What happened to Cortana?
Cortana…thinking of the Microsoft A.I system makes something stir in your brain, doesn’t it?
Amazon Alexa is coming to Windows 10 PCs
Amazon s Digital Assistant seems to be compatible with almost anything these days, except your Windows PC. Both Amazon and Microsoft announcing a new assistant partnership which was due to invoked in late 2017.
Is Microsoft Cortana Competition to Google and Amazon
Microsoft has shown that voice-assistant Cortana, is powerful enough to deal with a wide range of ‘Smart Technology’ from speakers and toasters, to fridges and Cars
Cortana Plays Friendly With Gmail.
To make use of your Windows Cortana accessing your google account just go to the Cortana bar, enter Notebook, then Connected Services. (shown above) to set up your Cortana to Google access.
Harmon Kardon & Microsoft Cortana
This week Harman Kardon and Microsoft released the Harman Kardon Invoke with Cortana by Microsoft for the exy price of $199.95 USD. The only country it was released In was the states and with the sound powered by Harman Kardon and that price tag its easy to see the market they hope to reach, for the moment powerful sounding speakers are few and far between, with the best on the market (personally considered) being the Google Home Max.
Harmon Kardon & Samsung
South Korean Company Samsung have been scares so far, with many failed attempts to kick start Voice Assistant Bixby, due to a few reasons the biggest being the lack of English recognition and support for the assistant features, and the next is assumed to an already flooded market with a strong fan base for the 4 other major Smart Assistants.
Microsoft is saying goodbye mobile?
News struck a few weeks ago that Bill Gates no longer equips himself with a Windows Phone, but has switched over to android. While this is not exactly ground-breaking news considering Gates is no longer involved with Microsofts; day-to-day running, what is Ground breaking news, at least for the Home Automation fans, is news that has come out surrounding Microsofts latest direction choices.
Microsoft Windows Connected Home?
Microsoft Cortana ‘officially’ was released in 2015, and for Australians using Windows 10 there is mixed reviews. For navigating your PC it’s a handy little search too,. but as far as the Cortana we have access to, she can’t really do a whole lot, and is DEFINATELY optimised for use in the states
Follow up on Amazon and Microsoft Partnership
So, after the surprise announcement of amazon and Microsoft joining sides. We can confirm this move means neither party will drop their respective assistant, but that the assistants will work hand in hand allowing you to access Cortana’s features from Alexa, and vice versa. While the pair of Assistants wont work in perfect harmony together … Continue reading Follow up on Amazon and Microsoft Partnership
SHOCK AMAZON PARTNERSHIP
Amazon and assistant Alexa to partner with Microsoft and Cortana assistant, this news broke this week. Following news last week about Google partnering with Walmart for a chance to take on the giant online store. Looks like the big tech companies are gearing up to go head to head. So we are in for an … Continue reading SHOCK AMAZON PARTNERSHIP