Originally Posted by
anseld1986 Another option is to petition the developers of apps whose features you want to see incorporated into Cortana to use the Cortana APIs to integrate with her. In another thread, Talderon said "
you have to remember that with the Cortana API, Dev's can do MANY of the Cortana features people are wanting." - rather than only making requests of Microsoft, we should also be making requests of developers of apps like PackageTracker to get them to allow us to use Cortana to interface with their apps. The developer's email address is: packagetracker@hotmail.de, and I'd bet that the more of us whom contact them requesting Cortana integration, the more likely it is to happen. Plus, we'll get new features with Cortana more quickly that way - if both Microsoft AND third-party developers are adding features to Cortana, she'll grow even faster and faster! The Cortana API appears to be internal at the moment, likely while they are refining Cortana, devs cannot write things like package trackers.
I was looking on the Bing website at the "Interests" section in the settings thinking that each "Interest" is really a Cortana backend app. You can see how different modules could be enabled in there.
I have to say that trust really comes into the spotlight if they publish an API and I'd almost prefer Microsoft to keep Cortana internal and not permit developers to have access to all the data Cortana has. I imagine they are a little conflicted in this area at the moment: on one hand they'd love devs to extend the platform, on the other the potential for abuse is massive...