Microsoft will shut down Cortana on a wide range of devices, reflecting the challenge for third-party voice assistants attempting to compete with built-in programs like Apple’s Siri and Google Assistant.… Read More
Microsoft’s vision for Cortana continues to evolve, and according to a new patent, the next step for the digital assistant could include new capabilities to better read and summarize emails,… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is formally protesting a decision by the U.S. Department of Defense to award its $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract to Microsoft, suggesting… Read More
Grab your headphones, press play, and groove to the sound of your email inbox. It might sound a little weird, but based on my experience so far, Microsoft’s new “Play… Read More
Microsoft is doubling down on Cortana as a virtual secretary, giving the digital assistant a host of new capabilities to help people manage their schedules and communications at the office… Read More
Microsoft today updated its privacy policies to disclose that employees and contractors are listening to audio from some Skype calls and conversations with the tech giant’s digital assistant The change… Read More
Microsoft’s Cortana will soon be removed from the Johnson Controls GLAS smart thermostat, a device once thought to be a flagship smart home product for the digital assistant when it… Read More
Microsoft contractors listen to certain types of Skype calls and Cortana recordings, Motherboard reported on Wednesday. The discovery adds to growing consumer unease about tech employees listening to conversations thought… Read More
Microsoft no longer views Cortana as a competitor to the Google Assistant or Amazon’s Alexa, and the priority has changed to make it a skill that works within other digital… Read More
Amazon today unveiled a new Alexa for PCs app that will bring the digital assistant to a lot more Windows computers. Alexa had already been integrated into a few Windows PCs… Read More
Javier Soltero, the leader of Microsoft’s Cortana division, is leaving the company. Soltero confirmed his departure on Twitter after it was first reported by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley Tuesday morning.… Read More
Longtime Microsoft design leader Sam Moreau is leaving the company for a new position at Expedia, GeekWire has learned. Moreau will lead design for Expedia’s brand in his new role as VP… Read More
Today’s featured stories Microsoft partners with Indian cricket legend to develop a smart bat that tracks live analytics Alexa and Cortana can now control Xbox devices as new ‘skill’ for… Read More
Amazon’s virtual brain Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana can now turn on Xbox devices, launch games, take screenshots and more under an integration between the game console and digital assistants that… Read More
Today’s featured stories Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears ‘Alexa, start Halo’: Microsoft adds Alexa and Cortana voice commands for Xbox One… Read More
Xbox owners have another way to control their console: Alexa and Cortana. Microsoft expanded its voice support for Xbox One today with a new Xbox Skill, which lets people turn… Read More
The Geared Up Giveaway is back! Geared Up subscribers can use the widget at the bottom of this post to enter for a chance to win four single-day passes to… Read More
“Cortana, open Alexa. … Play Jeopardy!” Just like that, we heard the famous theme song and voices of announcer Johnny Gilbert and host Alex Trebek on our Microsoft Cortana-powered Harman… Read More
Today’s featured stories Microsoft and Amazon begin public rollout of first Alexa-Cortana integrations, promise more to come Cortana meets Alexa, Lesson No. 1: Keep your Windows 10 PC away from… Read More
I’m testing out the new integration of Microsoft Cortana and Amazon Alexa, released as a public preview for the first time this morning. It was going pretty well, until Cortana… Read More
In a somewhat surreal moment three months ago, an Amazon executive appeared on stage at the Microsoft Build developer conference to show off the first wave of long-awaited integrations between… Read More
Cortana is getting serious traction in the enterprise world, according to a new study that predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will be neck-and-neck with counterparts from Google and Amazon. A new… Read More
Alexa is moving even deeper into Microsoft territory. Amazon’s digital brain and the Google Assistant appear bound for Xbox to control the console via voice commands. Windows Central reports that… Read More
Alexa is all over the place these days, from the fridge to the bathroom mirror, and now on Windows 10 PCs, where Amazon’s voice assistant could teach Microsoft’s Cortana a… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa is live on a Windows 10 laptop for the first time, making its debut on a pair of Acer devices with more on the way. The announcement follows… Read More
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There has been an explosion in voice assistants — including Apple Siri, Samsung Bixby, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana — to the point that many of us are… Read More
Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa are finally talking, fulfilling a groundbreaking promise made last year to bring the rival digital assistants together. Microsoft and Amazon officials shared the stage at… Read More
Microsoft doesn’t want its users to have to waste any time in getting the attention of its digital assistant Cortana. Microsoft dropped the word “hey” from the voice command that… Read More
There’s plenty of data in mobile technology and games, but the mobile games world struggles to translate it into insightful knowledge. Microsoft and Razorfish marketing vet Kevin Urie is hoping… Read More