Microsoft just bought the company that built Siri's voice recognition for Apple - Android

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Cortana, Microsoft's digital voice assistant named after that hologram lady from HALO, didn't exactly set the world on fire. Most Windows users I've seen treat it like an annoyance to be avoided, instead of an integral part of the system, as Google's Assistant and Apple's Siri have become. But based on its latest corporate purchase, Microsoft might be taking another stab at voice-powered interaction.

Microsoft announced this morning that it's buying Nuance, the makers of Dragon speech recognition software.

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