How To Use Siri

How to search the web, get answers, and find restaurants using Siri

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Jul 20, 2012 a 7:15 pm

Siri makes for a great personal assistant during the work day for performing tasks like solving mathematical equations and can also be used for entertainment purposes during down time by helping you find things on the Internet. Instead of manually entering Safari or another alternate browser, ask Siri to search the web. If you need the do some math quickly, forget your calculator app and just have Siri use Wolfram Alpha to figure it out for you.

How to find locations and get directions using Siri

By Allyson Kazmucha, Sunday, Jul 1, 2012 a 9:32 am

Siri isn't only your digital assistant, it can be your digital co-pilot as well, helping you find where to go, how to get there, and what else you can do along the way.

Right now, Siri location services are only available in the U.S., but come iOS 6 this fall, Apple will be expanding it to many more countries, and integrating Siri with new features, like iOS 6 Maps' turn-by-turn navigation.

In the meantime, here's what you can do with Siri and Maps right now.

How to create, view, update, and cancel calendar events using Siri

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 a 1:27 am

Since Siri is meant to be your personal assistant, it only makes sense to have her schedule and manage your meetings and events. Asking Siri to create an event only takes a few seconds and is much faster than hand entering them. Whether you need her to schedule a meeting, tell you what's on the agenda for today, or move an existing meeting to another time or date, she'll help keep you on task.