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Cortana

Microsoft Research's answer to Siri and Google Now

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Jonathan Howard
@staringispolite · Growth engineer & founder
Apparently we're getting closer to the personal assistants from the movie Her. One of the bigger "features" they're touting is Cortana's personality, and the ability to "chit-chat" with her. She's also got a memory, so she'll remember if you've brought something up in the past, and be able to notice patterns or "predict your itinerary in the future". Sounds… See more
Jack Smith
@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
is the product actually ready yet? I thought they'd only shown demo videos thus far
Owen Williams
@ow · Digital Director at VanMoof
I'm not so sold on this one - voice based stuff is gimmicky at best and not overly useful, especially in public situations. Cortana seems like a stripped back version of Google Now to me, with far less useful features. I'm not sure Microsoft has the ecosystem to pull this off yet.