Microsoft Uses Siri To Poke Fun At The iPad
In a new Windows 8 ad, Microsoft pokes fun of the iPad via Siri. The gloves are clearly off and Microsoft is taking the fight right to Cupertino. Interestingly enough Microsoft opted to use an ASUS...
View ArticleSiri Cozies Up To Bing
While copying Windows Phone, Apple decided it may as well switch to Bing too. All kidding aside, Google is a powerful enemy and an ever increasing threat to Apple and Microsoft. Since Windows Phone...
View ArticleMore Information On Microsoft’s Next-Gen Personal Assistant ‘Cortana’
Yesterday, we saw a sudden burst of information about Microsoft’s next generation personal assistant codenamed ‘Cortana’. First, there was a report that Microsoft is planning to release it as part of...
View ArticleBing Executive Qi Lu: “We’re serving Billions of queries for iOS Apple users”
Many years ago when Android started to become more popular and eat into the iPhone’s dominance, Apple made a decision to lessen their reliance on Google. In what became a PR nightmare, Apple created...
View ArticleNokia HERE Acquires Desti, A Spin-off Of SRI International That Deals With AI...
After selling the Devices and Services division to Microsoft, Nokia is now trying to build a great location platform out of HERE. Yesterday they announced that they have acquired Desti, an SRI...
View ArticleBlu joins the Siri-mocking bandwagon with their own Siri vs Cortana ad
We are quite familiar with Microsoft’s Cortana vs Siri series of ads. Now, Blu Mobile has joined Microsoft in making fun of Apple’s Siri. In the recent video released by Blu Mobile, Cortana’s...
View ArticleMicrosoft Promotes HTC M8 Dot View Case In The Latest Siri Vs. Cortana Ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjifAejDVCM Today, Microsoft released another Siri Vs. Cortana ad on its YouTube channel. This ad focuses on the availability of Dot view case for HTC One M8. With Dot...
View ArticleCortana bests Google Now for multi-language proficiency, but well behind...
Venturebeat has tested the language proficiency of the leading personal digital assistants, and has found a lot of room for improvement. Looking at Siri, Cortana and Google Now, they tested it with 18...
View ArticleCortana suggests you break up with Siri this Valentines day
Microsoft has posted some humorous videos featuring their personal digital assistant to celebrate Valentine’s day. The videos suggest you will have a much better user experience if you use Cortana and...
View ArticleApple’s Siri Is Jealous Of Microsoft’s Cortana
The above image is trending on Reddit right now. Looks like Apple’s Siri is jealous of Microsoft’s Cortana. Here is how the conversation went between a user and Siri on an iPhone. User: Cortana, get me...
View ArticleCortana trails in accuracy and user satisfaction in detailed study
Experts-Exchange have given the 3 major virtual assistants a good run down to see which one is top dog with consumers. They pitted Google Now, Siri and Cortana against each other in a series of test...
View ArticleMore than 60% of Siri searches end up on Bing
Microsoft continues to eat into Google’s search market share in USA, with 32.1% of searches in USA being made on Bing, up from 28% last year (Google is down from 68.2 to 64.8%). Cortana in Windows 10...
View ArticleMicrosoft Cortana Gets A New Competitor
Dag Kittlaus, one of the co-founder of Apple Siri is now working on a new personal digital assistant called Viv. This is how they describe Viv on their website, Viv is an artificial intelligence...
View ArticleLinkedIn for iOS updated with Siri integration for messaging
With iOS 10, Apple has now opened to Siri to 3rd party apps. Just like Microsoft’s Cortana implementation on Windows 10, Apple now allows developers to take advantage of Siri’s speech capabilities....
View ArticleSkype for iOS update now allows you to send Skype messages to your contacts...
Microsoft today released a new update for their Skype iOS app with a couple of new features. You can now send Skype messages to your Skype contacts using Siri and you can now view your Skype recent...
View ArticleNokia is working on a Cortana competitor called ‘Viki’
HMD launched a new Nokia phone, the Nokia 6 in China yesterday. The company’s new Android phone is arguably just like any other Android smartphone, which really isn’t anything new. The Nokia 6 is, of...
View ArticleSkype for iOS now allows you to edit the country code when dialling...
Microsoft today released a new update for Skype iOS app with new improvements. If you frequently use Skype for international calls, then you will be happy to hear this new. They have now made it a lot...
View ArticleSamsung’s Bixby is another mobile assistant that’s taking on Cortana
Microsoft just recently brought Cortana 2.0 to the iPhone and Android to challenge Google’s Assistant and Apple’s Siri – and already a new challenger is entering the ring. Samsung has been rumored to...
View ArticleAnalyst: Cortana’s engagement tripled year-over-year as Siri slumps
Microsoft’s Cortana has been expanding quite rapidly ever since it launched on the Windows Phone back in 2014. Microsoft claims the personal assistant has around 145 million users across a Windows 10...
View ArticleLenovo unveils CAVA, a virtual assistant to take on Cortana and others
At the third annual Lenovo Tech World innovation summit, Lenovo unveiled some concept products from its R&D labs. One of them was CAVA, a virtual assistant to take on Cortana, Siri, Alexa, Google...
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