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Tag: Cortana

Microsoft’s Cortana will no longer be a Siri or Alexa competitor

Friday, July 31, 2020 3:54 pm6 Comments

Microsoft in early 2021 will stop supporting the Cortana app for mobile (iOS and Android). Cortana service will be pulled from the Harman Kardon Invoke…

U.N. report on gendered technology calls Apple’s Siri sexist

Thursday, May 23, 2019 8:47 am27 Comments

Popular digital assistants that reply in a woman’s voice and are styled as female helpers are reinforcing sexist stereotypes…

Apple’s HomeKit was a surprise winner of CES 2019

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 12:02 pmWednesday, January 9, 20199 Comments

Without stepping foot in Las Vegas or making a single announcement of its own, Apple is having one of its best CES conferences in years…

Apple’s Siri has gotten a lot more accurate over the past 9 months

Friday, December 21, 2018 4:20 pmFriday, December 21, 201815 Comments

We recently tested four smart speakers by asking Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and Cortana…

AI guru John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team

Thursday, December 20, 2018 1:55 pmThursday, December 20, 20182 Comments

Apple today announced that John Giannandrea has been named to the company’s executive team…

The headphone wars have begun

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 11:25 amWednesday, October 3, 201814 Comments

The tech industry defines itself by answering the question of what’s next…

Apple’s Siri improved by 11 percentage points in correct answers over the last 15 months

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 10:44 amWednesday, July 25, 20186 Comments

As part of our ongoing effort to better understand the practical use cases of AI and the emergence of voice as a computing input…

More than 1 in 10 consumers want voice commands for their toilet

Thursday, July 5, 2018 2:02 pmThursday, July 5, 201812 Comments

Amazon’s recent launch of Echo Show and Fire TV Cube, is in clear response…

Study: Google Assistant most accurate, Alexa most improved virtual assistant

Friday, April 27, 2018 3:28 pmFriday, April 27, 201829 Comments

Two more studies analyzing interactions with voice search and virtual assistants were released this week…

Apple needs a new personal assistant

Friday, March 30, 2018 12:02 pmSaturday, March 31, 201824 Comments

While Apple has solid speaker hardware that has been praised for its sound quality, the HomePod is hampered by Siri…

Hey Apple, it’s time to drop the ‘Hey’ from ‘Hey Siri’

Thursday, March 8, 2018 1:27 pmThursday, March 8, 201838 Comments

You don’t have to say “Hey Alexa,” so why do we still have to say “Hey Siri?”

Tim Bajarin: Why Apple needs a ‘HomePod mini’

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 4:32 pmTuesday, March 6, 201818 Comments

Apple has some real headwinds when it comes to the HomePod’s ability to gain market share…

Apple HomePod hits 3 percent in U.S. market share

Thursday, February 22, 2018 9:26 amTuesday, March 6, 201814 Comments

We recently surveyed 520 US consumers about smart speakers and found that 89% of respondents…

Amazon Alexa could make these smart glasses way better than Google Glass

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 2:25 pmWednesday, January 10, 201815 Comments

Amazon’s Alexa software has already made its way into just about every Internet-connected device…

Gene Munster ups Siri’s exam grade from ‘D+’ to ‘C’

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 1:32 pmTuesday, January 9, 20187 Comments

In our latest 800 question test of AI assistant Siri, she was able to understand…

Vuzix to debut first Amazon Alexa-enabled smart glasses at CES

Friday, January 5, 2018 5:30 pmFriday, January 5, 201816 Comments

The first augmented-reality glasses with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will be shown…

Apple under fire for Siri’s responses to ‘sexual harassment’

Saturday, December 9, 2017 11:19 am59 Comments

I ran an experiment in which I sexually harassed Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google’s Google Home…

Believe it or not, Apple’s Siri is actually quite good at lots of things, recent data shows

Monday, December 4, 2017 4:19 pmFriday, January 5, 201829 Comments

Siri delivered the highest percentage of perfectly completed device responses in both quiet and noisy environments…

Cornell study: Google AI boasts much higher IQ than Apple’s Siri

Thursday, October 5, 2017 5:01 pmThursday, October 5, 201742 Comments

Compared to Bing and Siri, Google’s artificial intelligent system is a cut above the competition…

Siri, why have you fallen behind other digital assistants?

