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Automatic. Cortana keeps an eye out for automatically generated

emails from certain web-based businesses, like Amazon, Target,
Walmart, Apple, eBay, and the Microsoft Store. Cortana scans
them to see if they contain anything about packages that have been
shipped to you.

If so, you see a card about your package’s status on the Cortana
home screen; if the email contains a FedEx or UPS tracking
number, you’ll see that shipping info, too. These shipping updates

also appear in the Notebook, on the Packages tab.

Manual. You can also paste in a tracking number manually—from

FedEx, UPS, or DHL—to make Cortana track its progress as it
wends its way toward you. You can paste this number directly into
the search box, or you can go to the Notebook →Packages tab, hit

“Add a package,” and paste it in there.

Once again, you’ll see cards in the Cortana panel that track that
shipment as it makes its way to you.

Headlines

“Show me today’s news.” “What are the top headlines?” “Show me the
local news.” “Show me the international news.”

Result: Cortana displays the first couple of breaking-news headlines, with a
photo, right there on her own panel, and reads the first one aloud.

Email

You can compose new email messages by voice, which is incredibly handy,
especially for short notes.

Anytime you use the phrase “about,” that becomes the subject line for your
new message. “Email Dad about the reunion.” “Email Tracy about the

dance on Friday.” “Mail Ellen about Saturday’s flight.”