I can’t help it; I’m a complete fangirl about some speculative technologies that could revolutionize the way we interact online and in the real world in the next 5-10 years. Even though Microsoft has broken my heart many times before, the promo video for the HoloLens has me bouncing in my desk chair with excitement. …
Last week Microsoft unveiled its virtual assistant, Cortana (yes, after the Halo character), in the style of Apple’s Siri and Google Now. MIT Technology Review has a nice writeup about it. I watched friends chat with Siri when she first appeared, but most of their interactions were playful, such as trying out questions to provoke…