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Microsoft is in the process of rolling out a collection of new features to Windows Live Hotmail, making it easier for users to manage Newsletters, Deals, and other notifications.
The company already delivered insight into the upgrade, more than a month ago, at the start of October, but Dick Craddock - group program... |
9 November 2011
12:01 GMT |
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Windows Live Hotmail is getting a lot of love from users of Apple iOS 5 devices, such as the recently launched iPhone 4S. According to statistics shared by Microsoft, there are millions of users leveraging Hotmail on their iOS 5 devices. In fact, Chris Jones, corporate vice president of the Windows Live Experience re... |
3 November 2011
08:33 GMT |
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Five new Windows Live Hotmail tools are currently rolling out to users worldwide, a process that will last a few weeks, and power users are bound to be happy with the enhancements.
It’s all about increasing the level of control that customers have over their inbox, to summarize the focus of Hotmail’s... |
4 October 2011
06:35 GMT |
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Microsoft is in the process of migrating hundreds of millions of Windows Live Hotmail users and their accounts to a new storage system delivering better performance, enhanced reliability, superior disaster recovery capabilities and more scalability than before.
Kristof Roomp, an architect in the Hotmail team exp... |
23 September 2011
09:41 GMT |
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Microsoft is keeping mum on the evolution of Windows Live, but Wave 5 of the suite of Cloud applications and services is being developed in parallel with the next version of Windows.
In fact, new Windows Live releases have been strongly connected with fresh Windows versions, and it’s not likely that Windows... |
5 September 2011
11:41 GMT |
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Microsoft has kicked up a notch the reminder options available to customers leveraging Windows Live Hotmail Calendar. According to Dick Craddock, Group Program Manager, Hotmail, the focus of the Hotmail Calendar update is on enhancing the way that reminders work. Essentially, once customers take advantage of the ne... |
23 August 2011
06:47 GMT |
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In an update to Windows Live ID shipped in July 2011, Microsoft overhauled the sign-in experience, dropping the old mechanism which featured multiple user tiles as well as features such as Linked IDs. Obviously, users of Windows Live Hotmail have been impacted directly, with those customers joggling multiple account... |
19 August 2011
05:29 GMT |
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Microsoft is tweaking the Windows Live Hotmail / ID sign-in experience for the second time in approximately a month in response to user feedback.
Back in early July 2011, the Redmond company scrapped the old user tile-based login page for all its Windows Live properties, including Windows Live Hotmail, and i... |
3 August 2011
02:36 GMT |
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Two new security features rolling out to Windows Live Hotmail are designed to make it harder for attackers to compromise accounts and to better identify already hijacked identities. Hotmail users will be able to report suspicious behavior coming from an email address belonging to one of their friends, in case of a h... |
15 July 2011
09:31 GMT |
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Millions of Windows Live Hotmail users worldwide have already opted to add extra security to their email communication by enabling full-session HTTPS encryption (SSL) for their accounts. In fact, in excess of two million people leveraged the opt-in Secure Sockets Layer cryptographic protocol protection for Hotmail t... |
8 July 2011
07:59 GMT |
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An upgraded version of the Outlook Hotmail Connector (both the 32-bit and the 64-bit flavors) is now available for download from Microsoft enabling customers to benefit from the security advantages of the Secure Sockets Layer cryptographic protocol. Alessio Roic, Outlook Senior Program Manager stressed that the late... |
8 July 2011
05:23 GMT |
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The Windows Live Hotmail default sign-in experience has been upgraded last week, Microsoft confirmed, offering a few details about the change. Since Hotmail is just one of the software giant’s online properties for which a single sign-in mechanism is leveraged, the modifications introduced actually reverberate... |
7 July 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Getting better and faster with age, Windows Live Hotmail has celebrated its 15th birthday at the start of this week. The latest release of Microsoft’s email service is no less than 10 times faster than its predecessor following an update rolled out recently, but is also sporting more features than ever, and th... |
6 July 2011
05:56 GMT |
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Microsoft has finished rolling up an update to Windows Live Hotmail delivering major performance improvements. In fact, the refresh would qualify more as an upgrade, especially considering that it got Windows Live Hotmail to break the instantaneous speed barrier. Think of the instantaneous speed barrier as the soun... |
1 July 2011
09:36 GMT |
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Apple introduced its own iCloud set of synchronization, backup and sharing services earlier this week, and Microsoft was quick to applaud the main advantage of its own set of Cloud offerings, they’re already available to the public, have been for quite a while. In contrast, Apple’s iCloud will only be of... |
8 June 2011
10:32 GMT |
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Microsoft has released a new version of the tool which allows users to seamlessly connect their Windows Live Hotmail accounts with Office Outlook. Build 14.0.5139.5001 of the Outlook Hotmail Connector is now available for download from the Redmond company, according to Alessio Roic, Outlook Senior Program Manager. ... |
13 May 2011
10:21 GMT |
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A new Windows Live Hotmail contest is designed to award a year’s worth of house cleaning services for the person with the messiest desk. Hotmail Sweep: Messiest Desk Contest is now live on Facebook, and customers need only accounts on the social network and on Hotmail or Live.com, in order to be permitted to p... |
6 April 2011
10:05 GMT |
