Cortana's days are numbered. Microsoft announced that Cortana services will no longer be supported after January 31, 2020. This warning could give those who were using Cortana some time to find a different digital assistant. Here is the support note from Microsoft's UK site: To make your personal digital assistant as helpful as possible, we're integrating Cortana into your Microsoft
...or perhaps not naming digital assistants would be better. The weather was glorious in the UK on Easter Monday, breaking the record for the warmest Easter on record. The whole country went out to the beach, local parks, stately homes and other visitor attractions and as a dad with two young 'uns, I inevitably ended up in a children's playground
Voice-activated "virtual assistants" have been growing in popularity. The fervor began with Apple's Siri, then increased with Google's Hey Google! service. More recently, Microsoft made news with its virtual assistant Cortana, announcing that it would be coming to the Xbox One gaming console in 2016. But right now, it's early October and the notion of waiting thru the entire fourth quarter
Apple has Siri, Google has, well...Ok Google -- a less clever name, but it works well enough. Then there's Microsoft, which has Cortana. It began life on Windows Phone, but then it spread to the new Windows 10. Now it spreads further, expanding on Google territory with a beta version for Android phones and tablets. So which service do you