Microsoft’s smart digital assistant — Cortana — is getting a handful of new features from today, with those on the early-stage Windows Insider Program first to get a glimpse of the new tools. Cortana ...

Connecting Cortana and Alexa. For starters, you will have to pair the two services, which means you will not only need an Amazon account but also a Microsoft account. Beyond that, ...

Microsoft has announced new changes to Cortana coming in the next version of Windows 10, and you probably won't like them if you use any of the service's consumer-facing features. Those of you who ...

Microsoft is bringing Cortana to iOS and Android smartphones, extending the voice-controlled personal assistant to platforms beyond Windows 10 and Windows Phone. Using the Cortana iOS and Android apps ...

Today, Microsoft announced that its digital assistant, Cortana, will now work with IFTTT and a number of new smart home devices, such as the Ecobee, Honeywell Lyric, and LIFX. To set them up, just ...

Microsoft’s Cortana virtual assistant is getting a facelift on iOS and Android aimed at making it more useful for users, and also bringing a bit of brightness to what’s currently a rather dour ...

After a brief run, Microsoft has disabled Cortana’s hands-free feature on Android. “’Hey Cortana’ allows users to open Cortana and give her commands just by saying those two words,” Venture Beat notes ...

Microsoft has announced the first update for Windows Phone 8.1, and that it will be made available to developers, and anyone else running the pre-release version of the OS, next week. Known as Update ...

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