The words “personal digital assistant” bring to mind visions of Stepford Wives speaking in monotone unison, beckoning with waggling index fingers, to come hither and ask them anything. And for Apple’s ...

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Microsoft recently introduced a cool new feature for Bing Chat on desktop computers. Now you can have a conversation with the chatbot using your voice. If you're fond of practicing your communications ...

I’ve spent the last several days yelling and shouting at my computer — but not because I was frustrated over slow performance. Instead, I was communicating with my personal assistant, Cortana, which ...

As anticipated, Parallels on Wednesday released Parallels Desktop 11, the latest version of its virtualization software that comes with a slew of improvements, the most notable being support for ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella walks in front of the new Cortana logo as he delivers a keynote address during the 2014 Microsoft Build developer conference. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It’s fun ...

You can pick up your phone and call-in a car-on-demand anytime, but what if you're sitting at a desktop PC? Well, now you can do it there, too. Uber announced today that it used the Universal Windows ...

Cortana is Microsoft's answer to rival voice command systems from Apple and Google, handling similar functions like web searches and calendar appointments. Windows 10, however, will make Cortana the ...

Mac users will soon be able to say “Hey Cortana” and have Microsoft’s virtual assistant talk back to them from OS X, thanks to new functionality included in Paralells Desktop 11. The new version of ...

One of my favorite features on the iPhone and iPad is Siri -- the virtual assistant that responds to voice commands. Siri still doesn't run on Macintosh OS X, but there is a way to get a Siri-like ...