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Hotmail Outage Resolved?
By Mike Sachoff - Wed, 02/27/2008 - 3:17pm. 60 comments
Microsoft said late Tuesday that it had resolved the issue that kept many users from accessing many of its online services for most of the day.
Hotmail Founder Seeking Lawsuit from Microsoft?
By Nathan Weinberg - Wed, 11/28/2007 - 5:21pm.
Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail (which he sold to Microsoft) is now trying to take on Microsoft Office and Google Docs, launching an online office suite.
While that in and of itself is a perfectly fine (albeit difficult) project, Sabeer’s methods are surprisingly self-destructive. His Live Documents site (a name that makes you think of Microsoft’s Office Live) uses Office 2007’s “Ribbon” interface, designed in Flex, to power document editing, spreadsheets and presentations.
Yahoo, Microsoft Cut Email Services In Iran
By Mike Sachoff - Wed, 11/07/2007 - 3:20pm.
Yahoo and Microsoft have taken Iran off the country lists of their email services as the U.S. has imposed tougher sanctions on the Islamic country.
Hotmail Smartens Up Contact Management
By David A. Utter - Tue, 08/14/2007 - 6:54am.
Several updates to Microsoft's Hotmail service should start rolling into user accounts; expanded storage, speed tweaks, and smarter contact handling rank among the improvements.
Gmail Users Among Cream Of The Crop
By Doug Caverly - Fri, 05/11/2007 - 4:18pm.
According to some new statistics, Gmail users are young, rich, and tech-savvy (or younger, richer, and savvier than users of Yahoo Mail and Hotmail, at least). Gmail’s market share is also steadily - and quickly - rising. Yet there’s some bad news for the Mountain View team, as well: their product is getting trounced overall.
Microsoft Promoting Email To Advertisers
By David A. Utter - Tue, 05/08/2007 - 11:57am.
The opening of Windows Live Hotmail also comes with a push from Microsoft as the company tries to sway more advertisers to the product.
Windows Live Hotmail Goes Global
By Doug Caverly - Mon, 05/07/2007 - 11:07am.
It’s being billed as “[t]he most significant upgrade for Hotmail since it pioneered the webmail industry in 1996,” and it’s here: Windows Live Hotmail is rolling out globally.
New users should get an account immediately; MSN Hotmail customers will be presented with the option of upgrading.
Windows Live Hotmail Launched Worldwide
By Darren Straight - Mon, 05/07/2007 - 8:59am.
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows Live Hotmail, the successor to MSN Hotmail, is launching globally in 36 languages.
Microsoft Buying Yahoo? OSS Implications
By Savio Rodrigues - Fri, 05/04/2007 - 4:12pm.
Just read news about Microsoft potentially buying or merging with Yahoo. These are just rumours, and lots of analysis will discuss why the deal may or may not make sense.
Hotmail Launches 'Email Britain' Campaign
By Darren Straight - Thu, 05/03/2007 - 2:27pm.
To celebrate the UK launch of the new Windows Live Hotmail, the UK’s no 1 email service has announced a unique collaboration with the British Library, to create the first ever archive of British emails today.
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