Acompli Founder and Cortana Boss, Javier Soltero, To Depart Microsoft


After acquiring the app, Microsoft rebranded it to Outlook and the rest is history; the email app remains one of the top downloaded applications for iOS and Android. But the founder, Javier Soltero, is departing Microsoft.

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Cortana’s New Skills Kit Hopes To Make it the AI for the Enterprise

Microsoft is working on a new skills kit for enterprise customers that will make it easier to integrate the digital assistant into your workflow.

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Microsoft hopes enterprises will want to use Cortana

In a world dominated by Alexa and the Google Assistant, Cortana suffers the fate of a perfectly good alternative that nobody uses and everybody forgets about. But Microsoft wouldn’t be Microsoft if it just gave up on its investment in this space, so it’s now launching the Cortana Skills Kit for Enterprise to see if […] Continue reading Microsoft hopes enterprises will want to use Cortana

Skype Hammers Another Nail in Cortana’s Coffin (Premium)

Today, Amazon announced numerous new smart home products, among them a smart display that will include Skype video call support. Oops.
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