Cortana news and trends

Samsung Introduces Bixby Marketplace
Voice Activation // July 01, 2019

Samsung is introducing a marketplace for Bixby, the company’s voice assistant, despite its relatively unknown name when stacked against the likes of Alexa, Siri and Cortana.  The Bixby marketplace will be available in the United States and South Korea, and customers can download several different services...

Apple’s Siri Without A Biz Head
Apple // February 04, 2019

The head of Siri at Apple has moved on to another position within the company. Bill Stasior, who has been in charge of Siri since 2012, is still employed with the tech giant, but is now in a different role, according to The Information. Stasior...

Who Will Win The Super Bowl? Ask Alexa
Voice Activation // February 01, 2019

With the Super Bowl on the horizon, voice assistants are offering their own predictions as to who will win football’s big game. Alexa, Siri, Cortana and Google Assistant all have guesses — if asked for their opinions, CNBC reported. The responses range from simple analytic...

Johnson Controls Rolls Out Cortana-Embedded Smart Thermostat
Voice Activation // August 20, 2018

Following on the heels of several months of delays, Johnson Controls rolled out its GLAS smart thermostat for pre-orders last week. According to a report in ZDNet, the thermostat will start shipping on August 24 and will sell on Amazon and Johnson Controls’ websites for...

Interviews & Exclusives
Topic TBD: Voice AI Reality Check

May 01, 2017
Voice-activated AI is certainly having its moment in the sun. What was a concept mostly in the realm of science fiction a decade ago, is now widely predicted to be the “next big thing” in life-changing technology. Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Allo, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, Samsung’s Bixby (should it ever learn to speak English) — all […]

Quick Reads
Microsoft Continues Shutting Down Cortana

August 11, 2023
Microsoft is shutting down its digital assistant app, Cortana, for Windows 11 with an update that disables it. This move comes three years after the tech giant ended Cortana for iOS and Android devices, The Verge reported Friday (Aug. 11). Microsoft also plans to end support for the digital assistant in Teams mobile, Microsoft Teams Display, and Microsoft Teams Rooms […]

Samsung Introduces Bixby Marketplace

July 01, 2019
Samsung is introducing a marketplace for Bixby, the company’s voice assistant, despite its relatively unknown name when stacked against the likes of Alexa, Siri and Cortana.  The Bixby marketplace will be...

Apple’s Siri Without A Biz Head

February 04, 2019
The head of Siri at Apple has moved on to another position within the company. Bill Stasior, who has been in charge of Siri since 2012, is still employed with...

Who Will Win The Super Bowl? Ask Alexa

February 01, 2019
With the Super Bowl on the horizon, voice assistants are offering their own predictions as to who will win football’s big game. Alexa, Siri, Cortana and Google Assistant all have...