Tech: chatbots, PledgeMe, and Spark's Lightbox offer

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin on the rise of the 'chatbots'; also the local crowdfunding platform PledgeMe moves into peer-to-peer lending. And in the latest development in the complex and rapidly evolving video streaming on demand market, Spark says it will keep giving away Lightbox free to all home broadband customers.

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