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Internet Explorer 9 enables users to pin sites on the Taskbar just as they would any other application, but only as long as they are running Windows 7. Windows Live Hotmail makes no exception to this rule, and the Redmond company seems committed to investing continually in pushing the Hotmail user experience on Wind... |
1 April 2011
09:45 GMT |
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Active Views is a feature Windows Live Hotmail designed to give an entirely new dimension to user emails. Essentially, Active Views streamlines the integration of dynamic and interactive content within messages, allowing users to get access to a range of content right in their inbox. The need for such a feature is o... |
30 March 2011
14:45 GMT |
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Microsoft initially introduced Facebook chat in Windows Live Hotmail back in September 2010 when it started rolling out a set of new features, including one that was bridging the email client to the world’s top social network. At that time, the Redmond company had promised that more and more customers would be... |
22 February 2011
10:04 GMT |
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Some rather sweet prizes are up for grabs for people that will enter a new Microsoft sweepstakes dedicated to sharing their love for Windows Live Hotmail through Twitter. In partnership with Mom It Forward, the Redmond company announced the Hotmail Share the Love Twitter Party on Wednesday, February 9th, 6:00-8:00 p... |
7 February 2011
13:31 GMT |
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With the latest feature introduced to Windows Live Hotmail, Microsoft is making it extremely simple for users to enjoy the flexibility of seamlessly adding and managing multiple email addresses to a single account, while securing their online identities. The Alias feature has been rolled out to Windows Live Hotmail ... |
4 February 2011
07:56 GMT |
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While Windows Live Hotmail has evolved with a range of new security features, users need to also take an interest in protecting their data and privacy online.
The first step in doing so is making sure that they use a strong password. Here’s an example, it might not be such a good idea to use “passwor... |
29 January 2011
06:38 GMT |
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The inboxes for over 17,000 Windows Live Hotmail users were deleted on December 30th, 2010 and Microsoft is blaming an automated test for the issue, which, ironically enough, was designed to help the company monitor the health of the email service. According to Mike Schackwitz, Windows Live Hotmail team, i... |
7 January 2011
07:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has resolved an issue reported by users starting with the end of the past year after they logged into their Windows Live Hotmail accounts just to find that all content had been wiped out. According to the Redmond company, this problem impacted only a very limited number of users and was by no means widespre... |
4 January 2011
02:37 GMT |
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The end of 2010 and the start of 2011 brought with it a nasty surprise for some Windows Live Hotmail users that found their inboxes blank. A number of people owning Hotmail accounts started complaining about their messages and customizations having gone missing just a few days ahead of the end of 2010. Microsoft co... |
3 January 2011
09:31 GMT |
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Microsoft is ushering in a new stage in the evolution of email, citing similarities with the transition from plain vanilla text to HTML in messages. The company is currently running a limited pilot program designed to test Hotmail Active Views, a new platform designed to enable users to take advantage of rich conte... |
17 December 2010
04:30 GMT |
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With Windows Live Hotmail having evolved to Wave 4 this summer, Microsoft continues to invest in the service, adding new features, the latest of which is designed to attract users of rival mail providers by offering them the possibility to keep their current account, which enjoying all the benefits of Hotmail. At th... |
2 November 2010
08:30 GMT |
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As of the start of this week the over 300 million mobile devices worldwide featuring Exchange ActiveSync support can be easily connected to Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4, as announced recently. In combination with POP3, Exchange ActiveSync in Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 deliver an excellent alternative to IMAP, ... |
31 August 2010
07:41 GMT |
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Microsoft is offering users multiple chances to win free copies of Windows 7 and Office 2010 in the latest two rounds of the Windows Recession Sweepstakes.According to Microsoft’s Ashley Brown, the Redmond company launched Rounds 8 and 9 of the Windows Recession Sweepstakes simultaneously. What this means is ... |
30 August 2010
11:28 GMT |
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At the start of August 2010, Microsoft finalized the worldwide rollout of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4, offering the latest version of the service to no less than 350 million users across 220 markets.The company was noting that the transition of customers from the previous version of the email service to Wave 4 had go... |
14 August 2010
06:51 GMT |
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Microsoft is gearing up to provide a fix to Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 issues reported by customers by the end of this week. The Redmond company did not offer a specific deadline related to the availability of a hotfix designed to resolve problems associated with the latest iteration of its email service, but the c... |
12 August 2010
05:51 GMT |
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Users that are experiencing problems with the new iteration of Windows Live Hotmail will need to first make sure that they are running a browser which is supported by the email client. According to the Redmond company, Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 is designed to play nice with a range of browsers, but the latest itera... |
11 August 2010
07:46 GMT |
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Microsoft has completed the massive upgrade process associated with the introduction of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4. Over 350 million users owning in excess of 1.3 billion inboxes have now been upgraded to Windows Live Wave 4, Microsoft confirmed officially on August 3rd, 2010. My own Windows Live Hotmail account was... |
