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Archive for April 19th, 2014

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Weekend Watch: Home automation with Cortana – controlling lights

Weekend Watch: Home automation with Cortana – controlling lights

| April 19, 2014 | 5 Replies

Advertisements Take a look at the video below where you see Cortana taking control of a lamp. Cortana is connected to a netduino. When a voice says, “it’s a bit too dark in here” or “it’s too bright”, Cortana switches the lights on and off respectively. It would be great when Cortana, like Xbox, always […]

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Nokia Interim CEO suggests Nokia Chennai factory could keep making phones

Nokia Interim CEO suggests Nokia Chennai factory could keep making phones

| April 19, 2014 | 29 Replies

  According to YLE, due to the tax disputes between Nokia and India, Nokia could retain control of the factory in Chennai if it doesn’t transfer to Microsoft. Nokia would still however, continue producing phones for Microsoft. If it so happens that the factory does not transfer to Microsoft, then our intention is to provide services […]

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How to search for settings on Windows Phone 8.1 +Rant

How to search for settings on Windows Phone 8.1 +Rant

| April 19, 2014 | 12 Replies

A little history as per usual. When Nokia introduced the Nokia N9 it came with universal search and while it probably was introduced on previous models or competing products, it neatly offered “Settings” as part of the search results and even better, you didn’t need to remember the setting name, you could’ve entered “pair” and you’ll be presented with the Bluetooth settings. […]

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