{"id":384347,"date":"2021-12-21T21:53:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T18:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cortana-was-almost-called-bingo-thanks-to-steve-ballmer\/"},"modified":"2021-12-21T21:53:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T18:53:20","slug":"cortana-was-almost-called-bingo-thanks-to-steve-ballmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cortana-was-almost-called-bingo-thanks-to-steve-ballmer\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cortana Was Almost Called \u2018Bingo\u2019 Thanks to Steve Ballmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;#Cortana Was Almost Called \u2018Bingo\u2019 Thanks to Steve Ballmer&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-775557\">\n<div class=\"entry-content e-content\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-769155\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hey-cortana.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hey-cortana.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/hey-cortana.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/montreal-canada-november-17-2017-hey-758004355\">dennizn\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Virtual assistants have become part of our lives. There\u2019s Siri, Google, Alexa, and Cortana. But there almost wasn\u2019t Cortana, as Microsoft\u2019s former CEO Steve Ballmer wanted to name the assistant Bingo.<\/p>\n<p>This bit of information regarding what almost was comes from a\u00a0conversation between Alice Newton Rex of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bigbets.substack.com\/p\/cortana-with-sandeep-paruchuri-big\">Big Bets<\/a> and Sandeep Paruchuri (Via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/steve-ballmer-tried-name-cortana-bingo-leaving-microsoft-ceo\">Windows Central<\/a>), a former Microsoft Project Manager.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Paruchuri, \u201cBallmer had poor product taste.\u201d Before leaving, he suggested a name for Microsoft\u2019s virtual assistant. \u201cHe wanted the whole thing to be Microsoft branded. And then his parting gift was to try to name it Bingo. But we waited it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Current CEO\u00a0Satya Nadella was a big fan of the assistant project, but less so of former CEO Ballmer\u2019s suggested name. With him at the helm, Microsoft stuck with the Cortana name we all know and love today.<\/p>\n<p>Is Bingo a bad name? Not necessarily, but it doesn\u2019t have the same feel as Cortana, which is based on the AI from the beloved video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> franchise Halo.\u00a0While Cortana isn\u2019t the most successful virtual assistant, it\u2019s hardly the name that\u2019s prevented it from being successful. We can\u2019t imagine calling it Bingo (or anything else) would make that much of a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Just be thankful you never had to say \u201cHey Bingo\u201d to your PC or Windows Phone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Android 12 Has Windows Phone&#8217;s Best Idea<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><br \/>\n<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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