Microsoft aims to win back consumers with new Microsoft 365 subscriptions
Microsoft is unveiling its new Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions today, which are designed to replace and enhance existing Office 365...
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According to Microsoft, Windows 10 no longer optimizes external storage devices for “better performance” as of the October 2018 Update. Instead, it optimizes...
Download: Try Microsoft’s New Chromium-Based Edge Browser Today
Microsoft announced last December it would move the Edge over to the Chromium rendering engine. Leaked builds hit the web a few weeks ago,...
Microsoft Abandons Windows 10’s Constant Forced Updates
Microsoft has a major announcement today: Windows 10 will no longer automatically install those big feature updates every six months. Home users can pause...
Microsoft brings Spotify and useful widgets to its Xbox Game Bar on Windows 10
Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer admitted last year that the software maker had “a ton of work to do on Windows” for...
Getting Started: Building your first Cortana Skill using the Cortana Skills Kit in under...
Okay, let's get started with blogs! And what better way to start than by showing how you can quickly get setup and create a...
Welcome to the Cortana Skills Tech Community!
Greetings everyone & Welcome to the Cortana Developer community!
Just over 3 months ago at Build 2017, we announced the public preview of the Cortana...
Getting Started: Personalize your Cortana Skill interactions by leveraging User profile and Context
Welcome to the second blog post of our Getting Started series! Through this series, we aim to help you build great Cortana Skills, that...
Getting started: Playing short audio clips & composing speech responses in your Cortana Skill
In this blog post we will see how Cortana skills can play short audio clips and compose the Text-to-Speech(TTS) responses that Cortana speaks on...
Getting Started: Build a Cortana Skill that can stream audio on the new Harman...
This week, Harman Kardon launched Invoke - the voice-activated speaker featuring Cortana. The Harman Kardon Invoke speaker combines the rich, captivating sound that Harman Kardon is...
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