Microsoft’s voice-activated digital assistant Cortana is coming to China in a beta version nicknamed “Xiao Na”, as part of several new functions packed into a Windows Phone 8.1 update. The company ...

Microsoft has announced the first update for Windows Phone 8.1, and that it will be made available to developers, and anyone else running the pre-release version of the OS, next week. Known as Update ...

Microsoft is getting ready to launch Windows Phone 8.1 with Cortana, a Siri competitor. Watch Cortana in action in the video above. In the Verge video above, you can see the Cortana interface for ...

Microsoft has launched a developer build of its Windows Phone 8.1 mobile operating system earlier than expected. The US release includes the Siri-esque virtual assistant Cortana and is available to ...

Microsoft's $15 million investment in Foursquare will soon result in product changes in the coming months. Bloomberg News reports that the deal will be used for location data and services that are ...

NEW YORK-"Yay, it's Nick! How can I help?" Thanks for asking, Cortana. And thanks for making the Windows phone software better, Microsoft. With the new Cortana virtual assistant, Windows catches up ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft is spreading its Cortana digital assistant abroad, starting with China and the U.K. The company’s corporate vice president of operating systems, Joe Belfiore, said ...

Watch out, Siri. Someone wants your job. Since it debuted on the iPhone 4S three years ago, Apple’s Siri technology has been synonymous with the concept of a virtual personal assistant. But now comes ...

Microsoft is focusing on Apple's Siri digital assistant in one of the first Windows Phone 8.1 commercials. It's another return to the Mac vs. PC war, as Microsoft choses to mock Siri in an effort to ...

Microsoft’s voice-activated digital assistant Cortana is coming to China in a beta version nicknamed “Xiao Na”, as part of several new functions packed into a Windows Phone 8.1 update. The company ...