![]() Still, there’s a lot to like, with users getting the ability to write or type notes directly on webpages and Cortana’s smarts being woven into the app’s fabric. ![]() Reviews of the beta version bear that out, but we won’t really know until everyone is using it. In 2015, you’d expect it to emerge working free and smooth. On the other hand, the new Microsoft Edge browser, which takes center stage from Internet Explorer, is a bundle of question marks. Though there’s no guarantee that they won’t gobble up your RAM. And speaking of tabs, Safari’s new Pinned Tabs feature lets users keep some go-to windows open in the background without taking up much screen real estate. But Apple’s heart was in the right place when it introduced a tiny button that can mute music or videos playing in some buried tab, any number of windows deep. Still, it could use some work (like improved memory management). Apple’s Safari browser has been around for years, and has already seen a lot of refinements. While web browsers are technically apps, they go above and beyond the standard software and are hugely important to these operating systems. ![]() Apple’s app updates are nice, but not revolutionary, while it’s too early to know how successful Windows Store apps will be. Apple also added a natural language search feature to Spotlight, which means you can ask it for “documents I worked on last June,” and it will pull together exactly what you want.Īdvantage: Draw. Still, Apple has improved the Mac desktop’s Spotlight search feature, which can now find all sorts of information, like weather, stocks, and sports scores - in addition to your files and apps. ![]() You’d expect El Capitan to counter with some Siri magic of its own, but Apple continues to hold its voice assistant out of its desktop operating system, leaving it only on its handheld devices instead. Cortana operates independent of your device because she’s cloud-based, and like any good assistant, she also maintains a notebook where she can keep track of your interests, favorite places, and even quiet hours when you don’t want her bugging you. It gradually learns your preferences, setting reminders and delivering them at the right time and on the best device. Cortana, Microsoft’s voice assistant, plays a key role in Windows 10.
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