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Cortana to be coming to Android and iOS

As Windows 10 is getting closer and closer, Microsoft is prepared to reveal more surprises. With the new platform, the company hopes to streamline the experience between your phones and your computer. However, with the market dominated with Windows as computer, and iOS/Android on smartphones, the Windows 10 Mobile alone won’t cut it. To get […]

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Android iOS News Windows

Cortana is going cross-platform

Besides the hardware competition, we also got the software side. Not just the operating system, but the features itself. For the past decade, we have all been dreaming a true virtual-assistance on out mobile device, and as of right now, the competition is fierce. For the big guys, we got Siri and Google Now, arguably two of the […]

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Cortana outage resulted in some quite time for some users

Although Cortana is great, she is still on Beta, and we do expect a lot of errors in the software. So far, errors were appearing less than we expected. Minor lags is the only thing that is bugging me so far. Well, the Cortana service has some trouble today, and a lot of users haven’t been able […]

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Skype update for Windows Phone 8.1 give Cortana support

Although Cortana is very helpful, not a lot of apps support this new feature, not even Microsoft’s own apps, things like integrating apps with Cortana is still in the work. Well, at least Microsoft got one done, as they just released an update to cooperate Skype with Cortland, allow you to make a straight phone […]

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Voice activate will soon be available on Cortana.

We all love the one and only Cortana, and it seems like it is getting better and better everyday, as it gains more user database. However, Cortana is still behind Google Now and Siri, which can be activated through voice command, for now, you have to either press the Search button or the live tiles. Well, […]

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Cortana is coming to the U.K and China in the coming weeks

While a lot of us still wondering if Cortana is coming to other platforms, Microsoft is still slowly rolling out, Cortana to Windows Phone 8.1 devices (and developers preview) to other regions than the US of A. Well, soon enough, Cortana is reaching to consumers outside the US. For awhile now, when asked about Cortana […]

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Android iOS News Windows

Microsoft opens to the idea of putting Cortana to other platforms (UPDATE)

Although with Windows Phone 8.1, the whole idea was to catch up with other platform. But, as iOS 8, and soon, Android newest version (5 maybe?). The only unique feature of Windows Phone is Cortana, she separates herself as a platform. Although Microsoft worked hard to create a differing factor for Windows Phone, but now, the company is […]

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Microsoft plans to update Cortana twice a month

Although with all the praise that Cortana gets from reviewers, there is no denying that she is still in Beta mode. Weak voice recognition and result data base make her a bit immature, even know it is available for the US, and will soon roll out for the UK and other English-speaking regions (and China […]

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Carriers Editorials Windows

Windows Phone 8.1 is here, now what?

Well, for the past month, almost all of us have the chance to install the Developer Preview Version of Windows Phone 8.1. And as I said in my review of the update, it is one of the biggest update for Windows Phone Yet! But what now? What does Microsoft have to do in the future […]