In the world of technology, nothing is permanent. The world is dominated by apps right now, but they might become extinct very soon, all because chatbots are slowly making their foray and are on the march. “Bots are the new apps”, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said during a keynote address last month. And he might be onto something because chatbots are the future, as right now they are emerging to be the hot new things in tech. So, what are chatbots? Putting it simply, chatbots are basically software that can conduct human-like conversation and can become your very own helpful assistant which texts you and answers your queries.

Facebook:

It's out in the open now, that Facebook is all set to announce the arrival of chatbots in its messaging app at the annual software developer conference in San Francisco. And the latest Messenger drops the hint. If you were to do a search in the latest version of Facebook's chat app, you'll find a new category heading called "Bots and Businesses."

Microsoft:

Microsoft recently had launched its first attempt with a Twitter chatbot named "Tay". But things got out of hand when "Tay" started spewing racist comments to some user's questions. But Microsoft is set to make things right and it recently also announced that it will be launching new tools to help developers build their own chatbots into their apps.