Chapter 9. Cortana and the web

Using Cortana for search and more

Why the new browser?

Browser and search basics

Using Microsoft Edge

Privacy and security issues

Microsoft founder Bill Gates first articulated his vision of “information at your fingertips” back in 1994, at the dawn of the internet era. Two decades later, we’re almost there.

With a Windows 10 PC, you really can get the answer to just about any question. You could ask the old-fashioned way, by opening a web browser and typing a query into your favorite search engine. Or you could skip the browser and the typing and just say “Hey Cortana” to invoke Microsoft’s web-connected intelligent personal assistant.

In Windows 10, Cortana neatly ties together all the ways you might want to search ...

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