cortana
Bizarre study claims Cortana has 19% Digital Assistant market share
by Surur
1 month
Over the last few years Microsoft has repeatedly cut back on Cortana, their Digital Assistant’s capabilities and ambitions, removing its integration with other apps such as Skype for example and separating it from the Window...
Microsoft to release Surface Buds to compete with Amazon and Apple
by Greg Jordan
1 month
After launching the brand new Surface Headphones last year, Microsoft is reportedly working to bring a pair of Surface branded ear buds to the market sometime this year. Just days after it was reported that Amazon is developing Al...
I don’t know if I should laugh or cry about Microsoft’s [email protected] initiative
by Surur
1 month
A job description on LinkedIn has revealed at as recently as February 2018 Microsoft has massive ambitions for their digital assistant in the consumer space. Posted by the current Director of Engineering, Assistant Experiences an...
Cortana retreat continues as Microsoft ditch Wunderlist integration
by Surur
2 months
We heard recently that Microsoft would stop supporting the Cortana bot on Skype, and today we hear about another service which will no longer have access to Cortana integration. PCWorld reports that Wunderlist users are seeing a m...
Skype hangs up on Cortana bot, hands over call to Alexa
by Surur
2 months
18 months ago Microsoft brought Cortana to Skype as a bot. Cortana could find movie dates for you, organise your day by detecting information in your chats and intelligently scheduling calendar appointments, and could be called ...
Microsoft testing tweaked user interface for Cortana in Windows 10 1809
by Surur
2 months
Despite clear evidence that Microsoft is de-emphasising Cortana in Windows 10, the team continues to work on adding new features and functionality to the app. The latest is a server-side update to the user interface of the app, wh...
Cortana 3.2 rolls out to Android users with new home screen and more
3 months
Microsoft is rolling out an update to Cortana for Android powered devices (via Windows Central) that adds a new Home Screen interface and an interface that’s more similar to Microsoft’s Skype and Outlook apps. ItR...
Microsoft To-Do integration in Cortana now rolling out to everyone
by Pradeep
4 months
Last year, Microsoft started testing Microsoft To-Do integration in Cortana with Windows Insiders. This feature is now rolling out to everyone in the following regions: Australia, India, US, and UK. With this integration, you can ...
Demoralized Cortana team push out new Scenes, Rules feature
by Surur
4 months
Despite a major vote of no confidence from their CEO, the Cortana team has continued to work on improving their digital voice assistant. The team has introduced two new features in the Connected Home section of the app – Sce...
White Flag: Satya Nadella to demote Cortana to a Google Assistant skill
by Surur
4 months
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has just raised the white flag on their half-hearted competition with the Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant digital voice assistants. “We are very mindful of the categories we enter where we can d...
Microsoft downplays need for smart speaker hardware to keep Cortana alive
by Surur
4 months
The Harmon Kardon Invoke Cortana speaker is more or less dead and buried, but according to Microsoft Cortana does not need dedicated hardware in any case, at least not from Microsoft. “On the smart speaker side of things, we’v...