas

Are you constantly stuck on what to make for dinner? Instead of heading to the freezer for that frozen pizza again, why not try the “Dinner Ideas” bot? After subscribing, you can choose to have one delicious recipe sent to you either every day or every week, or never. If you do choose to get the recipe, and you need it right now, you can just type “rotd” to get it immediately.

You can also send it a list of ingredients (say, what is in your fridge), and it willsuggest recipes for you. You can also tell it the name of something, such as “lasagne” and it will bring up what it thinks are the best lasagne recipes.

Assist

“Assist” is another AI assistant, which will help you out with basic tasks. You can see the menu of things it can do for you, and you simply choose the task and follow the on-screen instructions. It will then presumably reach out to whichever service it is contracted with to get the task done. Obviously it is not free, so get ready to plonk some cash down.

The “Send a Letter” one is interesting. You can choose between a printed letter ($1.99) or a handwritten letter ($2.99). Although, the letter is restricted to 35 words, so you can’t send big steamy romantic letters to your other half. Not unless you write it in Haiku form.

Fynd

Next in the “holding your hand” range of bots is Fynd, which is a shopping bot. Just say what you are looking for, and it starts scooting off all round the Internet looking for the best deals for you. The company is based in Mumbai, so this bot is probably only useful for Indian residents.

The bot initially suggests looking for “Nike shoes for men”. Being really awkward, I instead opted for “Adidas shoes for men” and moments later, I got some hits. If you choose one, it takes you to the Fynd website, where you can buy them and have them sent out. The bot is basically a mobile form of their website, but is still good if you are standing in the middle of a store, and you need a quick price comparison. Pity it is only confined to India, though.

Kukie

It is said that everyone has at least one start-up idea in them. But for some people, that idea is proving elusive (I’m convinced my million dollar idea is in me someplace). Kukie is a really useful bot which gives you startup ideas, as well as resources for starting a startup business, or resources if you are already running something.

As well as startup ideas, it helps with names, logos, domains, marketing, and much more. If you are thinking of starting a business, or are running one that could use a bit of improvement, then Kukie may be what you need to spark the old brain cells.

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Apple fixes ‘Error 53′ and apologizes to customers for bricking iPhones

Apple is apologizing — and fixing — the “Error 53″ bug that left some iPhone devices bricked.

The basic problem occurs if your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus home button is repaired anywhere other than an Apple Store or Apple-authorized repair center.

At first, the phone might work — with everything, including Touch ID, seeming perfectly fine. But then, when you try to update to a newer version of iOS (or you attempt to restore your phone from a backup), the software checks to make sure the Touch ID sensor matches the rest of the hardware. If it doesn’t find a match — and only authorized Apple repair centers can pair a phone and Touch ID sensor — your phone will stop functioning.

Although Apple originally said that “Error 53″ was a security measure, many users questioned why the company would take the measure of disabling an entire phone and not just the Touch ID features. Apple is facing a class action lawsuit over the feature.

In an interesting about face, Apple on Thursday released an updated version of iOS 9.2.1 for vietnam mobile application development iTunes that will fix phones bricked by “Error 53″ and prevent future unofficial Apple repairs from bricking phones.

In a statement given to Mashable, Apple said:

Some customers’ devices are showing ‘Connect to iTunes’ after attempting an iOS update or a restore from iTunes on a Mac or PC. This reports as an Error 53 in iTunes and appears when a device fails a security test. This test was designed to check whether Touch ID works properly before the device leaves the factory.

Today, Apple released a software update that allows customers who have encountered this error message to successfully restore their device using iTunes on a Mac or PC.

We apologize for any inconvenience, this was designed to be a factory test and was not intended to affect customers. Customers who paid for an out-of-warranty replacement of their device based on this issue should contact AppleCare about a reimbursement.

Apple also updated its support document for “Error 53″ on its website. If you have an iPhone that was bricked by “Error 53,” plugging it into iTunes and running the latest iOS 9.2.1 update should restore the phone and get it up and running properly.

Although the new update will fix bricked phones — and prevent a non-Apple authorized repair from bricking phones in the future — there is a security-based caveat — the Touch ID sensor will no longer work.

That’s because the Secure Enclave stored within the Touch ID sensor still needs to be paired and secured. Only Apple and Apple-authorized repair shops can do this.

What this means is that if you do replace your home button on an iPhone 6 someplace other than an Apple Store — you no longer need to worry about your phone bricking. Still, doing this will mean that you will be unable to use Touch ID on the phone.

Sources: mashable

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