Member AnonTechie guides us to an article at The Verge, "Leak reveals Cortana, Windows Phone 8.1's mashup of Siri and Google Now."
From the article:
Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update will include Cortana, a personal digital assistant designed to rival Siri and Google Now. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans have revealed to The Verge how Cortana looks and operates, replacing the built-in Bing search functionality on Windows Phone 8.1. While the feature is named after the Halo game series, Cortana will take the form of a circular animated icon instead of a female character. Cortana will animate when it's speaking or thinking, forming a personality not dissimilar to Apple's Siri.
(Score: 1) by nwf on Tuesday March 04 2014, @06:12PM
Yes, I think back to Halo I, which is all I've ever played. This is how Microsoft does integration and leveraging, still sticking to their marketing CEO roots.
I'm sure if they keep the managers and committees out of the picture, they could develop something useful and cool. Time will tell.
I do use Siri, and my problem is that I want to ask it to do things it just can't do, and it's never clear what all it can do. It's almost like they need either nothing or near 90% of what a human could do.