What's new?

Forget video. Since Facebook's F8 conference last week, the new hot topic is the humble chatbot.

Bots are by no means new to us. From the voice guiding you through a call centre to the spam in your inbox, they are ingrained in our lives to take on simple and repetitive tasks.

Blendle, an article micropayment app has launched in the US this week, seeking to reinvent how readers "can discover and support the best journalism in the country".

Could this be the long-awaited "iTunes of journalism" that finally turns the broken publishing model around? Blendle and its partners certainly hope so, and they place great emphasis on making it second nature to pay for content.

Last week's Digital Media Strategies conference was, for the most part, a brilliant insight into the successes, failures and lessons that organisations have faced over the past year.

Digital Media Strategies takes place from Monday 7th - Thursday 10th March 2016.

It brings together a global audience of leaders from all aspects of digital media - news and magazines to agencies and publishers.

It may be cold outside, but things are really hotting up in the world of Digital Publishing. We've handpicked a selection of conferences, masterclasses and summits that cover everything from mobile advertising to consumer engagement, and a lot more in between.