Can Cortana Set And Keep Track Of Timers? If you have not tried to use a timer with your digital personal assistant then it’s the most logical place to start. Timers are extremely powerful tools when organizing and maintaining efficiency. Let me give some situations where this is true. For example, let’s say you are […]

Can Cortana remind me of important tasks? Many of us live extremely busy lives. For example, I currently have over 300 items on my Trello to do list. I am not kidding. Between work, family and home: there are so many different things to keep track of in our daily lives. Some may wonder just […]

Can Cortana schedule and manage appointments? Yes, but first make sure you know how to connect Cortana to Outlook and Gmail, otherwise this post will prove useless to you. We’re all busy these days. In fact, it’s amazing to see just how busy we are given the power of technology at our fingertips. Somehow we’ve […]

Cortana is a powerful, voice activated assistant managed by Microsoft. She has come a long way, but Cortana users may be wondering how to connect Cortana to Outlook and Gmail. Unfortunately, connecting Cortana to Outlook and Gmail is not as intuitive as it might seem. Cortana has become an extremely powerful voice assistant platform developed […]

Can Cortana provide location and geography information? Many of us travel on a day to day basis and it can become cumbersome to remember all the cities, states, countries and locations we’ve been too. Sometimes it’s easier simply to ask a personal assistant about our current geographical location or perhaps about certain landmarks in a […]

Can Cortana provide relevant movie information? There are hundreds of thousands of movies available in the open market. In fact, it’s quite amazing to think about the sheer volume of entertainment content available at our fingertips. This can lead to some first world frustrations with keeping up with entertainment culture. This is also one place […]

Can Cortana perform real time currency conversion? There are hundreds of currencies across many cultures and geographies. This means keeping track of how much money you have in a different currency can be tricky. Thankfully Cortana has the ability to convert any amount of money from one currency type to another given the most recently […]

Can Cortana tell time in other time zones? This question might seem asinine because most people don’t see an immediate need to knowing the time in other locations. This is one of those features of Cortana that is more of a convenience than it is a useful tool. It is nice being able to figure […]

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