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    <title>Merge Conflict - Episodes Tagged with “Bots”</title>
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    <description>Merge Conflict is a weekly discussion with Frank and James on all things development, technology, &amp; more. After years of being friends, Frank and James finally decided to sit down and start a podcast about their lives as mobile developers using C#, Xamarin, and .NET MAUI. Much more than just another mobile development podcast, Merge Conflict, reaches all areas of development including desktop, server, and of course mobile. They also cover fun things happening in the world of technology and gaming and whatever else happens to be on Frank's and James' minds. 
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  <title>237: Bot Awesome</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>CES 2021 has come and gone and we break down our favorite announcements around robots!</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>CES 2021 has come and gone and we break down our favorite announcements around robots!
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    <![CDATA[<p>CES 2021 has come and gone and we break down our favorite announcements around robots!</p>

<h3>Follow Us</h3>

<ul>
<li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
<li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
<li>Merge Conflict: <a href="http://twitter.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" target="_blank">Website</a>, <a href="https://www.mergeconflict.fm/discord" target="_blank">Chat on Discord</a></li>
<li>Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank">Adventureface</a></li>
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<p>⭐⭐ <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/merge-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&ls=1" rel="nofollow">Review Us</a> ⭐⭐</p>

<p>Machine transcription available on <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" rel="nofollow">http://mergeconflict.fm</a></p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=mergeconflict_maui_podcy23">Syncfusion</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=mergeconflict_maui_podcy23">Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for .NET MAUI, Xamarin, WPF, Windows Form, Win UI, Flutter, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and more! Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download their free e-books.
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    <![CDATA[<p>CES 2021 has come and gone and we break down our favorite announcements around robots!</p>

<h3>Follow Us</h3>

<ul>
<li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
<li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
<li>Merge Conflict: <a href="http://twitter.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" target="_blank">Website</a>, <a href="https://www.mergeconflict.fm/discord" target="_blank">Chat on Discord</a></li>
<li>Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank">Adventureface</a></li>
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<p>⭐⭐ <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/merge-conflict/id1133064277?mt=2&ls=1" rel="nofollow">Review Us</a> ⭐⭐</p>

<p>Machine transcription available on <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" rel="nofollow">http://mergeconflict.fm</a></p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=mergeconflict_maui_podcy23">Syncfusion</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.syncfusion.com/maui-controls?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=mergeconflict_maui_podcy23">Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for .NET MAUI, Xamarin, WPF, Windows Form, Win UI, Flutter, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and more! Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download their free e-books.
</a></li></ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/mergeconflictfm">Support Merge Conflict</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Merge Conflict 15: Bots Bots Bots</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Bots are the new conversational user interface that integrates with the most popular apps that we use. This week we discuss where to start, what options are available and what is the future?
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&lt;h3&gt;Links &amp;amp; Show Notes&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://amzn.to/2eczFvi"&gt;Amazon Echo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit"&gt;Alexa API&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://assistant.google.com/"&gt;Google Assistant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2016/04/12/bots-for-messenger/"&gt;Facebook &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://dev.botframework.com/"&gt;Microsoft Bot Framework&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Frank: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="http://praeclarum.org"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://github.com/praeclarum"&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;James: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="http://motzcod.es"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno"&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface"&gt;Adventureface&lt;/a&gt;
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  <itunes:keywords>bot framework, bots, iot, speech recognition, xamarin</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Bots are the new conversational user interface that integrates with the most popular apps that we use. This week we discuss where to start, what options are available and what is the future? Whether it is a cross platform bot framework or something specific to Google, Apple, or Amazon hardware there is surely something for everyone.</p>

<p><a name="Links..amp..Show.Notes"></a></p>

<h3>Links &amp; Show Notes</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://amzn.to/2eczFvi">Amazon Echo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit">Alexa API</a></li>
<li><a href="https://assistant.google.com/">Google Assistant</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2016/04/12/bots-for-messenger/">Facebook </a></li>
<li><a href="https://dev.botframework.com/">Microsoft Bot Framework</a></li>
<li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://praeclarum.org">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum">GitHub</a></li>
<li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://motzcod.es">Blog</a>,  <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno">GitHub</a></li>
<li>Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface">Adventureface</a></li>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Bots are the new conversational user interface that integrates with the most popular apps that we use. This week we discuss where to start, what options are available and what is the future? Whether it is a cross platform bot framework or something specific to Google, Apple, or Amazon hardware there is surely something for everyone.</p>

<p><a name="Links..amp..Show.Notes"></a></p>

<h3>Links &amp; Show Notes</h3>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://amzn.to/2eczFvi">Amazon Echo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit">Alexa API</a></li>
<li><a href="https://assistant.google.com/">Google Assistant</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2016/04/12/bots-for-messenger/">Facebook </a></li>
<li><a href="https://dev.botframework.com/">Microsoft Bot Framework</a></li>
<li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://praeclarum.org">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum">GitHub</a></li>
<li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://motzcod.es">Blog</a>,  <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno">GitHub</a></li>
<li>Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface">Adventureface</a></li>
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