Thursday, October 5, 2017 3:32 pmThursday, October 5, 201712 Comments

Apple has a reputation for entering markets late…

Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana to communicate with each other

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 10:26 amWednesday, August 30, 20179 Comments

The crowded pack of voice-controlled digital assistants…

Apple’s Siri is still the top-ranking personal assistant, but active users declined 15% YOY

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 10:00 amTuesday, July 11, 201712 Comments

The report analyzed mobile app usage of U.S. consumers between May 2016 and May 2017…

Samsung’s Siri knockoff ‘Bixby’ not ready for Galaxy 8 global launch

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 9:35 am8 Comments

Samsung has gone to great lengths to position its new Bixby assistant as the automated centerpiece…

Samsung officially unveils its Siri knockoff ‘Bixby’

Monday, March 20, 2017 1:55 pmMonday, March 20, 201719 Comments

Apple gave us Siri, Microsoft gave us Cortana, Amazon gave us Alexa, Google gave us, um, Google, and now Samsung…

Apple’s Siri has a huge language advantage

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 11:36 am16 Comments

We live on an international planet….

Five years on, why doesn’t Apple’s Siri work better than it does?

Friday, October 14, 2016 4:28 pmFriday, October 14, 201629 Comments

There are some fundamental differences between Apple and Google when it comes to privacy…

Mossberg: Why does Apple’s Siri seem so dumb?

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 1:56 pm57 Comments

In addition to the iPhone, Siri is now on the iPad, and was recently added to the Mac…

Personal assistant bots like Apple’s Siri have a serious problem

Monday, July 18, 2016 8:55 amMonday, July 18, 20163 Comments

A major challenge stands between the dream personal assistant and the current reality…

Tim Bajarin: Siri is crucial to the Apple’s future

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 10:28 amTuesday, July 5, 20165 Comments

Apple has been working on speech and voice AI solutions for decades…

Apple’s Siri feels like a true personal assistant on Macintosh

Friday, July 1, 2016 5:05 pmFriday, July 1, 20165 Comments

Siri on the Mac becomes a digital secretary of sorts, fetching relevant files and sending messages…

The time has come to think different about Apple’s Siri

Thursday, June 30, 2016 2:02 pmThursday, June 30, 201613 Comments

Siri is an invisible operating system poised to propel Apple, and its products, into the future…

Apple’s Siri digital assistant made Cortana look bad at WWDC

Tuesday, June 14, 2016 10:45 amTuesday, June 14, 201621 Comments

Siri upstaged Cortana Monday morning…

97% of iPhone users are too embarrassed to talk to Siri in public

Monday, June 6, 2016 1:35 pmMonday, June 6, 201621 Comments

Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and OK Google are all hot names in tech right now…

Apple’s Siri and her many knockoffs: Sassy personality or bland impersonal machines?

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 9:02 am10 Comments

When users ask Siri, Apple’s digital assistant, what she likes to drink…

Microsoft CEO embarrassed by Cortana voice command failure during keynote

Thursday, September 17, 2015 5:35 pmThursday, September 17, 201551 Comments

Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Siri, proves less than helpful during a live presentation…

Here’s how iOS 9’s Siri will push ahead of Google Now and Cortana

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:29 am25 Comments

Several of Siri’s promised features push the platform ahead of the competition…

Microsoft’s Cortana coming to Apple iPhones this year; requires a Windows 10 PC

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:28 pmTuesday, May 26, 201521 Comments

Microsoft has confirmed it’s getting ready to make its digital assistant Cortana…

Microsoft to release ‘Cortana’ digital assistant app for Apple iPhone

Friday, March 13, 2015 8:40 amFriday, March 13, 201521 Comments

Microsoft is working on a version of its competitor to Apple’s Siri…

Nope, no ‘HoloLens’ vaporware; Apple is as ‘boring’ as it’s always been

Monday, January 26, 2015 5:33 pmMonday, January 26, 201553 Comments

Microsoft last week surprised the tech masses when the company unveiled…

Following Apple’s lead as ever, Microsoft says Windows 10 to be ‘free’ – but only for one year

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 3:56 pmWednesday, January 21, 201549 Comments

Microsoft has announced that its next operating system…

Microsoft unveils $199 iOS-compatible fitness band, health app

Thursday, October 30, 2014 1:55 pmThursday, October 30, 201434 Comments

Microsoft Corp unveiled an activity-tracking wristband and related…

Knowledge Box Shootout: Google Now vs. Apple Siri vs. Microsoft Cortana

Thursday, October 9, 2014 4:55 pmThursday, October 9, 201440 Comments

All queries in this test were done using voice commands…

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