4 August 2010
02:56 GMT |
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Microsoft is looking to upgrade all of the users of Windows Live Hotmail to the Wave 4 release by the end of this week, per the plans that the company made public the past week. More and more customers with Windows Live Hotmail accounts will notice that they have been upgraded to the latest iteration of the email cli... |
2 August 2010
05:48 GMT |
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In a little over a week, Microsoft has managed to double the number of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 accounts that are now live. If in mid-July 2010, the company had only pushed the next generation of its email service to some 50 million people around the world, the software giant is now saying that it has accelerated ... |
28 July 2010
07:12 GMT |
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More streamlined and less cluttered are key characteristics of the new version of the email service Microsoft is rolling out worldwide since mid-June 2010. With the advent of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4, the Redmond company has set up to redesign the service in accordance to the feedback received from users. The foc... |
26 July 2010
10:20 GMT |
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The latest iteration of Microsoft’s email service is currently live for just 50 million accounts worldwide, despite the company having started the rollout process a month ago. However, the software giant says that the slow pace at which it is introducing Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 to customers is perfectly nor... |
15 July 2010
10:23 GMT |
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The latest iteration of Microsoft’s email client sports a range of enhancements, from new features to performance improvements and to integration with major social networks worldwide. But elements of the evolution of Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 are also connected to Microsoft Silverlight, a technology the Redmo... |
24 June 2010
07:05 GMT |
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Next time you sign in to your Windows Live Hotmail account, you could be welcomed by the Wave 4 release of Microsoft’s free email service. Mike Schackwitz, program manager, Windows Live Hotmail team, confirmed officially that the Redmond company had started rolling out Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 to customers a... |
15 June 2010
09:33 GMT |
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Microsoft’s next-generation email service will do away with as much inbox clutter as possible. In addition to blocking 5.5 billion spam messages every day, and introducing new features such as Sweep to help customers filter out unwanted emails, the Redmond company has announced new optimization measures designe... |
14 June 2010
06:40 GMT |
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The evolution of Windows Live Hotmail to the Wave 4 release brings to the table a variety of enhancements, with security being a top priority for Microsoft. In May 2010, the Redmond company made public the improvements introduced to the next iteration of its email service that kick up a notch Hotmail’s spam-fig... |
2 June 2010
06:45 GMT |
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Spam is a plague for which a panacea has yet to be developed, even by Microsoft, although the company’s Co-founder, Bill Gates, was promising in 2004 that it would take another couple of years at best to eradicate the problem altogether. Providers of email services continue to fight the flood of unwanted emails... |
21 May 2010
09:07 GMT |
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A little over three years after it was initially introduced, Microsoft is shutting down an initiative designed to allow users of its email service and instant messaging client to donate money to a number of philanthropic organizations worldwide by doing nothing more than using the company’s offerings. The I&rsq... |
21 May 2010
06:22 GMT |
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Microsoft offered a sneak peek at the next iteration of Windows Live Hotmail today, launching the new Hotmail Preview website concomitantly. With the array of new features planned for the next major version of Hotmail, it is obvious that the Redmond company is making no secret of the fact that it has worked to delive... |
18 May 2010
11:50 GMT |
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With the next iteration of its email service, Microsoft has set to re-invent Hotmail. Delivering what is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive overhauling to Windows Live Hotmail in the past four years, the Redmond company outlined the changes coming, including the evolution of the inbox, new productivity and shar... |
18 May 2010
03:39 GMT |
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Microsoft and Apple are hard at work on resolving issues that prevent Windows Live Hotmail and the iPad from playing nice together. Mike Schackwitz, program manager, Windows Live Hotmail team, confirmed that the Redmond company was well aware of problems reported by end users. Customers that have recently acquired an... |
17 May 2010
05:55 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to remain mum on the availability deadline of the first Beta development milestone of Windows Live Wave 4. Various third-party sources, as well as indications and leaks from the Redmond company are pointing to June 2010 for a possible release date for Windows Live Wave 4 Beta, but, according to a ... |
14 May 2010
10:18 GMT |
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Microsoft has introduced a new version of a tool that allows users to seamlessly bridge its email service with its mail client. Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector 14.0 is designed to connect Windows Live and Office Outlook, early adopters having already had the chance to test drive the release, which had been in Bet... |
5 May 2010
11:33 GMT |
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Microsoft has been dogfooding (testing internally) the next iteration of Windows Live Essentials for a while, and the company is now gearing up to broaden the Beta outside of Redmond. Chris Jones, corporate vice president of the Windows Live Experience, promises that the Beta of Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 will be... |
21 April 2010
11:54 GMT |
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