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this episode of TechnoBuffalo is brought to you by domain.com hey what's going on guys a Marklin Sangin from TechnoBuffalo and today we'll be talking about Windows 10 more specifically about Crotona we've been playing around with the new OS for the past few days and we thought it'd be perfect to go over some of the things you can ask Cortana which is best described as a combination of Google now and Apple Siri she provides information when you ask for it and she'll get even better as you continue to use her Crotona is easily one of the coolest new features of Windows 10 so here's a couple of ways to get more out of Microsoft's personal assistant now probably the best way to activate Cortana is by using your voice you can just say hey Cortana and that will activate our instantly while Crotona works while using your voice you'll also be able to type out your search query in the Start menu now of course typing can be a bit of a hassle but thankfully Cortana is pretty good at understanding natural language she'll be able to answer follow-up questions and she'll even talk to you if you're feeling lonely for example you're writing an email and want to quickly check your schedule you can simply just activate Crotona using your voice and ask her what your schedule looks like while continuing to write your email Crotona is also great at offering personalized information based on what it knows about you it can pull things up like the local weather your schedule the status of your flight and even tell you how long it will take you to get to a certain place you can simply ask Cortana what the weather is for today and should be able to figure out where you are without explicitly saying your exact location if you're using Microsoft's built-in calendar app you can ask Cortana what you have going on for today or what's going on this weekend and she'll be able to tell you what your schedule looks like instantly this is especially handy when you're busy and you want to quickly figure out what's on your schedule you can also manage your time much better by creating reminders alarms and events with Cortana you'll be able to create an appointment instantly if you're using Microsoft's calendar app you can simply tell Cortana to create a meeting tomorrow at 12 p.m. and Crotona will add that to your calendar you can also tell Cortana to move your appointments by saying something like move my meeting tomorrow to 3 p.m. and she'll be able to figure out what event you're talking about setting an alarm is also very easy you can ask Cortana to set an alarm and she'll create it right away you can also ask her to show you a list of your alarms where you can easily change your alarms and clocks asking Cortana to create reminders events and alarms make it super easy to stay on top of what your without the need to leave the app you're currently in if you want to quickly find basic information you can ask your ton of things like how tall is Taylor Swift which we'll pull up right in the Start menu you can also ask Ratana how long a certain movie is like trainwreck for example define a certain word and she can even convert u.s. dollars to euros instantly if you're looking for a way to quickly get answers without having to fumble around with different apps asking Cortana is one of the best ways to quickly find simple answers you can also use Cortana the search online using Bing for example you can ask her to show you popular restaurants that are nearby and she'll be able to pull up that information via web search instead of having it pop up in your Start menu you can also use Cortana to run a Bing image search for just about anything so if you're looking to cheer someone up ask her to pull up images of cute cats because everyone loves cute cats let me stop the video real quick and thank our friends over at domain.com it's the place to go when the next great idea hits you it's one-stop shopping for all your domain names and web hosting email needs domain wants to hook our fans up with a pretty cool offer save 20% on domain names and web hosting if you use a coupon code TechnoBuffalo it's all one word in caps at domain coms check it Kitana is a very powerful personal assistant that can easily help you with everyday tasks and help you manage your time if you guys haven't seen some of our Windows 10 coverage make sure to head over here anyways thank you guys so much for watching and if you guys enjoy this video make sure to give it a thumbs up and we will see you guys in the next one Oh