Tag

With Cortana integrated with the entire vehicle , a driver may be able to change air conditioning setting, check maintenance reports or switch driving modes with their voice.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has expanded the scope of applications for its vastly-improved digital assistant, Cortana.

Paul Thurrot, one of the most knowledgeable bloggers on Microsoft, did the maths and worked out that in the first two months of availability, Windows 7 sold 60 million licenses.

Microsoft said Monday its Cortana virtual assistant software was available to users of Android mobile devices… “The Cortana app on Android is the companion to your Windows 10 PC, extending Cortana’s functionality across any device you carry, everywhere you...

“The Cortana app can do most of the things Cortana does on your PC or on a Windows phone”, said Microsoft in a blog post. However, users can make the Cortana of Android by replacing the Google Now shortcut with Cortana when you long press on the home key button.

You can set reminders, search the web, track flight details, and even ask her to sing you happy birthday. It has been launched as a key ingredient of Microsoft’s planned “makeover” of the future operating systems for Windows Phone and Windows.

For a long time, it was the only option available, but recently the arrival of Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Cortana and Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google Now has heated things up. With this, Android users will now be able to test the Cortana Android app. The...

The Cortana app on Android is the companion to your Windows 10 PC, extending Cortana’s functionality across any device you carry, everywhere you go.

The new operating system was released on July 29 but an email going around with the subject line “Windows 10 Free Upgrade” might infect your computer with a virus that renders files inaccessible.

KB3081436 not only includes the six security bulletins release this month for Windows 10, but it also provides OS fixes, improvements, and at least one new feature, the Windows Spotlight for the Lockscreen (though its only available for Windows Home editions).

Now that the Windows 10 launch day is behind us, it’s time to look towards the many updates Microsoft has in store.

Microsoft has today dropped a fresh Windows 10 update “package” (thats what folks at Redmond are calling it) which is basically a clubbing of all previously released updates, which were dished out to Windows Insiders.

The latest update to Cortana for Android, which bumps it up to version 1.0.0.204, allows users to ditch Google Now and set Cortana as the default digital assistant on their devices. That means, when you hold the home button and swipe up, the action that usually activates Google...

You can turn off the ability for Windows 10 to ‘send typing and inking data to Microsoft to improve the recognition and suggestion platform’.

That’s still a far cry from the company’s goal of getting Windows 10 onto a billion devices within three years – but nonetheless a strong start.