Hello Outlook, Goodbye Hotmail
One million people and counting have switched to Outlook since Microsoft announced that it was retiring its Hotmail brand. This could be the most disruptive thing to happen to email since Gmail offered a roomier inbox.
One million people and counting have switched to Outlook since Microsoft announced that it was retiring its Hotmail brand. This could be the most disruptive thing to happen to email since Gmail offered a roomier inbox.
A preview of the service launched on Tuesday, giving Hotmail’s 300 million monthly users a look at the new interface when they logged into their accounts. It’s bold, blocky, and blue — and it loads quickly.
On the new Outlook, users can import their contacts from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google and add them to their instant messaging lists.
Microsoft will also include Office Web Apps, SkyDrive, and Skype in its email service, following Google’s model of integrating multiple products into Gmail.
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