Voice assistant study: Microsoft’s Cortana offers most answers, Google Assistant proves most accurate

Perficient Digital ran 5,000 queries on seven devices including Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant (Home, smartphones) and Siri.

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Microsoft’s new Outings app aims to help travelers find their next destinations

Developed for both iOS and Android platforms, the app was designed by the Microsoft Garage Project. The post Microsoft’s new Outings app aims to help travelers find their next destinations appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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After Windows 10 bump & Yahoo deal, Microsoft’s search revenue growth looks stagnant

Search ad revenues are growing, but the rate has been slowing. LinkedIn sessions were up more than 20 percent from the prior quarter. The post After Windows 10 bump & Yahoo deal, Microsoft’s search revenue growth looks stagnant appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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New Deal Makes Baidu The Search Default For Microsoft’s Edge Browser In China

Deal will see special promotion of Windows when people search for it on Baidu. Baidu also to be home page. The post New Deal Makes Baidu The Search Default For Microsoft’s Edge Browser In China appeared first on Search Engine Land.

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Report: Microsoft’s Cortana Coming To iOS, Android This Fall

Reuters is reporting that Microsoft is getting ready to make Cortana, its digital assistant, available on Android and iOS as an app. This possibility was first raised in a Microsoft SMX Advanced keynote conversation last year. The Reuters article also discusses a Cortana-linked, artificial…

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WATCH: Microsoft’s Cortana Keynote At SMX Advanced 2014

You’re probably pretty familiar already with Siri and Google Now, the personal assistant-type technologies from Apple and Google, respectively. Each has its own approach to the idea of providing information and answering questions without needing a traditional search box and search query. You…

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Sell Bing? Makes No Sense, Says Microsoft’s Bill Gates — It’s A “Core Business”

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was interviewed on Fox Business News yesterday. Among other things, he was asked about investor and analyst suggestions that Xbox and Bing be spun out or sold. Gates deferred to newly minted CEO Satya Nadella but said that he would support an Xbox spin-off if that…

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