Microsoft has finally finished one of the biggest digital moves in the company's life from Hotmail to Outlook. Over 400 million email accounts are using Outlook now, we are unsure how many moved from Hotmail although we expect the vast majority previously used Hotmail, as it was towering towards 300 million active accounts. The Hotmail to Outlook move The team at Outlook state the reason for the move is to provide the best email service for more than one billion users, pretty optimistic considering no email client currently has ...

Microsoft Hotmail is known as the largest  e-mail service, with 324 million users after over 16 years of existence. They are followed by Gmail, which has acquired 278 million users in just about 6 years of life. Little wonder Microsoft finally chose to have a fresh start with a new, improved, user-friendly email service - Outlook.com. This is enabling them to tackle the problems that affected Hotmail in a new way. Moreover, the rise of social media ...

Since the announcement from Google about its changing privacy policy, many users are beginning to worry that their e-mails, calendars and even documents are no longer going to be secure on the Google services network. After March 1st, 2012, users will either have to agree to the privacy policy or jump ship. However, m any users have already begun finding alternatives to Google. If you ...

How may web-based applications have you tried once and not used again? Did you delete the account or is it just sitting out there taking up space, keeping a record of your personal details? We have heard about how personal information of thousands of people was compromised when the Gawker Network was hacked and not to forget the much publicized Playstation ...

There is no doubt Dropbox is popular. Many companies and individuals use Dropbox daily to keep files in sync wherever they access them. Is this the only option out there? Nope. All kinds of companies out there offer free online storage; you may even be using some of them already. If you are new to cloud storage, here are some ideas to get you started.   Something you may already be using Many email programs offer different options for the storage of files, pictures and other ...

Social Networks have taken off in a big way since last few years. Before that Email and Instant Messaging were the main avenues for communication online. Now more and more people are signing up for multiple social networks and they often also hang on to their Instant Messengers and Emails. All these together can be too much handle simultaneously. Now an innovative startup has come up with a solution that aims to make the online communication ...

While surfing the internet, you need to provide your email address to comment on an article, subscribe to a newsletter or sign up for a service. However, giving out your primary email address each time isn’t always the best idea. In such cases temporary emails comes handy. If the website is well-known – then your email might be safe and you won’t get spam or phishing emails. But if ...

Nowadays almost every webmail user has more than one account on a service, and at times needs to log into them simultaneously. You have the option to do this by using different browsers. But if you want to use a single browser, IE8 has a new feature that lets you log into different webmail accounts at the same time. Internet Explorer 8 now lets you start an entirely new session by opening a “New Session” window . You can access this in the File Menu: File > New Session. If you are currently logged into your main Gmail ...

If you are a regular Hotmail and Windows live user, chances are that you have multiple Windows Live Ids. If you use the Windows Live Messenger, you can sign into only one account at a time. If you want to use another id, you need to sign out of the first account and then sign into other account. Today we will look at a simple registry hack that would let you open Multiple Windows Live Messenger Windows on your computer and sign into different Live or MSN accounts simultaneously.

Microsoft has taken a cue from Google’s continuous improvements in Gmail and since last few months added a string to new features from time to time. Microsoft has brought Hotmail at par with Gmail, by adding several new features. Some of the features like push email, calendar, and contacts through Exchange ActiveSync, had been finalized by the Hotmail Development Team after careful planning and keeping the user needs in mind. But some other usability ...