Microsoft completes migration of all Hotmail users to Outlook.com Zee News

Washington: Microsoft has announced it has successfully transferred all Hotmail.com users to Outlook.com. The move has marked the end of the once-mighty free email service. Microsoft in a blog post said Outlook.com now has more than 400 million active users after the migration, which took about six weeks…

Posted on: May 5, 2013 9:00 am

Hotmail retires, Outlook hits 400 million accounts

Tech giant Microsoft officially retired Hotmail a few hours ago, as it managed to complete a gigantic email transition that involved migrating 150 petabytes of data in just 6 weeks. And still, it’s worth it, as Outlook.com currently has 400 million active accounts, according to a statement released by Microsoft. "When Outlook.com…

Posted on: May 5, 2013 9:00 am

WNBA bound: Where former local high school stars are aiming to make pro rosters

Minnesota rookie Lindsey Moore was the 12th pick in the WNBA draft WNBA training camp opens Sunday and rosters have been set with a league-limit of 15. Official season rosters will be announced May 23 with a league-limit of 11 players. The Storm’s opening day is full of question marks without mainstays Sue…

Posted on: May 4, 2013 7:00 pm

Gmail tweak lets users add events straight to Google Calendar

Google has been increasingly integrating its services with one another more and more over the past year or so, but it seems that there’s always more integrating to do. The search giant has announced a new tweak in Gmail that lets users add events to their Google Calendar if Gmail…

Posted on: May 4, 2013 7:00 pm

Hotmail officially dead: Hotmail users switched to Outlook

It is strange to hear news that Hotmail is officially dead, but according to a May 2 Inquisitor report, the long-time email client is no more. Microsoft migrated all Hotmail users to its email client Outlook. Many users are unhappy with the news of Hotmail’s official death. Some of them have…

Posted on: May 4, 2013 7:00 pm

Spam’s birthday and Hotmail’s closure lead email milestones

Spamthat scourge of the Internetturned 35 years old. And Microsoft pulled the plug on its hoary webmail service Hotmail.Spam started early The first spam message sent on what was to become the InternetArpanetis attributed to Gary Thuerk, who on May 3, 1978 sent a message to a mailing list of The practice…

Posted on: May 4, 2013 7:00 pm

Evernote Partners With South Korean Messaging Giant KakaoTalk

Evernote is going after KakaoTalk’s 90 million registered users by inking a partnership deal with the South Korean messaging giant that would bring Evernote integration to KakaoTalk’s mobile app. Despite boasting nearly 4 million users here in the United States, chances are you’ve never heard of KakaoTalk. The messaging app is Interestingly…

Posted on: May 4, 2013 7:00 pm

Messenger Reviver, es posible volver a usar Windows Live Messenger Genbeta

Si, como lo oyen. A principios de abril os anunciamos el cierre definitivo de Messenger y la migracion a Skype. Pues bien, Windows Live Messenger no esta muerto. O por lo menos no del todo aplicando una sencilla solucion que nos permite seguir utilizandolo con normalidad. Ese es el objetivo…

Posted on: May 4, 2013 7:00 pm

Microsoft Embeds Wi-Fi Routers in Magazines to Push Office 365

Even in the age of augmented reality advertisements in major city centers and holographic billboards promoting the latest running shoe, the lengths some companies will go in order to promote certain products and services continues to surprise. The latest cutting-edge, tech-powered promotion comes from Microsoft, which has combined traditional print…

Posted on: May 4, 2013 7:00 pm

Microsoft builds Skype into Outlook.com

Software giant Microsoft has begun to integrate VoIP favourite Skype into its email platform Outlook.com. With a preview version of the service now being rolled out in the UK, users will be able to launch video conversations with contacts directly from their browser. Skype says previews will follow in…

Posted on: May 4, 2013 2:00 pm