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<h1 style="text-align: center;">APP - cortana</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] Cortana is a Personal Digital Assistant(PDA) - a voice command and voice search app, it enables users to control their device using voice commands versus pressing buttons or typing search commands, initiate searches for a variety of 'things' </li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li><strong>] perform voice activated actions</strong></li>
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<li>] open "apps", open "websites", make a voice call to one of your "contacts", send an SMS message OR email to one of your "contacts", ] create appointments in your calendar, create reminders , alarms, ] post to favorite social media networks like - fb, twitter and more&nbsp; ] create notes &amp; memos</li>
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<li><strong>] control the phones settings&nbsp;</strong></li>
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<li>] turn on/off wifi, bluetooth, gps... turn up/down volume, brightness,</li>
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<li><strong>] perform voice activated search queries - online<br /></strong></li>
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<li>] the difference between a cortana search and a traditional search for information is that instead of getting back a list of links to&nbsp;sites on a page as your search result, you get back a card of information that displays the information you are requesting.</li>
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<li><strong>] perform voice activated search queries - device<br /></strong></li>
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<li>] search your device for files, people, music,&nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] automatically performs predictive search based queries based upon your Personal Information <br /></strong></li>
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<li>] based on your location, your search history, your email, your calendar</li>
<li>] maintains a user editable notebook on your preferences, interests, etc to</li>
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<li><strong>] type using voice dictation</strong></li>
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<li>] open word, ] create document titled 'my memoirs', ] type 'today was a good day, I spent it learning about this neat app called ...' ] ] save &amp; exit</li>
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<li><strong>] data cards - native</strong></li>
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<li>] activities, ] accomodation, ] calculations, ....</li>
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<li><strong>] data cards - third party services</strong></li>
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<li>]<strong> <br /></strong></li>
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<h2>[WHY NOT]</h2>
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<li><strong>] apple iOS siri</strong></li>
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<li>] <span style="text-decoration: underline;">siri</span> - apples in famous voice activited assistant,</li>
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<li><strong>] google now</strong></li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=1901" target="_blank">now</a> - googles voice control search and assist application</li>
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<li><strong>] samsung touchwiz</strong></li>
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<li>] <span style="text-decoration: underline;">galaxy voice control</span> - app as part of their "touchwiz feature set" that it adds to it's version of android.</li>
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<li><strong>] windows phone 8..x <br /></strong></li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=2159" target="_blank">tellMe</a> &nbsp;</li>
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<li><strong>] blackberry 10.x</strong></li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=1052" target="_blank">voice control</a></li>
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<li><strong>] [google now] and your privacy</strong></li>
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<li>] when you use this app, your sending <span style="text-decoration: underline;">your data</span> to [google], did you ever ask yourself <a href="/view/article?id=1984" target="_blank">what does [google] know about you?</a> more importantly - do you <span style="text-decoration: underline;">know what [google] does with</span> [<span style="text-decoration: underline;">your data</span>]?, do you still want google now?</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>] windows phone 8.1 (beta, developer preview)</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] 2014-04-dd</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
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<h2>[ANALYSIS]</h2>
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<li>] ANALYSIS - cortana VS google now VS siri</li>
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<li>] by <a href="/view/person?id=75" target="_blank">Don Sagrott</a> - <a href="/view/article?id=3711" target="_blank">summary notes on this comparison test</a></li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<li><strong>] getting started with [cortana] step-by-step <br /></strong></li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/step?id=176" target="_blank">step-001 - complete listing of cortana commands</a></li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>] cortana</li>
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<li>] <a href="http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/features-8-1" target="_blank">http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/features-8-1</a> - msft demo and intro</li>
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<li>] tips, tricks and halo questions</li>
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<li>] <a href="http://forums.wpcentral.com/cortana/272455-cortana-tips-tricks-halo-questions-op.html" target="_blank">http://forums.wpcentral.com/cortana/272455-cortana-tips-tricks-halo-questions-op.html</a></li>
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<li>] msft next gen personal assistant</li>
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<li>] cortana&nbsp;<a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-cortana-assisant-siri-google-now,24253.html">http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-cortana-assisant-siri-google-now,24253.html</a></li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57602591-75/microsofts-cortana-shapes-up-to-take-on-siri-google-now/" target="_blank">Microsoft's Cortana shapes up to take on Siri, Google Now</a></li>
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<li>] by Mary Jo Foley @cnet.com -</li>
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<li>] satori</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/search/archive/2013/03/21/satorii.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/search/archive/2013/03/21/satorii.aspx</a>&nbsp; - bings "knowedge graph", ala fb "knowlege graph" &amp; google's "knowledge graph"(freebase) that powers cortana search results</li>
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<li>] tellMe</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=2159" target="_blank">tellMe</a> - msft previous gen personal assistant (voice control app)</li>
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<li>&nbsp;</li>
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