Gmail overtakes AOL Mail in USA
Google Gmail is now the third most popular webmail service in the US market.
It has just overtaken AOL Mail and now trails Yahoo Mail and Hotmail.
These results are from the latest figures released by comScore.
Gmail now has around 37 million monthly visitors in USA compared to 47 [...]
Microsoft Bing tools now available in Hotmail
Microsoft has updated their Hotmail service by adding some new tools and functionalities through their Bing search engine.
While composing a mail or replying to one, the user gets to add information powered by Bing search engine.
Some of the tools include adding information about:
Maps
Restaurants
Movie Times
Images
Videos
Business Listings
All of these [...]
Hotmail suffers some downtime scaring its users
We have already seen several downtime stories connected to Google’s Gmail webmail service.
Now, Hotmail users had something to worry about as the service suffered some glitches.
Microsoft has now confirmed that all the problems are resolved with their MSN, Windows Live and Hotmail services.
Users were told that their [...]
Microsoft Live Hotmail not supported on Linux?
Microsoft seems to be doing it all over again.
They have launched a new version of Live Hotmail service which features an updated user interface.
The service works fine on the Windows platform on popular alternative browsers like Firefox and Chrome.
However, users of Linux operating system are reporting that the service [...]
Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail coming to Blackberry platform
Microsoft and Resource in Motion are collaborating together to bring support for Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail on the Blackberry platform.
The two companies said that the collaboration is aimed to provide an easy mobile access to Windows Live Messenger. It would also provide an enhanced level of [...]
Hotmail access through Outlook Express to be blocked soon
Microsoft is again using cheap tactics to force users to upgrade their software.
The company has announced that soon Outlook Express would be blocked from accessing Hotmail accounts.
Users are being suggested to install their Windows Live Mail application which supports this functionality.
Microsoft said in a statement on [...]
MSN Live Hotmail access problems reported
Software giant Microsoft has confirmed that some of the users of their Hotmail webmail service are facing access problems to the service.
The problem was not limited to hotmail alone. Users were unable to access any service which requires a Microsoft login.
These included the company’s Xbox Live and MSN Live [...]
CoolHotmail: MSN Live Hotmail now offering custom domain names in India
CoolHotmail.com is a new service from Microsoft through which they are offering webmail accounts on customized domain names in the Indian market.
Basically, the concept is that the company has acquired lots of cool sounding Indian domain names which can be used by the users through [...]
