Articles about Cortana

Microsoft to sunset Cortana on iOS and Android in pivot to ‘productivity-focused’ assistant

Microsoft will shut down Cortana on a wide range of devices, reflecting the challenge for third-party voice assistants attempting to… Read More

The future of Cortana? Microsoft patent shows new advances in reading and summarizing emails

Microsoft’s vision for Cortana continues to evolve, and according to a new patent, the next step for the digital assistant… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon protests JEDI deal; Cortana reads email; Cosmic Crisp first taste

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is formally protesting a decision by the U.S. Department of Defense to award… Read More

Review: Microsoft Cortana reading email aloud on an iPhone is surprisingly useful, to a point

Grab your headphones, press play, and groove to the sound of your email inbox. It might sound a little weird,… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana can now read emails out loud and run through your daily schedule

Microsoft is doubling down on Cortana as a virtual secretary, giving the digital assistant a host of new capabilities to… Read More

Microsoft workers listen to some Skype calls and Cortana recordings, company admits in privacy update

Microsoft today updated its privacy policies to disclose that employees and contractors are listening to audio from some Skype calls… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana will soon disappear from the Johnson Controls smart thermostat via a software update

Microsoft’s Cortana will soon be removed from the Johnson Controls GLAS smart thermostat, a device once thought to be a… Read More

Report: Microsoft contractors review some private Skype calls and Cortana recordings

Microsoft contractors listen to certain types of Skype calls and Cortana recordings, Motherboard reported on Wednesday. The discovery adds to… Read More

Microsoft gives up on Cortana as an Alexa rival, now views assistant as cross-platform skill

Microsoft no longer views Cortana as a competitor to the Google Assistant or Amazon’s Alexa, and the priority has changed… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa delves deeper into the Windows universe with new ‘Alexa for PC’ app

Amazon today unveiled a new Alexa for PCs app that will bring the digital assistant to a lot more Windows… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana chief Javier Soltero is leaving the company

Javier Soltero, the leader of Microsoft’s Cortana division, is leaving the company. Soltero confirmed his departure on Twitter after it… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia hires Cortana design lead; Saykara adds VP of growth

Longtime Microsoft design leader Sam Moreau is leaving the company for a new position at Expedia, GeekWire has learned. Moreau will lead… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft partners with Indian cricket legend on smart bat

Today’s featured stories Microsoft partners with Indian cricket legend to develop a smart bat that tracks live analytics Alexa and… Read More

Alexa and Cortana can now control Xbox devices as new ‘skill’ for digital assistants rolls out broadly

Amazon’s virtual brain Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana can now turn on Xbox devices, launch games, take screenshots and more under… Read More

TLDR: Amazon HQ2 hints?

Today’s featured stories Amazon is staffing up in these HQ2 finalist cities as second headquarters decision nears ‘Alexa, start Halo’:… Read More

‘Alexa, start Halo’: Microsoft adds Alexa and Cortana voice commands for Xbox One

Xbox owners have another way to control their console: Alexa and Cortana. Microsoft expanded its voice support for Xbox One… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: Are Alexa and Cortana BFFs? Plus, a chance to win PAX West tickets

The Geared Up Giveaway is back! Geared Up subscribers can use the widget at the bottom of this post to… Read More

First impressions: Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana are friendly acquaintances, not best friends

“Cortana, open Alexa. … Play Jeopardy!” Just like that, we heard the famous theme song and voices of announcer Johnny… Read More

TLDR: Alexa-Cortana integrations now available, thousands block Fortune 500 companies on Twitter, T-Mobile wants to fix customer service

Today’s featured stories Microsoft and Amazon begin public rollout of first Alexa-Cortana integrations, promise more to come Cortana meets Alexa,… Read More

Cortana

Microsoft to sunset Cortana on iOS and Android in pivot to ‘productivity-focused’ assistant

The future of Cortana? Microsoft patent shows new advances in reading and summarizing emails

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon protests JEDI deal; Cortana reads email; Cosmic Crisp first taste

Review: Microsoft Cortana reading email aloud on an iPhone is surprisingly useful, to a point

Microsoft’s Cortana can now read emails out loud and run through your daily schedule

Microsoft workers listen to some Skype calls and Cortana recordings, company admits in privacy update

Microsoft’s Cortana will soon disappear from the Johnson Controls smart thermostat via a software update

Report: Microsoft contractors review some private Skype calls and Cortana recordings

Microsoft gives up on Cortana as an Alexa rival, now views assistant as cross-platform skill

Amazon’s Alexa delves deeper into the Windows universe with new ‘Alexa for PC’ app

Microsoft’s Cortana chief Javier Soltero is leaving the company

Tech Moves: Expedia hires Cortana design lead; Saykara adds VP of growth

TLDR: Microsoft partners with Indian cricket legend on smart bat

Alexa and Cortana can now control Xbox devices as new ‘skill’ for digital assistants rolls out broadly

TLDR: Amazon HQ2 hints?

‘Alexa, start Halo’: Microsoft adds Alexa and Cortana voice commands for Xbox One

Geared Up Podcast: Are Alexa and Cortana BFFs? Plus, a chance to win PAX West tickets

First impressions: Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana are friendly acquaintances, not best friends

TLDR: Alexa-Cortana integrations now available, thousands block Fortune 500 companies on Twitter, T-Mobile wants to fix customer service

Cortana meets Alexa, Lesson No. 1: Keep your Windows 10 PC away from your Amazon Echo

Microsoft and Amazon begin public rollout of first Alexa-Cortana integrations, promise more to come

Don’t count Cortana out: Study predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will rival Amazon and Google in business use

Alexa and the Google Assistant are reportedly coming soon to Microsoft’s Xbox

Alexa Inside: What it’s really like to use Amazon’s voice assistant on a new Windows 10 laptop

Amazon’s Alexa arrives on Windows 10 laptops for the first time this week via Acer devices

TLDR: Cortana-Alexa integration, Bono invests in Seattle startup, Oculus Go first impressions

Cortana and Alexa need better chemistry: Takeaways from the first public demo by Microsoft and Amazon

Microsoft and Amazon show Alexa-Cortana integrations for first time

‘Hey’ no more, as Microsoft’s Cortana drops the pleasantries from voice commands

Tech Moves: Microsoft vet heading new data-focused game publisher; Cortana under new management; and more