Microsoft today announced plans to streamline Cortana, its cross-platform virtual assistant, in future versions of Windows 10. A chat-based UI with support for both voice and keyboard will arrive in ...

Cortana gives a user a rundown of everything she needs to know from several different apps. (USPTO Photo) Microsoft’s vision for Cortana continues to evolve, and according to a new patent, the next ...

Cortana appears within Skype in two ways. The assistant can be summoned at any time when you’re in a conversation, letting you get contextually relevant information. In this mode, Cortana can ...

SAN FRANCISCO — You might not know when you use a Windows Phone with Microsoft’s new Cortana personal digital assistant, but lots and lots of computing is happening silently to make it all work. After ...

Microsoft is said to be making the changes in a bid to make Cortana more of a digital assistant than a pure search tool. In its current form on Windows 10, most people only use Cortana to find files ...