YouTube/calloftreyarch Cortana is a disembodied voice on WP8 based on the Halo character Windows Phone is still a distant third to Apple and Android in the smartphone market, but Microsoft is hoping to change that with the introduction of Windows Phone 8.1— and more importantly its personal digital assistant Cortana. Microsoft claims that Cortana isn’t like your average virtual assistant

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Microsoft Tells Us How It Created The Virtual Assistant That Could Blow Siri And Google Now Away

YouTube/calloftreyarch Cortana is a disembodied voice on WP8 based on the Halo character Windows Phone is still a distant third to Apple and Android in the smartphone market, but Microsoft is hoping to change that with the introduction of Windows Phone 8.1— and more importantly its personal digital assistant Cortana. Microsoft claims that Cortana isn’t like your average virtual assistant

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Microsoft Tells Us How It Created The Virtual Assistant That Could Blow Siri And Google Now Away

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images You can do a lot with your iPhone. There are plenty of cool features that might not be so obvious. Kind of like finding an Easter egg.

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These 12 Tips Will Help You Get The Most Out Of Your iPhone

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images You can do a lot with your iPhone.

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These 12 Tips Will Help You Get The Most Out Of Your iPhone

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A conference devoted to the emerging and innovative uses of technology designed to improve teaching and learning online 7th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium April 9-11, 2014 · Sheraton Dallas Hotel – Dallas, TX Twitter: #et4online |  Follow us on Twitter @et4online Unconference Twitter: #unet4online | Launch Pad Twitter: #launchpad Follow the Symposium at:  blog.sloanconsortium.org The Sloan Consortium, MERLOT, and our Emerging Technologies steering committee welcome you to the 7th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium (ET4Online), which will be held in Dallas, TX on April 9-11, 2014. This year, we move the conference to Dallas, a central location for those of you located in North America, which also provides an opportunity to visit the birthplace of the integrated computer circuit which made the information age possible. As we prepare to convene in the cradle of the digital era, it seems hard to believe that how swiftly society has been transformed by emerging technologies.

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7th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium

You could be telling strangers exactly where you live when you share a picture on Facebook or Instagram.

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Dangers of Facebook Oversharing ~ Should Parents Post Pictures of Their Kids

Are we becoming too reliant on technology and what happens if it is suddenly taken away from us, asks Tom Chatfield.

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When Smart Is Not So Smart

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Inside NASA’s Spectacular Undersea Mission to Save Earth from a Deadly Collision

Many of us think of the Internet as a global community. But two-thirds of the world’s population does not yet have Internet access. Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters

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Google Project : Project Loon for All – Balloon Powered Internet For Everyone