Microsoft Dumps Hotmail For Outlook.com
Microsoft has revealed a revamped, Facebook-friendly version of its free, online email service Hotmail and rebranding it Outlook. The biggest software company gave the new service a sharp new look, social network links and new features for handling junk and spam.
You can check this out now at outlook.com. Microsoft will soon add Skype call through Outlook.com in the next update.
Microsoft is going towards this new direction to counter Google’s Gmail, the fastest-growing rival, which now has about 31% of the market. Yahoo Mail is steady at 32%.
on August 9th, 2012 at 8:54 am
Well, some of us are saddened. Hotmail was an iconic brand. Never had much look for outlook anyway. But am yet to test it. So let’s see how good it really is.