Cortana

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 […]

Can Cortana help identify Famous People? This question might seem asinine because most people don’t see an immediate need to knowing much about famous people. 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 identify famous people (not […]

Can Cortana help identify Holidays and dates? There are hundreds of holidays celebrated across many cultures and ethnicities. It would be impossible for everyone to keep up with all of them. Cortana can help because she has instant access to an entire library of existing holidays. Cortana has become an extremely powerful voice assistant platform […]

So, can Cortana help with word definitions? Many languages have over one hundred thousand words in their vocabulary. In fact, new words are created culturally every single day. This may leave many of us wondering what the definition of those words are. Cortana’s comprehensive vocabulary allows you to pull word definitions simply by asking her. […]

Cortana is Microsoft’s voice activated assistant and designed to be a suitable alternative for Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa. Learning how to enable or disable the taskbar Cortana search bar is extremely simple to do. This post will cover the pros and cons of Cortana and guide you through the simple steps showing how to […]