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April 3, 2014
From ‘Halo’ to your Windows Phone, make life chaos-free with Cortana

Face it, we could all use a little extra assistance from someone who knows your routines, your people and the stuff you need to get done every day. Sadly, we all can’t have our own personal assistant, but if you’ve got Windows Phone 8.1, you can have a virtual one. Meet Cortana.

April 3, 2014
Bing at Build 2014: Don’t just search more. Do more.

At Build 2014 Wednesday, the Bing team showcased work they did to enable Cortana on Windows Phone. By building a new set of Bing-powered services, Bing created a new experience that is more personal, intelligent and helpful, says Bing Senior Director Stefan Weitz.

April 3, 2014
Introducing Skype, new and improved, for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1

The emphasis for the app is on having the best Skype experience on the go, says Lara Kingwell, a product marketing manager at Skype. You’ll be able to easily upgrade your audio phone calls to Skype video calls, or use Cortana, Windows Phone 8.1’s virtual assistant, to quickly chat with friends and family via Skype.

April 3, 2014
How Bing’s personal, intelligent approach is used with Cortana

The technology behind Cortana reflects Bing’s “massive investments toward indexing the real world,” using speech recognition, language understanding and stream processing that, when put together, make Bing more personal, helpful and intelligent, writes Mike Calcagno, Bing partner development manager.