<p>Happy Friday dear readers, it's time for our weekly look back at all things Microsoft. As per usual, ensure that you are following TNW's Microsoft channel on both Twitter and Facebook, and let's dispense with babble and embark into the news.Outlook.com: big, growing</p><p>This week Microsoft announced that its Outlook.com product had crossed the 60 million active user mark, causing the firm to both rip the 'Preview' tag from the service, and start a massive advertising campagain in its favor.</p><p>That Oulook.com is succeeding as it is can be viewed as both tribute to its quality, and a point in favor of the argument that Hotmail was in effect all but unsavable.</p><p>The advertising campaign that Microsoft has in mind will not be limited to nerds and general techies. As a fun aside, if you have found yourself, over the past few months, inundated with Outlook.com ads, Microsoft's targeting systems have determined that you are a geek. However, the new advertising push will hit the general populace.</p><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2013/02/22/this-week-at-microsoft-outlook-com-lync-and-the-surface-pro/">Keep reading...</a></p>