Cortana was almost named Alyx

Marcus Ash, Microsoft’s Group Program Manager for Cortana on Windows Phone, recently found himself at the center of a controversy. The other day, he said that Microsoft would allow its virtual voice activated assistant Cortana, to be used on other platforms like iOS and Android. Windows Phone users were not terribly happy with the news., wondering how Microsoft could talk about letting Cortana out to play with the competition when so much work was still needed to have the program running perfectly on Windows Phone 8.1.



At the same time, Windows Phone fans felt put out that the company was ...